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    ACCOUNTING NOTES FOR MY PERSONAL USE 4/12/2013 ELISHA VERIWA | Introduction to Accounting Accountancy is the process of communicating financial information about a business entity to users (stakeholders) such as shareholders and managers (Elliot‚ Barry & Elliot‚ Jamie: Financial accounting and reporting). Accounting has been defined as: * the art of recording‚ classifying‚ and summarizing in a significant manner and in terms of money‚ transactions and events which are‚ in part at least

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    Trident University Case 1- The Adelphia Scandal ETH501: Business Ethics Dr. Bonnie Adams 4/13/2014 Introduction Aldelphia Communications Corporation was founded in 1952 by John Rigas and two partners. Rigas began to grow the business and by July 1‚ 1986 Adelphia was ready to go public. The company quickly grew into the sixth largest cable company in the United States. Its annual revenue exceeded $2.9 billion with offices located in 32 states and Puerto Rico (Barlup‚ Hanne & Stuart‚ 2009). With

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    YARMOUK UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATION SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING COURSE SYLLABUS FALL SEMESTER 2011/2012 COURSE: Title: ACC471— Accounting Information System Instructor:Dr. Iaad Sartawi Class Time: Section (1) – 8:00-9:00 Sunday‚ Tuesday‚ & Thursday. Section (2) – 10:00-11:00 Sunday‚ Tuesday‚ & Thursday. Section (3) – 8:00-9:30 Monday & Wednesday. Class Room: LAB 104A Office Hours: 11:00-12:00 Sunday‚ Tuesday‚ & Thursday. 9:30-10:30

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    ACCT 203: Section 1 Essay Instructions The Issue: You are a partner in Acme Accounting PSC and as such are considering how to respond to a letter written to you by “Bob” a new client. In his letter‚ he stated that he heard that there are two ways he can identify cost in the normal course of his construction business operations. He would like two know what they are‚ the major differences between them and which one best fits his business in terms of performance analysis. Your partners have asked

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    The formation of the debit and credit concept In this simplified form we can begin to see what the mathematician and Father of Accounting (Luca Pacioli) saw in 1494 when he codified the double-entry bookkeeping system. It is his codified system that outlined the rules for applying debits and credits when recording the financial transactions of a business in the double-entry bookkeeping system. Now remember that Luca’s book in 1494 was written and published in Latin and at a time when the concept

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    Classmates‚ According to (Oster‚ 2014)‚ "Percentage of receivables and percentage of sales are two accounting allowance methods used to reconcile customer accounts deemed noncollectable. When allowed by generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)‚ these two strategies are preferred over direct write-off of bad debt expenses. Percentage of receivables and percentage of sales provide a business with the ability to accurately estimate the expected bad debt losses they will have in each succeeding

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    8/2/2012 Objective of Lecture 2 CLASSIFICATION OF ACCOUNTS & ACCOUNTING EQUATION • By end of lecture 2‚ all students should be able to:(a) Understand the five categories of accounts and able to classify them into the respective categories (b) Understand the accounting equation and the relationship between assets‚ liabilities and owner’s equity. Classifications of accounts • • 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. An account is used to record all information regarding an item. The five major

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    ACCOUNTING SUBSTANCE OVER FORM Substance over form is an accounting concept where the entity is accounting for items according to their substance and economic reality and not merely their legal form. It is one of the key determinants of reliable information. For most transactions there will be no difference and in some cases however‚ the two diverge and the choice of how to present the transactions can give very different results. This differences occurs when an asset or liability is not recognized

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    CHAPTER 3 THE REPORTING ENTITY AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Q3-1   The basic idea underlying the preparation of consolidated financial statements is the notion that the consolidated financial statements present the financial position and the results of operations of a parent and its subsidiaries as if the related companies actually were a single company. Q3-2   Without consolidated statements it is often very difficult for an investor to gain an understanding

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    101-00128 Oct 2014 Accounting Accounting is the recording‚ measurement‚ and interpretation of financial information (Business 286). This financial information is used to evaluate the organization’s operations. To carry out these interpretations of financial information a public or private accountant is able to do this. To become a public accountant you must earn your CPA (certified public accountant) by passing a test and means you are certified by the state in which you provide accounting services where

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