Level 5 HND Diploma Business Unit 10: Financial Accounting and Financial Reporting Student name Assessor name Date issued Completion date Submitted on 28/03/15 09/05/15 Assignment title Presentation of financial information and Interpretation of Financial Statements (2 of 2) Learning Outcome Learning outcome Assessment Criteria In this assessment you will have the opportunity to present evidence that shows you are able to: Task no. Evidence (Page no) LO3 Be able to present financial information
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Positive Accounting Theory • Sometimes abbreviated as PAT • Explains and predicts accounting practice • Does not seek to prescribe particular actions • Grounded in economic theory • Focuses on the relationships between various individuals involved in providing resources to an organisation (agency relationship) • Owners and managers • Managers and debt providers Positive Accounting Theory • Assumptions of PAT • All individual action is driven
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measurement on the basis of financial reporting. It provides information about what an entity might realize if it sold an asset or might pay to transfer a liability. In recent years‚ the use of fair value as a measurement basis for financial reporting has been expanded. Determining fair value often requires a variety of assumptions as well as significant judgment. Thus‚ investors desire timely and transparent information about how fair value is measured‚ its impact on current financial statements‚ and its
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critical theorists assess research based on the Positive Accounting Theory? Accounting researchers tend to accept current accounting systems. Rather than focusing on why accounting systems favour certain classes of society‚ research is mainly carried out to such things as what accounting methods are most appropriate in certain circumstances‚ what motivates managers to use one accounting method over another and disclosure. By looking at accounting with a critical perspective is to recognise the way in
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Theory of Accounts 1. The fundamental qualitative characteristic of faithful representation has the components of a. Predictive value and confirmatory value b. Comparability‚ consistency‚ and confirmatory value c. Understandability‚ predictive value‚ and reliability d. Completeness‚ neutrality‚ and freedom from error 2. The amount reported as “Cash” on a company’s balance sheet normally should exclude a. Postdated checks that are payable to the company b. Cash in a payroll account c. Undelivered
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The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Dittman’s Variety Store is completing the accounting process for the year just ended‚ December 31‚ 2011. The transactions during 2011 have been journalized and posted. The following data with respect to adjusting entries are available: a. Wages earned by employees during December 2011‚ unpaid and unrecorded at December 31‚ 2011‚ amounted to $4‚000. The last payroll was December 28; the next payroll will be January 6‚ 2012
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this voluntary disclosure to the public‚ ANZ is trying to "win over" customers by showing their concerns for the community. This is an example of Positive Accounting Theory (PAT) - a theory which attempts to explain and predict how groups in an organisation (eg. management‚ owners‚ creditors; stakeholders) will interact with one another. In this case‚ ANZ has made a voluntary social disclosure to the public (ie. its customers) in order to "soften the blow" of the political costs which are often imposed
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Jacquelyn Moffitt‚ PhD Course Name: ACCT 3001 v1.0 (Section 3) Module 1: Financial Accounting & Accounting Standards 1. Differentiate broadly between financial accounting and managerial accounting. -Financial accounting measures‚ classifies‚ and summarizes in report from those activities and that information which relate to the enterprise as a whole for use by parties both internal and external to a business enterprise. Managerial accounting also measures‚ classifies‚ and summarizes in report form
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Case Study 1 Springfield Express is a luxury passenger carrier in Texas. All seats are first class‚ and the following data are available: Number of seats per passenger train car 90 Average load factor (percentage of seats filled) 70% Average full passenger fare $ 160 Average variable cost per passenger $ 70
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ACCOUNTING 592 Financial Accounting & Reporting Seminar Spring 2010 Instructor: Office Hours (subject to adjustment): Teresa Gordon Office Hours: W 8:30–11:00 AM Albertsons Bldg. 118 and T‚W‚Th 1:15 - 3:00 PM 885-8960 or by appointment E-mail: tgordon@uidaho.edu Course web page: http://www.cbe.uidaho.edu/Acct592 ------------------------------------------------- MASTER OF ACCOUNTANCY – LEARNING GOALS ------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------
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