Running Head: Foundational Accounting Principles and Terminology 1 TUI University Eric Bollar Module 1: Case Assignment ACC501 Accounting For Decision Making Dr. Wendy Achilles January 21‚ 2011 Foundational Accounting Principles and Terminology 2 We all know how important the accounting aspect of any business/organization is. It is basically the most important way to manage
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foremost‚ financial management is a decision science. Whereas accounting provides decision makers with a rational means by which to budget for and measure a business’s financial performance‚ financial management provides the theory‚ concepts‚ and tools necessary to make better decisions” (Gapenski‚ 2007). For leaders to manage finances successfully‚ they employ four key managerial elements. The four elements include: (1) planning‚ (2) controlling‚ (3) organizing and directing‚ and (4) decision
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Accountancy ASSESSABLE INCOME: RESIDENCY‚ DERIVATION AND SOURCE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Section 6-5: The Pivotal Section of Assessable Income 2.0 RESIDENCY 2.1 Who is a Resident for Taxation Purposes? 2.2 Test 1: The Resides Test 2.3 Test 2: The Domicile Test 2.4 Test 3: The 183 Day Test 2.5 Test 4: The Superannuation Test 3.0 DERIVATION OF INCOME 3.1 Derivation is a Timing Concept 3.2 Cash v Accruals Basis 3.3 Income from Personal Exertion 3.4 Trading (Business) Income 3.4.1
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reference) Due date: 18th May 2015‚ 5 pm Executive summary On May 2014‚ the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) had jointly issue the converged standard‚ IFRS 15‚ on the Recognition of Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The new standard create a common revenue recognition standard for both IFRS and US GAAP‚ it clarify the principle for recognizing revenue‚ enable consistently application in regardless of transactions‚ industries
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Biblical Principles Applied to Accounting When most people think of business they picture a bunch of fat cats in suits stealing from the poor in order to fill their own pockets. The reality is that for the most part that couldn’t be further from the truth. Hard work‚ innovation‚ and honesty make up the true business man’s credentials. Jesus could have possibly learned some of these traits when he worked at his father’s business as a carpenter. Accounting is the numbers side
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quiz 2 TCO 2) A statement that reports inflows and outflows of cash during the accounting period in the categories of operations‚ investing‚ and financing‚ is called a(an): Income statement Statement of retained earnings Balance sheet Statement of cash flows Report of management Question 2. Question : (TCO 2) Two major methods of asset valuation are: : historical cost and future cost historical cost and acquisition cost historical cost and replacement cost acquisition cost and future cost
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Completing the Accounting Cycle The Accounting Cycle Process by which companies produce their financial statements Use of a work sheet summarizes needed data in one place 2 Accounting Cycle Journalize Transaction During the period Post to Accounts Adjust Accounts End of the period Prepare Financial Statements Close Accounts 3 Work Sheet Internal summary device NOT: A journal A ledger A financial statement Computerized spreadsheets work well 4 Work Sheet Steps Enter account titles and
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between principles-based accounting and rules-based accounting? Almost all companies are required to prepare their financial statements as set out by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)‚ whose standards are generally principles-based. Recently‚ there has been much debate on whether principle-based accounting would be more efficient than the popular rules-based accounting - especially in response to accounting scandals‚ such as Enron and Worldcom‚ the current way of accounting has been
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E2.5. Classifying Accounting Items a. Current asset b. Net revenue in the income statement: a deduction from revenue c. Net accounts receivable‚ a current asset: a deduction from gross receivables d. An expense in the income statement. But R&D is usually not a loss to shareholders; it is an investment in an asset. e. An expense in the income statement‚ part of operating income (and rarely an extraordinary item). If the restructuring charge is estimated‚ a liability is also
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conversion cycle. Even though each cycle performs different specific tasks and supports different objectives‚ they share common characteristics. For example‚ all three TPS cycles capture financial transactions‚ record the effects of transactions in accounting records‚ and provide information about transactions to users in support of their day-to-day activities. In addition‚ transaction cycles produce much of the raw data from which management reports and financial statements are derived. Because of their
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