Question 5 “Financial accounting is compulsory for companies. Therefore it must be the only type of accounting that managers need.” You are required to: Discuss the above statement and provide examples to support your points of view. (25 marks) Financial accounting is the field of accountancy concerned with the preparation of financial statements for decision makers‚ such as stockholders‚ suppliers‚ owners and other stakeholders. The fundamental need for financial accounting is to reduce
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Importance of Financial Accounting Introduction According to Weygandt‚ Kieso and Kimmel (2012)‚ financial accounting is identifying‚ recording and communicating the economic events of an organization to‚ mainly‚ external users. Through financial accounting‚ some financial reports will be generated. Four financial statements are frequently used to report and analyze the financial status of companies and they are Income statement‚ Retained Earning Statement‚ Statement of Financial Position and
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Financial Accounting Assignment 2 1 of 25 The credit term 2/10 n/30 means: that after 10 days 2% interest is charged. that there is a 10% discount if payment is received within 30 days. that there is a 2% discount if payment is received within 10 days. there is a 10% discount if paid immediately and 2% if paid within 30 days. 2 of 25 Family Food Stores purchased canned goods at an invoice price of $3‚000 and terms of 2/10‚ n/30. Half of the goods had been mislabeled and were returned immediately
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Accounting and financial statement • Business going concern- dobry interes = IT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE FUTURE Current market value of its fixed assets is irrelevant‚ they’re not for sale. Fixed assets-środki trwałe. • NET BOOK VALUE->>Historical cost accounting = assets at original purchase price –accumulated depreciation charges. WARTOŚĆ KSIĘGOWA NETTO historyczna kalkulacja kosztów = aktywa w oryginalnej cenie zakupu-zgromadzone odpisy amortyzacyjne
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Financial Accounting and Reporting Case: America Online 1. What accounting approach has AOL used in the past that it is now changing (related to the $385 million)? AOL‚ prior to October 1‚ 1996‚ recorded the expenditure related to subscribers acquisitions as an asset and amortized monthly over a period < 24 months. This was a strongly criticized approach. Furthermore‚ the accounting approach in the article is considered aggressive. In October 1996‚ they discontinued capitalizing customer acquisition
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Name SOLUTIONS ACCT 1210DL Exam #1-Chapters 1‚ 2 & 4 Spring 2010 Ethical Statement – I ____ _________________ hereby (signature) attest that I completed this exam on my own with no assistance from others. If you e-mail this‚ you MUST include this statement in the body of your e-mail that has the exam attached. 1. Presented below is a list of costs and expenses incurred in the factory by Nu-Way Corporation‚ a manufacturer of recreational vehicles. Complete the following matrix
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Eighth Edition Fundamental Financial Accounting Concepts Thomas P. Edmonds University of Alabama–Birmingham Frances M. McNair Mississippi State University Philip R. Olds Virginia Commonwealth University Edward E. Milam Mississippi State University (Contributing Author) FUNDAMENTAL FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING CONCEPTS Published by McGraw-Hill/Irwin‚ a business unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc.‚ 1221 Avenue of the Americas‚ New York‚ NY‚ 10020. Copyright © 2013‚ 2011‚ 2008‚ 2006
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assets B. Subsidiary C. Service departments D. Exclusive cash generating unit 7. Assume that employees confessed to a P500‚000 inventory theft but are not able to make restitution. How should this material fraud be shown in the company’s financial statements? A. Classified as loss and shown as a separate line item in the statement of comprehensive income. B. Initially classified as an account receivable because the employees are responsible for the goods. Because they cannot pay‚ the loss
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WEEK 3 WORKSHOP TASKS (for submission at start of Week 3 workshop) Review Question 4 (page 628 of text) When reviewing the financial statements and supporting notes of a reporting entity‚ is it possible to establish all the individual types of income or expenses that the entity has incurred or received? If not‚ how does management determine which income and expenses should be disclosed? NZ IAS 1 paragraph 88 requires entities to recognize all items of income and expense occurred in the trading
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Financial accounting reports are prepared for the use of external parties such as shareholders and creditors‚ whereas managerial accounting reports are prepared for managers inside the organization. This contrast in basic orientation results in a number of major differences between financial and managerial accounting‚ even though both financial and managerial accounting often rely on the same underlying financial data. In addition to the to the differences in who the reports are prepared for
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