CXC CSEC Principles of Accounts Exam Guide Section 1: Introduction to Principles of Accounts SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES The students should be able to: CONTENT 1. Explain the concept of accounting; concept of “Accounting” and “Principles of Accounting” 2. State the purpose of accounting; Accounting as a business practice – the purpose of Accounting. 3. Identify the users of accounting information; Internal and external users Accounting information and their needs 4. Outline
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September 2009 As at 30 September 2009 Taka As at 31 December 2008 Taka Assets: Non current assets : Property‚ plant and equipment‚ net Intangible assets Investment in shares of X-Net Ltd. Long-term receivables and deposits Current assets: Inventories Deferred cost of connection revenue Accounts receivable‚ net Advances‚ deposits and prepayments Cash and cash equivalents Total assets Equity and Liabilities: Shareholders’ equity: Share capital Share premium Capital reserve Deposit from shareholders General
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(Also known as "T" Account and Account) Having passed the double or journal entries‚ the next step is to post these double or journal entries into Ledger accounts. Ledger account or an account is simply the classification of double entries which we have made in General Journal or any other journal. In an account we bring together all similar entries in one place. For example a company has purchased goods on 4th and 7th January‚ we would put both entries in purchases account because of their similar
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Audit Committee Quality‚ Auditor Independence‚ and Internal Control Weaknesses Yan Zhang‚ Jian Zhou‚ and Nan Zhou* * All authors are from SUNY – Binghamton. We thank two anonymous reviewers for detailed and insightful suggestions that have significantly improved the paper. We also thank workshop participants at the 2006 American Accounting Association Auditing Midyear Meeting and the 2006 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting for comments‚ and Raj Addepalli‚ Shanshan Chen‚ Yujing
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FASB Codification Assignment 1 – Receivables You are spending your summer working for a local wholesale furniture company‚ Beds and Beyond‚ Inc. The company is considering a proposal from a local financial institution‚ Old Faithful Financial‚ to factor Bed and Beyond’s receivables. The company controller is unfamiliar with the most recent FASB pronouncement that deals with accounting for the transfer of financial assets and has asked you to do some research. The controller wants to make sure
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Topic Internal Controls Title An analysis of the Internal Controls used in the Finance department at COLFIRE. Research Questions 1. How are internal controls used at COLFIRE? 2. How does COLFIRE use internal control to operate their operations? 3. What are the major internal controls principles used at COLFIRE? Organization COLFIRE. (Colonial Fire and General Insurance Company Limited.) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to thank my teacher Mr. N. Cooper for giving me the necessary information
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RECEIVABLE MANAGEMENT OF INDIAN AUTOMAKERS IN A REVIVED SCENARIO *P.Nageswari ‚** E.Bennet‚ *** Dr.M. Selvam Abstract January 2010 marks a milestone in the automotive journey of the country with Maruthi Suzuki‚ Tata Motors‚ Mahindra & Mahindra and General Motors India reporting their highest ever monthly sales. A firm’s profitability is determined partly by way of its working capital management. An efficient management of working capital will yield significant results and its neglect can be highly
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CATHOLIC INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY A RESEARCH PROPOSAL TOPIC: THE ANALYSIS OF OFFSHORE BANKING AND ITS EFFECT ON TAXATION NAME: INDEX NO#: CIBT/BAMS/09/ DATE: 2ND NOVEMBER 2012 INTRODUCTION Offshore banks are banks wherein a majority of their depositors are located in a jurisdiction outside their own country. Unlike is the modern perception these banks are not only located in the smaller tax havens‚ but some of the bigger countries like the United States and Hong Kong also
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Internal Control Case Study Jiyang Zhou According to published reports‚ what happened at Haight Ashbury Free Clinic is typical of the types of employee fraud that happens day in and day out at many organizations. It was nothing overly sophisticated and demonstrated how insiders who know the peculiarities of differing requirements use their knowledge for their own enrichment. A former CFO of the clinic took advantage his knowledge that requires nonprofits receiving federal grants to return any
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The Internal Assessment focuses on identifying and evaluating a firm’s strengths and weaknesses in the functional areas of business‚ including: management‚ marketing‚ finance‚ production‚ research and development‚ computer information systems. There are many subareas inside these functions‚ such as customer service‚ warranties‚ advertising‚ packaging‚ and pricing under marketing. The functional business areas differ for different types of organizations‚ such as hospitals‚ universities‚ government
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