Qualitative Characteristics of Accounting Information Qualitative characteristics are the attributes that make the information provided in financial statements useful to users. The four principal qualitative characteristics are understandability‚ relevance‚ reliability and comparability. It is also pointed out that these qualitative characteristics may need to be balanced against one another. (John Wiley& Sons Australia‚ Ltd‚ 2009) The relative importance of the characteristics in different cases
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Qualitative Characteristics of Accounting Information Business owners can use accounting information to conduct a financial analysis of their companies’ operations. Accounting information often has quantitative and qualitative characteristics. Quantitative characteristics refer to the calculation of financial transactions. Qualitative characteristics include the business owner’s perceived importance of financial information. Business owners often require financial information
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Definition of ’Accounting Information System - AIS’ The collection‚ storage and processing of financial and accounting data that is used by decision makers. An accounting information system is generally a computer-based method for tracking accounting activity in conjunction with information technology resources. The resulting statistical reports can be used internally by management or externally by other interested parties including investors‚ creditors and tax authorities. Investopedia explains ’Accounting
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Executive Summary Accounting information system is an extremely important role in the enterprise management. As technology advances‚ the system software is constantly improving‚ constantly enhance the function of the system‚ thus improving the efficiency of enterprise management. Accounting information system network and multi-function trend is more obvious‚ how is the fastest way to management to provide the latest information to help decision-makers analysis‚ forecasting‚ decision-making‚ improve
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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 with the system as a whole. j) A subsystem achieves
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ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYTEMS Wikipedia: An accounting information system (AIS) is a system of collection‚ storage and processing of financial and accounting data that is used by decision makers. An accounting information system is generally a computer-based method for tracking accounting activity in conjunction with information technology resources. The resulting statistical reports can be used internally by management or externally by other interested parties including investors‚ creditors and
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AIS – Final Study Chapter Highlights Chapter 1 – ACCOUNTING SYSTEM INSIGHTS 1. Enterprise system – A system that supports business activities throughout the enterprise‚ including inputs‚ processing‚ and outputs 2. Integrated enterprise system – Shares data across functional areas within the enterprise 3. Business processes – Related activities performed by an enterprise to create value by transforming input into output 4. Value chain – An organizing framework for business processes
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research project which will design to investigate business usage of acomputerized accounting system (CAS) to ascertain if there are obstacles that prevent businessesfrom migrating to such a system. Two groups of businesses will be surveyed. Those that currentlyuse a CAS and those that do not. The purpose of this comparison is to determine what will the major influences in their decision to use or not use accounting software for their business. A secondaryobjective was to learn more about the influence
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Introduction: An internal control system refers to the process by which organizations maintain environments that encourage incorruptibility and deter fraudulent activities by managements and employees. Internal control systems are evaluated during the planning phase of an independent financial statement audit. This is the system is also known as detection and prevention of fraud in an organization. The “Questionnaire Method” is one of various techniques to measure internal control system of any organization
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND The importance of accounting system in any organization cannot be over emphasize. It does not only facilitate proper control and safeguard of assets of the organization but also helps management in its planning for the organizational objective by the information that the system supplies. Lack of efficient accounting practices lead to a series of financial problems‚ fraud‚ frustration among employees‚ loss of public confidence and possibly‚ the collapse
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