Lean Accounting Summary As companies grow‚ they continuously look for ways to save on costs‚ be more productive‚ and overall be more efficient. Many companies are starting to implement lean accounting. The traditional accounting method focuses mainly on reducing costs and creating increased shareholder value‚ whereas lean accounting is mainly focused on increasing capacity‚ creating more customer value‚ and reducing the amount of waste. Successfully changing the accounting system within a company
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BUSN1002 Financial Accounting Processes Semester 2‚ 2013 LECTURE OUTLINES 1 – 6 Topic Coordinator: Philip Palmer Room 3.70 Law and Commerce Building Email: philip.palmer@flinders.edu.au Ph: 8201 2013 FLINDERS UNIVERSITY FLINDERS BUSINESS SCHOOL BUSN1002 Financial Accounting Processes Philip Palmer Lecture Outline 1 Introduction to Financial Accounting Reading: Hoggett et al.‚ Chapters 1 and 2 1 Introduction to Accounting Accounting is an information system designed to
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Financial Reporting Problem Part 2 If cash is King‚ then Apple is the King. Apple has piled up $81.6 billion in cash/investments. Most people think that Apple only has $26 billion in cash‚ but the way Apple reports it on the balance sheet can be confusing. From an investor’s standpoint‚ they love companies with cash‚ the ability to generate cash and that virtually have little or no debt. Apple is one of the company’s that does not have any debt. Whether short term or long term‚ Apple invests
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Environmental Accounting Where We Are Now‚ Where We Are Heading by Joy E. Hecht Interest is growing in modifying national income accounting systems to promote understanding of the links between economy and environment. T he field of environmental accounting has made great strides in the past two decades‚ moving from a rather arcane endeavor to one tested in dozens of countries and well established in a few. But the idea that nations might integrate the economic role of the environment into
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ROLE OF RESPONSIBILITY ACCOUNTING IN FOSTERING GOAL CONGRUENCE RATIONALE: It is impossible for top managers to make all the necessary decisions about everything except in very small organizations. Somehow at some point he has to delegate some decisions to those who are at the lower levels and are more knowledgeable to the everyday detail of the company’s operation. By empowering lower level managers to make decisions‚ decision-making authority is spread throughout the organization rather
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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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not been authorized. *Accounting estimate—An approximation of a monetary amount in the absence of a precise means of measurement. This term is used for an amount measured at fair value where there is estimation uncertainty‚ as well as for other amounts that require estimation. Where ISA 540 2 addresses only accounting estimates involving measurement at fair value‚ the term “fair value accounting estimates” is used. *Accounting records—The records of initial accounting entries and supporting
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Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) Changing the value of closing inventory from cost to net realisable value is an application of which accounting concept? A) B) C) D) 2) Going concern. Historical cost. Consistency. Prudence. Which statement relating to depreciation is true? A) The cash account is affected by charging depreciation B) Accumulated depreciation represents the portion of an asset’s cost that has been transferred to depreciation
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ACCT TEST 1. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a corporation? a. Corporations are organized as a separate legal taxable entity. b. Ownership is divided into shares of stock. c. Corporations experience an ease in obtaining large amounts of resources by issuing stock. d. A corporation’s resources are limited to its individual owners’ resources. e. Corporations make up 20% of all businesses. 2. An entity that is organized according to state or federal statutes
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The role of accounting The role of accounting in business is to help interested parties (internal and external) to make business decisions. LEARNING OBJECTIVE Explain how the accounting process aids in the making of business decisions KEY POINTS Financial accounting generates some of the key documents‚ including profit and loss account showing the method of business traded for a specific period and the balance sheet which provides a statement showing mode of trade in business for a specific
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