Managerial Accounting Vs Financial Accounting Resources carbon.cudenver.edu/~gcolbert/6550.ch12.pdf MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING AND COST-VOLUME-PROFIT Managerial Accounting Contrasted to Financial Accounting. Managerial accounting supports Managerial Accounting vs. Financial Accounting cob.ohio-state.edu/~bentz_1/525/problems/Finvsmgrl.doc Bentz Financial vs. Managerial Accounting in which financial accounting and managerial accounting are alike in which managerial accounting seems to differ from
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U. S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (U. S. GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) There are numerous companies that use different types of accounting standards or rules. International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles the most popularly used by companies. IFRS is a set of accounting standards that provides a global framework for how public companies prepare and disclose their financial statements. The U.S. Generally
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The basic accounting concepts have defined the conception of the preparation of financial statements and the process of preparation in the UK is well regulated. But financial accounting requires a fair amount of flexibility in some certain areas‚ so the need of judgements and estimations for accounts preparers is demand. Meanwhile it leaves a significant approach in accounting treatments. For example‚ when organizations decide which of several inventory valuation methods to utilize; managers make
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ACCOUNTING NOTES FOR MY PERSONAL USE 4/12/2013 ELISHA VERIWA | Introduction to Accounting Accountancy is the process of communicating financial information about a business entity to users (stakeholders) such as shareholders and managers (Elliot‚ Barry & Elliot‚ Jamie: Financial accounting and reporting). Accounting has been defined as: * the art of recording‚ classifying‚ and summarizing in a significant manner and in terms of money‚ transactions and events which are‚ in part at least
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simply repeating previous posts and agreeing. Discuss the pros and cons of accural accounting versus cash accounting methods. All discussion forums must require at a minimum: 1-Research (at least 2 citations) 2-Critical Thinking 3-Opportunity for dissent. Accrual Accounting versus Cash Accounting Ok‚ if we are to attain our career goals we need to understand these two methods of accounting. This topic is very important in almost any field that one chooses to fashion their
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Financial accounting reports are prepared for the use of external parties such as shareholders and creditors‚ whereas managerial accounting reports are prepared for managers inside the organization. This contrast in basic orientation results in a number of major differences between financial and managerial accounting‚ even though both financial and managerial accounting often rely on the same underlying financial data. In addition to the to the differences in who the reports are prepared for
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Classmates‚ According to (Oster‚ 2014)‚ "Percentage of receivables and percentage of sales are two accounting allowance methods used to reconcile customer accounts deemed noncollectable. When allowed by generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)‚ these two strategies are preferred over direct write-off of bad debt expenses. Percentage of receivables and percentage of sales provide a business with the ability to accurately estimate the expected bad debt losses they will have in each succeeding
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8/2/2012 Objective of Lecture 2 CLASSIFICATION OF ACCOUNTS & ACCOUNTING EQUATION • By end of lecture 2‚ all students should be able to:(a) Understand the five categories of accounts and able to classify them into the respective categories (b) Understand the accounting equation and the relationship between assets‚ liabilities and owner’s equity. Classifications of accounts • • 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. An account is used to record all information regarding an item. The five major
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ACCOUNTING SUBSTANCE OVER FORM Substance over form is an accounting concept where the entity is accounting for items according to their substance and economic reality and not merely their legal form. It is one of the key determinants of reliable information. For most transactions there will be no difference and in some cases however‚ the two diverge and the choice of how to present the transactions can give very different results. This differences occurs when an asset or liability is not recognized
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Table of Content * INTRODUCTION...................................................................08 1.0 INFORMATION SYSTEM (IS)………………………………......08 2.0 ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEM (AIS)…..................08 3. O History OF AIS……………………………………………………‚.08 4.1 TYPES OF AIS…………………………………………………......09 4.1 MANUAL SYSTEM…………………………………………………….. 09 4.2 LEGACY SYSTEM……………………………………………………....09 4.3 REPLACEMENT OF LAGACY…………………………….……..……10 5.0 COMPONENTS OF AIS…………………………………………..10 5.1 PEOPLE………………………………………………………………
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