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:
Premium Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Balance sheet
01 MCQ FOR IMT 57 – FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING Test : (Journal‚ Ledger‚ Trial Balance‚ Errors) Name: _________________ Fundamentals of Accounting Max. Marks: 30 1. RPC Ltd. follows the written down value method of depreciating machinery year after year by applying the principle of (a) Comparability. (b) Convenience. (c) Consistency. (d) All of the above. 2. A change in accounting policy is justified
Premium Balance sheet Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Accounts receivable
Question # 1 End 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Transaction costs that are directly attributable to the “issuance of new shares” should be: a. Expensed immediately b. Charged to retained earnings c. Deducted from equity d. Deducted from equity‚ net of related income tax benefit ANSWER D Deducted from equity‚ net of related income tax benefit Question # 2 End 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37
Premium Depreciation Tax Progressive tax
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
Premium Revenue Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Balance sheet
Section-A 1. Discuss management accounting as an effective tool of financial control. 2. What do you mean by cash from operating activities? How is it calculated? 3. The “volume-cost-profit relationship provides management with a simplified framework for organizing its thinking on a number of problems.” Discuss 4. Recently a conference speaker discussing budgets & standard costs made the following statement- “Budgets & standard costs are not the same things‚ they have different purposes
Premium Cost accounting Cost
Evolution of Financial Accounting Introduction Accountancy is the art of communicating financial information of a business entity to its stakeholders. It is the branch of mathematical science that assists in discovering the causes of success and failure in a business. The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) defines accountancy as "The art of recording‚ classifying‚ and summarizing in a significant manner and in terms of money‚ transactions and events which are‚ in
Premium Double-entry bookkeeping system Balance sheet
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 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
Premium Balance sheet Income statement Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
of Financial Accounting Prepare written answers to the following assignments from Ch. 3 of Financial Accounting: * Questions 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ & 8 * Exercise E3-7 * Exercise E3-8 2. State two generally accepted accounting principles that relate to adjusting the accounts. Matching principle and revenue recognition principle 3. Rick Marsh‚ a lawyer‚ accepts a legal engagement in March‚ performs the work in April‚ and is paid in May. If Marsh’s law firm prepares monthly financial statements
Premium Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Depreciation
CHAPTER 2: REGULATION IN FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING Chapter 2 regulation in Financial accounting LEARNING OUTCOMES Upon completion of this chapter you should be able to understand: • The difference between management and financial accounting. • Why accounting regulations are important and required. • The need for and the structure of professional regulation‚ company law‚ stock exchange legislation and EU Directives. • How the different aspects of regulation work together
Premium Corporation Limited company International Financial Reporting Standards
Chapter 1: Overview—The Financial Statements Chapter 1 introduces the four financial statements--Income Statement‚ Statement of Retained Earnings‚ Balance Sheet‚ and Statement of Cash Flows. Accounting as the language of business is discussed along with an introduction of the various users of accounting information. Financial and Managerial accounting are compared. The four ways to organize a business – proprietorship‚ partnership‚ limited – liability company‚ and corporation‚ are discussed
Premium Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Balance sheet Financial statements