Information System plays an influential role in determining the success of an organisation. The function of the information system is to collect‚ store and process data into information‚ through the assistance of a set of interrelated components. The processed information is later distributed to support decision making in an organisation (Oz‚ 2006). Information system can be decomposed to two main elemental subsystems namely as Accounting Information System (AIS) and Management Information System
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CHAPTER 1 THE ACCOUNTANT’S ROLE IN THE ORGANIZATION ACCOUNTANT’ See the front matter of this Solutions Manual for suggestions regarding your choices of assignment material for each chapter. 1-1 Management accounting measures‚ analyzes and reports financial and nonfinancial information that helps managers make decisions to fulfill the goals of an organization. It focuses on internal reporting and is not restricted by generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). Financial accounting focuses
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CHAPTER 21 Accounting for Leases ASSIGNMENT CLASSIFICATION TABLE (BY TOPIC) Topics Questions Brief Exercises Exercises Problems Concepts for Analysis *1. Rationale for leasing. 1‚ 2‚ 4 1‚ 2 *2. Lessees; classification of leases; accounting by lessees. 3‚ 5‚ 7‚ 8‚ 14 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 5‚ 7‚ 8‚ 11‚ 12‚ 13‚ 14 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9‚ 11‚ 12‚ 14‚ 15‚ 16 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6 *3. Disclosure of leases. 19 2‚ 4‚ 5‚ 7‚ 8 2‚ 3‚ 5 *4. Lessors;
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and is therefore a vital part of any accounting system. For example‚ documentation describes the tasks for recording accounting data‚ the procedures that users must perform to operate computer applications‚ the processing steps that AISs follow‚ and the logical and physical flows of accounting data through the system. This chapter explains in greater detail why accountants need to understand documentation and describes some tools for diagramming complex systems. Accountants can use many different
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IMPACT OF INFORMATION SYSTEM ON ACCOUNTING PRACTICE CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Various information Information has been an important factor in decision making process. In recent times‚ people and organizations try their best to acquire information in a timely manner to aid them as they battle to manage their businesses. The increasing complexity of the society especially‚ as is manifested in social‚ political and economic institutions‚ has necessitated the more‚ man’s quest for more relevant information
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SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEM SET A PROBLEM SET A 2.1 (b) Service Revenue $19‚000 Expenses: Salaries Expense $1‚200 Rent Expense 400 Advertising Expense 1‚300 2‚900 Profit $16‚100 OR Increase in Retained Earnings ($15‚700 - $0) $15‚700 Add: Dividends 400 Profit $16‚100 PROBLEM SET A 2.2 (a) Bell Consulting Pty Ltd Assets Liabilities Equity Date Cash + Accounts Receivable + Supplies + Office Equipment
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CHAPTER 3 Describe the major ethical issues related to information technology and identify situations in which they occur. Utilitarian approach. This action provides most goods benefit or least harm. This action usually happens in corporate action. The affected parties for example customers‚ employees‚ share holder and the community. CEO choose to promote ‘go green campaign’ so that this campaign will create an awareness through the staff about the importance of environment. Rights approach
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Accounting Information Systems Research Paper Abstract The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) was enacted into law in 2002 in the wake of corporation financial reporting scandals involving large publicly held companies. SOX instituted new strict financial regulations with the intent of improving accounting practices and protecting investors from corporate misconduct. SOX requires corporate executives to vouch for the accuracy of financial statements‚ and to institute
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CHAPTER 12 ACTIVITY-BASED COSTING LEARNING OBJECTIVES AFTER STUDYING THIS CHAPTER‚ YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO: 1. Discuss the limitations of using only unit-based drivers to assign costs. 2. Provide a detailed description of activity-based product costing. 3. Describe how homogeneous cost pools can be used to reduce the number of activity rates. 4. Describe activity-based system concepts including an ABC relational database and ABC software. chapter summary THIS CHAPTER EXPLAINS HOW
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|CHAPTER 4 | Discussion Questions DQ4-1 "Data flow diagrams and flowcharts provide redundant pictures of an information system. We don’t need both." Discuss. ANS. Logical data flow diagrams (DFDs) present only the logical elements of an information system. By excluding the physical elements‚ the logical DFD allows us to concentrate on what a system is doing without being
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