|Term-Concepts |Definition | |Purpose of Accounting |Communicating financial information to end users so they can make informed decisions. | |Accounting Entity |The financial affairs of the business are separate and distinct from the financial affairs of the owner. | |Monetary Concept |All transactions are recorded in
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HISTORY OF ACCOUNTING Primitive Accounting Traced as far as 8500 BC in Mesopotamia through the use of clay like: a. Record for paid wages b. Record purposes‚ as general Pyramids in Egypt‚ for the costs of structures Other places like China‚ Babylon‚ and Greece Middle Ages More formal account-keeping methods were developed by the merchants and banks. Double-entry records first appeared in Genoa in 1340 AD. First accounting book was written by Contrugli in Naples Summa de Arithmetica
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Psychology or Accounting Choosing a career is one of the most important decisions a person has to make in their life. It is so important because that is what people will have to do to support their selves throughout life. For the past ten years psychology and accounting were two of the top ten potential career choices. According to the U.S. Department of Education‚ National Center for Education Statistics up to 70‚000 bachelor’s degrees in psychology were awarded‚ and up to 30‚000 in accounting all around
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Project Paper on the Title “Auditors Professional Responsibilities and Legal Liability with Regard to Private Auditors in Ethiopia”: For the Fulfillment of M.Sc Program in Accounting and Finance Adviser: Johannes Kinfu (Prof) By: Muluneh Beyene Addis Ababa University School of Gradate Studies Department of Accounting and Finance July‚ 2007 Addis Ababa Statement of Certification This is to certify that Muluneh Beyene has carried out his research work on the topic entitled “The
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THE ACCOUNTING EQUATION The accounting equation can be described as of the basis of accounting. This is because it describes the double entry principle of book-keeping. It is a representation of how funds are raised to finance Assets. The equation is illustrated below: Asset = Capital + Liabilities For example‚ a girl needs to buy a laptop costing £500. She already had £250 in personal savings and then took a loan of £250 from her boyfriend. Here is the equation again: Asset Capital
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ABSTRACT The accounting fraud is frequent‚ widespread and familiar in many countries and organization. It brings a loss to firms and investors. But there is no research trying to explain factors comprehensively influencing it. The obyectives of the research are to test and explain the effect of the internal control effectiveness‚ suitability of reward‚ compliance to accounting rules‚ information asymmetry‚ management morality toward unethical behavior and intention to accounting fraud. More particularly
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Multicontribution Activity-Based Income Statement‚ Journal of Cost Management‚ F94‚ pp. 45-54. The author outlines the development of an ABC based income statement. The multicontribution income statement reflects the individual contribution by product‚ product line‚ operations and facilities. The ABC based income statement attempts to incorporate contribution margin analysis into the income statement - making the income statement a more valuable management tool. [I] Ames‚ B. Charles and James D. Hlavacek‚
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Overview of government accounting Government accounting Government accounting refers to the different accounting systems that the different entities in the public sector use. Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) set the accounting standards to be used by the state and local government. The role of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) is to set up and improve the accounting standards of state and local government. It also ensures that financial reporting gives accurate and
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Environmental Accounting The business activities of companies and other organizations in the modern socio-economic system have expanded in scale‚ diversified‚ and become globalized to a degree not experienced previously. A great number of companies have been established corresponding to each purpose‚ and group management is practiced. In a group management system‚ the independent decision-making ability of group companies is limited. At the same time‚ the primary objective becomes management of the
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About Computerised Accounting Abstract: In the economic globalization today‚ instead of computerized accounting manual accounting‚ accounts‚ reimbursement and other accounting activities as the main computing model accounting profession‚ is the modernization of management and accounting reform and development needs of its own‚ is a modern social mass production and the inevitable product of the new technological revolution. Accounting Computerization to the present‚ is not simply a simple combination
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