Topic One: Accounting Information Systems: Theoretical foundation and overview Drivers for business & I.S change Globalisation o Force behind globalisation is technology. o Changed the way we communicate‚ transport goods and services‚ and travel. o Enabled organisations to interact with partners‚ suppliers and customers in virtual environment. Deregulation o Removal of constraints on competitive market forces through free trade agreements. E.g. Australia-China‚ Australia-New Zealand
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Chapter 1 Accounting Information Systems and the Accountant True-False Questions 1. The acronym AIS stands for “Accounting Information Standards.” 2. Accounting information systems must be computerized to be effective. 3. It is best to view an AIS as an accounting system that must be computerized. 4. AISs often create information that is useful to non-accountants. 5. In order to be useful‚ raw accounting data must be processed by a computer. 6. The path that data follow in an AIS‚ for
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still a young and constantly evolving nation. Originally being a penal colony‚ part of the British Empire‚ Australia has grown into an essentially independent country and has proven to be a solid force in both the world economy and in the field of accounting. • History and Federal structure The isle of Australia was discovered in 1522 by British explorers and was originally called New Holland. It was designated by the British government to be a penal colony. The name was changed to Australia
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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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In accounting literature‚ the notion of conservatism is to employ a less optimistic attitude towards handling accounting transactions or events when varied alternatives are present. The basic implication of the convention was traditionally to anticipate not profits but all losses. Therefore‚ a series of accounting procedures based on conservatism have been developed to account for provisional expenses and potential losses in accounting practice‚ such as allowances for doubtful accounts‚ reserves
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1. An Accounting Information System (AIS) * collects and processes transaction data and disseminates the information to interested parties. * Helps management answer such questions as: * How much and what kind of debt is outstanding? * Were sales higher this period than last? * What assets do we have? * What were our cash inflows and outflows? * Did we make a profit last period? Basic Terminology (see Textbook for definitions) * Event * Transaction * Account
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Accounting Information Systems Article Critique Introduction In the modern business management‚ information technology has become a very important tool‚ which has been used in different fields. As the branch of information system‚ accounting information system is the most important economic information in the enterprise; it continual‚ systematic and comprehensive reflects and supervises the condition of business. The purpose of this paper is to review one article and to discuss three relevant
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Accounting System Controls In accounting systems‚ certain controls are needed to ensure that employees are doing their jobs properly and ensure that the system runs properly. These checks are in the best interest of the organization. These controls come in the form of internal and external controls for the system. The internal controls are the checks that are placed in the system my the company ’s own management and directors. Today more and more companies are moving from the manual accounting
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INFS2005 Accounting Information Systems Research School of Accounting and Business Information Systems Group Assignment (Due on 6 May 2014) 20% of overall assessment Introduction The objectives of this assignment are to assess your knowledge in (1) systems documentation; (2) analysis of internal controls; and (3) business process re-design. To complete this assignment‚ you should form groups of five to six (5‒6) students. We will not adjust the assignment marks according to the size
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Accounting Information Systems FINAL STUDY Chapter 7 The accounting cycle begins with a transaction by the customer to purchase a product and ends with the closing of accounts for the next period in the accounting cycle The methods for accounting for the accounting cycle are through Journals‚ Ledgers and Trial balances and financial statements. AIS use numeric or alphanumeric codes to record‚ classify‚ store and retrieve financial data There are 4 types of codes they are Mnemonic codes‚ sequence
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