SUBJECT: ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT TOPIC: ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES ACCOUNTING Generally Accepted Accounting Principles refer to the standard framework of guidelines for financial accounting used in any given jurisdiction; generally known as accounting standards. GAAP includes the standards‚ conventions‚ and rules accountants follow in recording and summarizing‚ and in the preparation of financial statements. Financial Accounting is information that must be assembled and reported
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Generally Accepted Accounting Principles HCS/571 July 11‚ 2011 Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Generally Accepted Accounting Principles‚ or GAAP‚ is an accounting language of business used in health care facilities that have specific policies they must abide by when making choices for the direction of the institution. The Financial Accounting Standards Board‚ also known as FASB‚ developed these rules to guide them in recording and reporting financial information. Organizations use
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Accounting Assumptions‚ Principles‚ and Constraints The basic assumptions of accounting provide a foundation for recording the transactions and preparing the financial statements. There are two main assumptions of accounting: Monetary unit assumption and Economic entity assumption (Weygandt‚ J. J.‚ Kimmel‚ P. D.‚ & Kieso‚ D. E. (2008)). The monetary unit assumption requires a company to include accounting records that show transaction data. Next‚ is the Economic entity assumption. It requires
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Question 1 Suppose Nike‚ Inc. reported the following plant assets and intangible assets for the year ended May 31‚ 2014 (in millions): other plant assets $965.8; land $221.6; patents and trademarks (at cost) $515.1; machinery and equipment $2‚094.3; buildings $974; goodwill (at cost) $193.5; accumulated amortization $47.7; and accumulated depreciation $2‚298. Prepare a partial balance sheet for Nike for these items. (List Property‚ Plant and Equipment in order of Land‚ Buildings and Equipment
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Running head: Accounting Assumptions‚ Principles and Constraints Accounting Assumptions‚ Principles and Constraints Axia College Basic assumptions accounting consists of four assumptions; monetary unit assumption‚ economic entity assumption‚ time period assumption‚ and going concern assumptions. The monetary unit assumption states that only transaction data that can be expressed in terms of money be included in the accounting records. Economic entity assumption is the activities of the
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Accountants use generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) to guide them in recording and reporting financial information. GAAP comprises a broad set of principles that have been developed by the accounting profession and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Two laws‚ the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934‚ give the SEC authority to establish reporting and disclosure requirements. However‚ the SEC usually operates in an oversight capacity‚ allowing the FASB
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Unit 5 IP September 28‚ 2013 Among the three artists Rubens‚ Caravaggio‚ and Rembrandt there have been many magnificent works of art. There are many different similarities and differences within each Artists works‚ aesthetic qualities and symbolic significance‚ as well as the artists’ points of view for each work of art. Rubens‚ (Peter Paul Rubens) “was a prolific seventeenth-century Flemish Baroque painter‚ and a proponent of an exuberant Baroque style that emphasized movement‚ color‚ and
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Chapter 16 Managerial accounting concepts and principles 1) Direct costs are identified with and can be traced to a cost object. Indirect costs cannot be identified with or traced to a cost object. 2) Costs by function: A) Product costs consist of manufacturing costs: direct materials‚ direct labor and factory overhead. B) Period costs consist of selling and administrative expenses. 3) A) Prime costs which consist of direct materials and direct labor costs. B) Conversion costs which consist
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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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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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