ACCT1501 ACCOUNTING & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 1A SEMESTER 1 2008 COURSE NOTES Last Revised: 13th August 2008. kaheiyeh.web.officelive.com Contents Page 3: The Nature of Accounting Page 5: The Balance Sheet & Transaction Analysis Page 8: The Income Statement & Transaction Analysis Page 13: Financial Reporting Principles Page 18: Adjustment to Accounting Entries Page 23: Completing the Accounting Cycle Page 26: Accounting for Cash Holdings & Receivables Page 30: Accounting for Inventory Page 37:
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Managerial Accounting Mid-Term 1.) a.) Snack-Foods division president may want to play the end-of-year games because there may be a bonus for the division president if they get certain earnings for the year. Not only a bonus for the division president; but there may be a bonus for the division itself. With that being said he could use that for the other employees to help participate in the year-end games. If corporate has seen them fallen behind‚ then these year-end games maybe able to apply
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CHOICE A set of two or more interrelated components that interact to achieve a goal is: a) A system b) An accounting information system c) Data d) Mandatory information This results when a subsystem achieves its goals while contributing to the organization’s overall goal. e) Goal conflict f) Goal congruence g) Value of information h) Systems congruence Goal conflict may result when i) A decision or action of a subsystem is inconsistent
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Exercise 11-1 (10 minutes) 1. 2. 3. Exercise 11-2 (10 minutes) Average operating assets £2‚200‚000 Net operating income £400‚000 Minimum required return: 16% × £2‚200‚000 352‚000 Residual income £ 48‚000 Exercise 11-3 (20 minutes) 1. Throughput time = Process time + Inspection time + Move time + Queue time = 2.8 days + 0.5 days + 0.7 days + 4.0 days = 8.0 days 2. Only process time is value-added time; therefore the manufacturing cycle efficiency
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TO FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING 1.1 USE‚ PREPARATION AND CONCEPTS * Use: The information derived from financial accounting is used by managers‚ investors‚ bankers‚ financial analysts and accountants‚ helping them to learn how to use information effectively and to do their jobs better. This information is essential to accountants for the services they provide. * Preparation: to be effective users of accounting information‚ people need to know something about how and why the information is prepared
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Financial Information System (FIS) Definition - What does Financial Information System (FIS) mean? A financial information system (FIS) accumulates and analyzes financial data used for optimal financial planning and forecasting decisions and outcomes. FIS is used in conjunction with a decision support system‚ and it helps a firm attain its financial objectives because they use a minimal amount of resources relative to a predetermined margin of safety. FIS can be thought of as a financial planner
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framework for financial reporting Objectives 2.1 Why a conceptual framework? 2.2 IASB Framework for the Preparation and Presentation of Financial Statements 2.2.1 The objective of financial statements 2.2.2 Stewardship as an objective of financial statements: the current debate 2.2.3 Underlying assumptions 2.2.4 A note on the ‘going concern’ assumption 2.2.5 Qualitative characteristics of financial reporting information 2.2.6 Constraints on financial reporting 2.3 Elements of financial statements
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History of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) …………… 2 2. Advantages and Disadvantages of Adopting IFRS ……………….. 4 2.1. Advantages…………………………………………………………………………4 2.2. Disadvantages………………………………………………………………………………..5 3. Similarities and Differences between IFRS and U.S.GAAP......6 3.1. Similarities between IFRS and U.S. GAAP.......................................7 3.2. Differences between IFRS and U.S. GAAP……………………………………..10 4. International Accounting Harmonization…………………………
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Week 2 I)Frontier Park was started on April 1 by C.J Mendez and associates. The following selected events and transactions occurred during April. April 1 Stockholders invested $40‚000 cash in the business in exchange for common stock. 4 Purchased land costing $30‚000 for cash. 8 Incurred advertising expense of $1‚800 on account. 11 Paid salaries to employee $1‚500. 12 Hired park manager at a salary of $4‚000 per month‚ effective May 1. 13 Paid
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Accounting and Auditing Differences 1. The main difference between auditing and accounting is that accounting is related to the collection‚ recording‚ analysis and interpretation of financial transactions while auditing refers to the examination of books of accounts along with the evidential documents. However‚ both processes are concerned with the accounting records of a business. While‚ audit report are reliable by the users for few reasons such as : a) To verify some information needed about
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