American Accounting Association DOI: 10.2308/acch.2010.24.2.279 Accounting Horizons Vol. 24‚ No. 2 2010 pp. 279–296 COMMENTARY The American Accounting Association’s Financial Reporting Policy Committee’s Response to the Preliminary Views on Financial Statement Presentation The Financial Reporting Policy Committee of the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section of the American Accounting Association Mark Bradshaw‚ Carolyn Callahan‚ Jack Ciesielski‚ Elizabeth Gordon‚ Mark Kohlbeck
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Benefits of Accounting Accounting II has proven to be a successful course to take‚ especially when entering into the business field. Accounting has many key concepts in which I feel that I have benefited from. Although at times I found myself struggling‚ I pushed through and persevered. The key concepts that I feel that will help me as I enter the business field is the ability to understand how accounts receivables and payroll affect a business. I think the hardest concepts for me in this
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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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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 a three-step process: analysis‚ design and feedback. 6. An accounting system is the methods
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Objectives Accounting and the Business Environment 7111AFE Topic 1 1. Use accounting vocabulary. 2. Apply accounting concepts and principles to business situations. 3. Use the accounting equation to describe an organisation’s financial position. 4. Use the accounting equation to analyse business transactions. 5. Preparation of financial statements. 1-2 Objective 1 Accounting... is an information system that... Use accounting vocabulary measures business activities‚ processes information
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HISTORY OF ACCOUNTING Accounting has a history that is usually discussed in terms of one seminal event- the invention and dissemination of the double entry bookkeeping processes. Paul Garner and Atsuo Tsuji (1995) report that the first printed treatise of bookkeeping in the world is the Summa de Arithemetica‚ Geometria‚ Proportioni et Proportionalita written by Luca Pacioli. The treatise was published in Venice in 1494‚ and was reprinted at Toscolano in 1523. This work is one of the most important
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Introduction Consider the numbers 1 2 3‚ how many combinations are there? 1x2x3=6‚ so there is 6 combinations‚ but how about using combinations and permutations to another level? How does Permutations actually affect our lives? One different combination would result in many other results such as the phone number. Imagine if a particular person’s phone number is 92719071‚ if i change the 1 at the end into 4‚ could you still call him? Or would you call another person instead? One time‚ there was
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Accounting Concepts Underlying Assumptions‚ Principles‚ and Conventions Assumptions The following are basic financial accounting assumptions: Separate entity assumption - the business is an entity that is separate and distinct from its owners‚ so that the finances of the firm are not co-mingled with the finances of the owners. • Going concern assumption - the business is going to be operating for the foreseeable future. Stable monetary unit assumption - e.g. the U.S. dollar • Fixed
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Introduction Traditionally‚ cash basis of accounting has been used in the public sector; however‚ in recent years extensive debates have emphasised whether a move to accruals basis of accounting would be more feasible. The proponents argue for such a change due to the benefits accruals basis has to offer. There are still heavyweight supporters for cash basis such as IFAC – a body that issued 21 IPSAS based on IMF‚ EU Commission‚ and IFRS / IAS (Jorge Faustino‚ 2008). Moreover‚ there are several organisations
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Geiger DATE: June 19‚ 2011 SUBJECT: Manual Accounting Modifications for Expanded Business M E M O R A N D U M This memo is to advise you of the best possible ways for you to modify your current manual accounting system to accommodate the expanded business activities for your retail store. Pursuant to our conversation‚ you generally obtain your goods on credit using purchase orders‚ and your sales are primarily cash. You currently keep your manual accounting system using a general journal and a general
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