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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Department of Accounting and Finance BA (Hons) Accounting BSc (Hons) International Finance BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance Financial Accounting 2 (AAF005-2) Referral Assessment 1 Academic Year 2012-13 Miryam Ghoitom Student ID: 112368 Contents Page * Introduction and Background * Cash basis accounting * Accrual basis accounting * Financial reporting * Conclusions‚ recommendations‚ or implications for the future. * References * Introduction * Cash Accounting vs Accrual
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TRUE OR FLASE 1. Businesses must implement controls to help guide the behavior of their employees toward business objectives. 2. The methods or procedures used to record and report financial data are called the accounting system. 3. Systems analysis is the final phase in the creation or revision of an accounting system. 4. Processing methods are the means by which the system collects‚ summarizes‚ and reports accounting information. 5. Accounting systems evolve through
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Running head: ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES Generally Accepted Accounting Principles P G HCS 571 June 5‚ 2013 Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)‚ are standards and guidelines for financial accounting‚ and reporting‚ (Office of Financial Management‚ 2012). There are guidelines in effect for most organizations; GAAP ensures that the finances of an organization are correct. According to Cleverly‚ Song‚ and Cleverly (2011)‚ GAAP describes the “body
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Managerial Accounting Final Essay – Managerial Accounting Abstract Discussing the importance of managerial accounting for managers and business leaders who are not accountants. Understanding accounting principles‚ job costing‚ decisions for capital investments‚ and central versus decentralized business units. Managerial Accounting In business‚ accounting principle is necessary for report annual and quarterly reports‚ IRS‚ shareholders
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In a constructionist perspective Abstract This essay addresses the relationship between professional ethics and financial statement disclosure. The public should change its view on the objectivity of accounting profession because in no means can anyone be absolutely objective. The reason to this will be articulated thoroughly in the essay. Then how to maximize relative objectivity is discussed and the conclusion is that being honest and credible as the
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Laurel Cobb Course Title: Managerial Accounting for Decision Making Assignment 1- GAAP‚ JIT‚ and TOC Question/Prompt Please describe the implications of GAAP in an international company and how JIT and TOC are important to making managerial decisions on inventory and activity based accounting. Please delineate various cost categories and briefly describe each cost type and application within an enterprise. Review of Subject Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) is a widely accepted
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UM TAGUM CAMPUS Tagum City Department of Accounting Education Accounting Technology Program W A I V E R TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: This is to certify that I‚ Crystal Faye M. Sumatra‚ a student of UM Tagum College‚ Tagum City‚ and a resident of Phase 2 Zone 5‚ Union Village‚ Mankilam‚ Tagum City‚ voluntarily agree to undergo an On-the-Job-Training at VF Agunod Auditing Firm for 180 hours in order to add the actual work experience needed in enhancing my skills for my course. Furthermore
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The Accounting Cycle Kaplan University AB114-02 Accounting I Professor Richard Franchetti Barbara Kerr April 8‚ 2013 THE ACCOUNTING CYCLE 1 The accounting cycle begins with analyzing and journalizing transactions and ends with preparing the accounting records for the next period. There are ten steps one must follow in the accounting cycle. The first step in the accounting cycle is to analyze and record transactions in the journal using the double entry-accounting
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“The theories we use to help us understand standard-setting in national arenas (such as Australia) don’t work so well at the international level where the . . . International Accounting Standard Board (IASB) is taking a leading role. We will have to modify them or expand our theoretical repertoire” Discuss the above statement‚ clearly indicating your agreement or otherwise about the basis for your views. Abstract: The theories that are presented in this paper all assume the importance of a
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