The Accounting Cycle Deanna Ruocco ACC 421 June 18‚ 2012 Bryan Lichau The Accounting Cycle The accounting cycle is a process that normally uses accounting procedures to record transactions and prepare financial statements of a company. The accounting cycle is made up of nine steps: Journalizing‚ posting‚ trial balance‚ adjusting entries‚ adjusted trial balance‚ preparing financial statements‚ closing‚ post-closing trial balance‚ and reversing entries. This presentation
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OVERHEAD COSTS ACCOUNTING Overheads are indirect costs which can not directly be traced to cost units. The task of the cost accountant is to charge these overhead costs to cost units/products. There are two approaches of charging overhead costs to cost units Viz i. Traditional/conventional absorption costing method and‚ ii. Activity Based Costing (ABC) Classification of overheads Overheads can be classified as production or non production overheads. Production overheads are those incurred
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Financial Accounting 504 23-Jun-13 Professor Chung Oracle v Microsoft Final Course Project As noted in Wikipedia Oracle is headquartered in Redwood‚ California. It was founded in 1977 and is the world’s third largest soft wear developer in sales. According to Yahoo Finance Oracle is a multi-faceted operation. Oracle provides a vast amount of services for the internet and computer. It provides cloud applications‚ IT consulting services‚ licenses middleware software which includes database and
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There are four approaches for developing a presentation which are: a speech and lecture‚ a workshop‚ a discussion‚ and a group activity. These four approaches are known as public speaking when they are presented to a group of people. In a presentation‚ these four approaches should each include all three elements of the rhetorical triangle and they need to connect‚ or else even if one element is missing the presentation will fail (AIU Online‚ 2010). A speech or lecture is when the speaker is talking
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Accounting Equations Paper ACC/300 Nakisha Susberry University of Phoenix Student 4/20/2013 The accounting equation is a formula that represents the relationship between the assets‚ liabilities‚ and owner ’s equity of a small business. Businesses use this to basically show what it owns what it owes and what its investors are investing. In order to understand these concepts it is important to have some knowledge of what is meant by each of the three basic components mentioned. “Assets
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MANAGERIAL AND COST ACCOUNTING LARRY M. WALTHER & CHRISTOPHER J. SKOUSEN DOWNLOAD FREE TEXT BOOKS AT BOOKBOON.COM Managerial and Cost Accounting © 2009 Larry M. Walther‚ under nonexclusive license to Christopher J. Skousen & Ventus Publishing ApS. All material in this publication is copyrighted‚ and the exclusive property of Larry M. Walther or his licensors (all rights reserved). ISBN 978-87-7681-491-5 Download free books at BookBooN.com 2 Managerial and Cost Accounting Contents
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Accounting Equation ACC 300 June 24‚ 2013 Bennie Clark Accounting Equation Assets = Liabilities + Stockholder’s Equity is the basic accounting equation. Liabilities are a company’s legal debts or obligations that come from transactions or from business operations. Stockholder’s equity is capital received from investors in exchange for stock‚ retained earnings and donated capital. These two portions of the balance sheet added together make up the company’s assets‚ which represent ownership
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Implement the decision‚ evaluate performance‚ and learn An example of interdependencies include absenteeism/low employee morale and increased labour costs. 11‐2 Relevant costs are expected future costs that differ among the alternative courses of action being considered. Historical costs are irrelevant because they are past costs and‚ therefore‚ cannot differ among alternative future courses of action. 11‐3 Quantitative factors are outcomes that are measured in numerical
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ACC/290 February 14‚ 2013 Wayne Moore Summary Question Accounting systems vary from company to company. However‚ most companies depend on Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). These principles keep every company using a standardized system of accounting. Therefore‚ if a financial institution or investor desires to see specific information about a company the financial officer will be able to read those books clearly. Cash based accounting is a
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INTERNATIONAL ACC 403 Module One Case Assignment When I think of accounting‚ I automatically think of complex mathematical formulas and hard to comprehend definitions and terminologies. This module has helped me to better understand basic accounting principles‚ definitions and the use of accounting terminologies. In the United States financial statements are prepared under a set of principals or guidelines called Generally Accepted Accounting Principals (GAPP)
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