Origins All types of businesses‚ whether service‚ manufacturing or trading‚ require cost accounting to track their activities.[1] Cost accounting has long been used to help managers understand the costs of running a business. Modern cost accounting originated during the industrial revolution‚ when the complexities of running a large scale business led to the development of systems for recording and tracking costs to help business owners and managers make decisions. In the early industrial age‚
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primarily responsible for the Japanese accounting system being significantly different from other national systems and what influences do you consider the Japanese system will have on international accounting in the future? INTRODUCTION Japan as an accounting jurisdiction is characterized by the dominance of the state (Haller and Raffournier‚ 2003). The accounting rules have been set out in the past fifty years as statute law with an implicit objective that accounting should contribute to the growth
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Abstract: Creative accounting is a practice of accounting following the certain rules of it‚ but it is fluctuated from the basic spirit of those rules. Creative accounting is the ‘colorful’ representation of a company’s assets‚ liabilities and income. It is basically done to attract investors. The example of ‘the half glass of water’ maybe pulled to explain the idea. If a glass is filled with water to its half volume‚ then instead of saying ‘it is half empty’‚ the creative accountants prefer
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Accounting Ethics Accounting ethics is primarily a field of professional ethics‚ the study of moral values and judgements which are applied to the accountancy. “Accounting ethics can be defined as a set of distinct guidelines for a business to maintain clean balance sheets‚ accounting for their profits‚ losses and expenses incurred and prevent it from mishandling financial reports and statements” (Buzzle 2011). The nature of the work carried out by accountants and auditors requires a high level
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manufacturing costs are assigned to products: direct material‚ direct labour‚ variable and fixed manufacturing overhead acceptable quality level (AQL) the defect rate at which total quality costs are minimised account classification method (or account analysis) the process in which managers use their judgement to classify costs as fixed‚ variable or semivariable costs accounting rate of return (or simple rate of return‚ rate of return on assets‚ unadjusted rate of return or return on investment (ROI)) the average
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Journal of Business Finance & Accounting‚ 32(3) & (4)‚ April/May 2005‚ 0306-686X Discussion of Accounting‚ Valuation and Duration of Football Player Contracts JOHN FORKER* Investment by football clubs in player contracts provides a natural experiment to evaluate the mandated accounting requirement that purchased intangible assets must be capitalised (ASB‚ FRS 10‚ 1997b). The study is well grounded for three reasons. First‚ the availability of industry level transaction price data for transfer
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RESPONSIBILITY ACCOUNTING Management Accounting - Responsibility Accounting Planning & control are essential for achieving good results in any business. Firstly‚ a budget is prepared and‚ secondly‚ actual results are compared with budgeted ones. Any difference is made responsibility of the key individuals who were involved in (i) setting standards‚ (ii) given necessary resources and (iii) powers to use them. In order to streamline the process‚ the entire organization is broken into various
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for you will depend upon your career goals. Earning one of the accounting-related professional certifications is no easy task; however‚ earning and maintaining your certification can increase your chances for advancement and promotion‚ enhance your reputation among colleagues and within the profession‚ and result in salaries that are higher than your non-certified peers as long as you remain ethical. The Profession of Accounting When most people go to college they think of what major would
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MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING Information for Decision-Making and Strategy Execution SIXTH EDITION Anthony A. Atkinson University of Waterloo Robert S. Kaplan Harvard University Ella Mae Matsumura University of Wisconsin–Madison S. Mark Young University of Southern California Boston Columbus Indianapolis New York San Francisco Upper Saddle River Amsterdam Cape Town Dubai London Madrid Milan Munich Paris Montreal Toronto Delhi Mexico City S~ Paulo Sydney Hong Kong Seoul Singapore
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ACCG 399 Reflection Learning Log Lecture 1 Financial Accounting is highlighted in the lecture. There are two key points of financial accounting. Firstly‚ financial accounting is a process involving the collection and processing of financial information to meet the decision-making needs of parties external to an orgnisation. The other one is related to laws and accounting standards‚ external reporting‚ financial statements‚ values and material‚ independent audit opinion‚ overview general purpose
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