Advancement of Accountancy Profession in Nigeria: A Collaborative Effort of Practicing Accountants and the Academia By Abubakar Salisu B. Sc‚ M.Sc‚ MBA‚ ACA‚ AMNIM Lecturer‚ Department of Accounting‚ Ahmadu Bello University‚ Zaria. ABSTRACT The Nigerian environment of accountancy profession has found it difficult to bring together accountants in the academics and in practice for the advancement of the profession. Whereas the accountants in practice are viewed as the real professional
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perceived. In an accounting context‚ the sustainability reporting has evolved into a kind of tool for an organization to show and present its Corporation Social Responsibility. Moreover‚ it is also the expectation for the business organization to operate in a sustainable way. In the recent researches‚ there are sufficient evidences show how important the sustainable development to the community? How the conventional accounting evolve into two breeds of accounting‚ which are social accounting and environment
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Accounting is often referred to as the language of business. It is a special-purpose tool for communication about the financial statements and the performance of a company. This can happen through written‚ natural language by selecting words from a standard vocabulary combining them in meaningful ways. These words are then organised into financial reports according to relatively flexible rules of presentation. Accounting dates back to 1494 when Luca Pacioli published a book called Summa de Arithmetic
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The introduction of MRRT will potentially have an effect on the accounting policy choices of mining companies affected by the tax. This paper will be split into two sections; a literature review and an analysis. The literature review will look at articles on the Minerals Resource Rent Tax and what it actually entails. Positive Accounting Theory in relation to bonus plans and political costs. It will address articles on accounting methods that were used prior to the introduction of Minerals Resource
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1.0 Introduction According to The Environment Agency in the United Kingdom (2006)‚ Environmental Accounting can be defined as: “The collection‚ analysis and assessment of environmental and financial performance data obtained from business management information systems‚ environmental management and financial accounting systems. The taking of corrective management action to reduce environmental impacts and costs plus‚ where appropriate‚ the external reporting of the environmental and financial
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FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING I COURSE DESCRIPTION/OBJECTIVES The primary aim of Financial Accounting is to provide students with an introduction to the process and function of financial reporting. Whilst a large proportion of the course is aimed at understanding accounting as a process‚ taking a preparers‟ perspective‚ we will also seek to develop an understanding of the importance of the role of accounting in today’s society. LEARNING OUTCOMES After studying this course the student will be able to understand:
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Chapter 3: Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis 95 Chapter 3 Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis SOLUTIONS LEARNING OBJECTIVES Chapter 3 addresses the following learning objectives: LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 LO6 Explain the concepts of cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis in decision making Apply CVP calculations for a single product Apply CVP calculations multiple products Describe the assumptions and limitations that mangers consider when using CVP analysis Assess operational risk using margin of
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essay is to critically evaluate the usefulness of the accounting theory to practicing accountants today. It will provide a general assessment of information asymmetry and the fundamental problem of accounting‚ and it will also briefly discuss the normative and positive accounting theories and their usefulness to practicing accountants. After those discussions‚ it will specifically discuss the strength and limitation of positive accounting theory and assess its usefulness to practicing accountants.
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Why would users rely on financial statements? What is an example of a financial measure that an external user might use? What is an example of a financial measure that an internal user might use? Users rely on financial statements to gauge the strength and outlook of companies. Others understand that. One would want that company to make money for them when they invest. If companies didn’t make money for you there would be no reason to buy stocks and no reason the price of a stock would ever
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Review sheet Test 2 Chapters 4 & 5 (33 Multiple choice) Chapter 4 ▪ Definitions or calculations presentation on financial statements- Net Sales‚ COGS‚ gross profit‚ selling and administrative expenses o Sale - sale discount = Net sales o Net sale – COGS = Gross profit o Sale discount + net sale= sale o Sale – net sale = sale dis o Net sale – gross profit= COGS New asset -> inventory Expense -> COGS Revenue -> sales Contra revenue (debit)
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