Chapter 3-1 The Accounting Information System Chapter 3-2 Financial Accounting‚ Fifth Edition Study Objectives 1. Analyze the effect of business transactions on the basic accounting equation. 2. Explain what an account is and how it helps in the recording process. 3. Define debits and credits and explain how they are used to record business transactions transactions. 4. Identify the basic steps in the recording process. 5. Explain what a journal is and
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Goals of Receivable Management The basic goal of credit management is to maximize the value of the firm by achieving a trade off between the liquidity (risk and profitability). The purpose of credit management is not to maximize sales‚ nor to minimize the risk of bad debt. If the objective were to maximize sales‚ then the firm would sell on credit to all. On the contrary‚ if minimization of bad debt risk were the aim‚ then the firm would not sell on credit to anyone. In fact‚ the firm should manage
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organisational plan and all the related measures that an entity adopts to: * safeguard assets * encourage adherence to company policies * promote operational efficiency * ensure accurate and reliable accounting records. It is either an administrative control or an accounting control Characteristics of an effective internal control system include: * Competent‚ reliable‚ and ethical personnel * Assignment of responsibilities * Proper authorisation * Separation of duties
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Change default password of the user manager. 6. Setup the chart of accounts‚ see details in Appendix B. 7. Tag AR‚ Allowance for Bad Debts and AP as Control Accounts. 8. Tag Cash on Hand‚ Cash in Bank – BPI and Cash in Bank – Metrobank as Cash Accounts. 9. Setup banks and house banks for Metrobank #9000 with bank code of 101010‚ branch 1111 and account number of 9000 and BPI #1100 with bank code of 200300‚ branch 2222 and account number of 1100. 10. Setup Cash in Bank – Metrobank as the default
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Credit sales transfer products and services to a customer today while bearing the risk of collecting payment from that customer in the future. True False 2. At the time of a credit sale‚ a company would record an increase in assets and an increase in revenues. True False 3. A sale on account is recorded as a debit to revenue and a credit to accounts receivable. True False 4. Accounts receivable represent the amount of cash owed to the company by its customers from the sale of products
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groups has the primary responsibility for establishing generally accepted accounting principles for business entities in the United States? Choose one answer. | a. Internal Revenue Service | | | b. U.S. Congress | | | c. Governmental Accounting Standards Board | | | d. Financial Accounting Standards Board | | Correct Marks for this submission: 5/5. Question 5 Marks: 5 The left side of a T-account is known as the: Choose one answer. | a. Debit Side | | | b. Credit
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Comparing Accounting Software Programs to Manual Accounting Manual accounting uses several paper ledgers to record financial transactions. It is very time consuming to record each single transaction onto paper‚ being very cautious not to make an error. There are several ledgers for each part of the accounting system‚ such as accounts payable‚ accounts receivable‚ and revenue accounts. Combining these ledgers into one general ledger‚ provide the balance for each ledger. The general ledger assists
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Accounting Principles: A Business Perspective‚ Financial Accounting (Chapters 1 – 8) A Textbook Equity Open College Textbook originally by Hermanson‚ Edwards‚ and Maher Fearless copy‚ print‚ remix(tm) www.textbookequity.com www.opencollegetextbooks.org ISBN-13: 978-1461088189 ISBN-10: 1461088186 License: CC-BY-NC-SA p. 1 of 433 About This Publication Simply put‚ you may copy‚ print‚ redistribute‚ and re-purpose this textbook or parts of this textbook provided that you give attribution
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On September 1‚ the balance of the Accounts Receivable control account in the general ledger of Montgomery Company was $10‚960. The customers’ subsidiary ledger contained account balances as follows: Hurley $1‚440‚ Andino $2‚640‚ Fowler $2‚060 and Sogard $4‚820. At the end of September‚ the various journals contained the following information. Sales journal: Sales to Sogard $800‚ to Hurley $1‚260‚ to Giambi $1‚330‚ and to Fowler $1‚600. Cash receipts journal: Cash received from Fowler $1‚310‚ from
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ACCOUNTING SUBSTANCE OVER FORM Substance over form is an accounting concept where the entity is accounting for items according to their substance and economic reality and not merely their legal form. It is one of the key determinants of reliable information. For most transactions there will be no difference and in some cases however‚ the two diverge and the choice of how to present the transactions can give very different results. This differences occurs when an asset or liability is not recognized
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