101-00128 Oct 2014 Accounting Accounting is the recording‚ measurement‚ and interpretation of financial information (Business 286). This financial information is used to evaluate the organization’s operations. To carry out these interpretations of financial information a public or private accountant is able to do this. To become a public accountant you must earn your CPA (certified public accountant) by passing a test and means you are certified by the state in which you provide accounting services where
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Section A Under Case Study (Newspaper) HB Global 1. Types of audit opinion Qualified opinion * A qualified opinion report can result from a limitation on the scope of the audit or failure to follow generally accepted accounting principles Adverse opinion * It is used only when the auditor believes that the overall financial statements are so materiality misstated or misleading that they do not present fairly the financial position or results of operations and cash flows in conforming
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The debt crisis of Nigeria and Greece Introduction National debt is a problem that can inflict any country including the developed countries. Almost all countries go into budget deficit one way or the other and end up borrowing money. The most direct effect of the government debt is to place a burden on future generations of taxpayers. When these debts and accumulated interest come due‚ future taxpayers will face a difficult choice. Inheriting such a large debt cannot help but lower the living
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Chapter 4 : Account Titles and Preparation of Financial Statements | Article 14 : The balance sheet items shallbe categorized as follows: 1. Assets. (1) Current assets. (2) Funds and long-term investments. (3) Property‚ plant and equipment. (4) Depletable assets. (5) Intangible assets.
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Chapter 5 Accounting for Merchandising Operations Chapter Summary Merchandising Operations • A merchandising company is an enterprise that buys and sells goods to earn a profit. • Measuring net income for a merchandising company is the same as for a service company through matching of expenses with revenues. • In a merchandising company‚ the primary source of revenue is the sale of merchandise‚ which is called sales revenue or sales. • Expenses for merchandising
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What is a theory? In this book we consider various theories of financial accounting. Perhaps‚ there¬fore‚ we should start by considering what we mean by a ’theory’. There are various perspectives of what constitutes a theory. The Oxford English Dictionary provides various definitions‚ including: A scheme or system of ideas or statements held as an explanation or account (description) of a group of facts or phenomena. Explanation or Account (description) of a group
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2-1 BU8101 Accounting: A User Perspective Lecture 2 The Accounting Cycle Wednesday‚ 17 August 2011 Mrs. Ho Yin Kheng S3-01C-88 Nanyang Business School Nanyang Technological University Email: yklau@ntu.edu.sg Tel: 67905694 2-2 LO 2 Lecture Outline 1. Analyzing Business Transactions 2. Recording Process a. b. c. d. e. f. The Source Document The journal The accounts Debit and Credit rule Recording process illustrated Unadjusted trial balance 3. Adjusting entries
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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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future leaders see change as a thing that cannot be attainable‚ because they are leaders of procedures and will allow themselves to be mentally enslaved. And this can be traceable to what the “colonial interlopers” did before the independence of Nigeria in 1960. To enslave us mentally and to make us believe that nothing good can ever come from Africa. And that change cannot be associated with our future leaders for change has become an illusion. Just as Heraclitus of the ancient period of philosophy
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Chapter 1 Question 1-18 Consumers Union is a nonprofit organization that provides information and counsel on consumer goods and services. A major part of its function is testing of different brands of consumer products that are purchased on the open market and then the reporting of results of the tests in Consumer Reports‚ a monthly publication. Examples of the types of products it tests are middle-sized automobiles‚ residential dehumidifiers‚ flat-screen TVs‚ and boys’ jeans. a.) In what ways
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