AIS – Final Study Chapter Highlights Chapter 1 – ACCOUNTING SYSTEM INSIGHTS 1. Enterprise system – A system that supports business activities throughout the enterprise‚ including inputs‚ processing‚ and outputs 2. Integrated enterprise system – Shares data across functional areas within the enterprise 3. Business processes – Related activities performed by an enterprise to create value by transforming input into output 4. Value chain – An organizing framework for business processes
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Accounting could best be described as a type of mechanism or language put in place in order to provide information with regards to the financial position of an organization or business. This type of information is critical to investors as it provides them with important and detailed information that could turn out to be the determining factor as to their decisions to invest or not to invest in a particular organization. Therefore‚ it is not uncommon to find unethical behavior in accounting as unethical
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DAC503:MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING ASSIGNMENT 11/08/2011 Application of Management Accounting in your organization D61/62965/2010 MAY_AUGUST SEMESTER UON_NAIROBI CAMPUS How management accounting is applied at ICEA ASSET MANAGENT
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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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9:40 M Page 9 PART I Purpose of Cost Accounting 9 CH01_Bragg_36794 3/13/01 9:40 M Page 10 CH01_Bragg_36794 3/13/01 9:40 M Page 11 CHAPTER 1 Role of Cost Accounting When properly implemented‚ the cost accounting function can have a pervasive influence in the modern corporation. Unfortunately‚ it is not always properly implemented because management often is not completely aware of all the uses to which the cost accounting function can be put. This chapter describes
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3 Adjusting Accounts and Preparing Financial Statements QUESTIONS 1. The cash basis of accounting reports revenues when cash is received while the accrual basis reports revenues when they are earned. The cash basis reports expenses when cash is paid while the accrual basis reports expenses when they are incurred (and matched with revenues they generated). 2. The accrual basis of accounting generally provides a better indication of company performance and financial condition than does
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Accounts Receivable Cycle Riordan Manufacturing‚ an industry leader in the field of plastic injection molding‚ has facilities in California‚ Georgia‚ Michigan and China. The accounting functions are carried out in each individual location‚ and consolidated for processing in the corporate offices in California. The Georgia and Michigan locations‚ being newly acquired‚ are using systems that are not completely compatible with the corporate offices. This is causing problems on many levels and within
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to managerial accounting (n.d.) has shown that the Institute of Management Accountants describes managerial accounting supports the decision making process through planning and controlling operations. Planning primarily appears in the budgeting process and Controlling occurs when managers compare actual performance with budgeted amounts to identify differences and then act upon differences that appear to be significant. For example‚ manufacturing companies use management accounting techniques to
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SUBJECT: Accounting fraud at WorldCom Problem Statement WorldCom penetrated the largest accounting fraud in U.S history by overstating its tax income between 1999 and 2002. The main players in WorldCom’s accounting fraud included CFO Scott Sullivan‚ the General Accounting and Internal Audit departments‚ external auditor Arthur Andersen‚ and the board of directors. While individuals did have their own sins‚ employees cowardice and self-interested‚ the board passive and ineffective‚ external auditors
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Government accounting system (SAPP) Government accounting system is a set of procedures‚ both manual and computerized‚ ranging from data collection‚ recording‚ overviewed‚ to report the financial position and financial operations of the central government Government accounting system purpose: 1. Safeguarding asset government to ensure that assets can be maintained through a series of processes of recording‚ processing‚ and financial reporting consistent with the standards 2. Relevance
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