Cost accounting deals with ascertainment ‚ allocation ‚ apportionment accounting aspect of costs.Management accounting deals with the effect and impact of costs on the business. 2. Cost accounting provides a base for management accounting whereas management accounting is derived from cost accounting and financial accounting. 3. Cost accounting does not include financial accounting ‚ tax planning and tax accounting. Management accounting includes financial and cost accounting ‚ tax accounting
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Chapter 4 : Account Titles and Preparation of Financial Statements | Article 14 : The balance sheet items shallbe categorized as follows: 1. Assets. (1) Current assets. (2) Funds and long-term investments. (3) Property‚ plant and equipment. (4) Depletable assets. (5) Intangible assets.
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organisational plan and all the related measures that an entity adopts to: * safeguard assets * encourage adherence to company policies * promote operational efficiency * ensure accurate and reliable accounting records. It is either an administrative control or an accounting control Characteristics of an effective internal control system include: * Competent‚ reliable‚ and ethical personnel * Assignment of responsibilities * Proper authorisation * Separation of duties
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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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Nature of Accounting and the Accounting Standard Background Accounting is an important part for business and it is dubbed “language” of business activities conducted by firms. People think it is used to communicate business transactions per se to all stakeholders. However‚ some people argue that the functions of accounting are not that easy. Except the communication tool‚ accounting acts as many other difference roles in business. When doing accounting‚ different standard may be used. There are
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Problem 1: You are the Senior Accountant for the Patty Corporation which has several divisions. They each keep their own accounting books and have chosen the appropriate method of revenue recognition based on their operations. | | | | Pat’s Electronics Division | | | | | Pat’s Electronics Division sells computers through agents in various cities. Agents send orders and down payments to our company. The division then ships the goods F.O.B. shipping point directly to
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The FASB is a private and not for-profit organizations and their primary goal is to establish and improve generally accepted accounting principles in the public’s interest. FASB established in 1973 and it’s starts giving the financial solutions for public and private companies and non-profit organizations. FASB is responsible for setting accounting standards for public‚ private companies and organizations. There are currently seven members’ who are at the top position of this organization. The magazines
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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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employees is fair. In most cases when a union is involved‚ there is a percentage of compensation that has been agreed upon. 1.7) Financial accounting (i) Management accounting (h) Financial reporting (g) Financial statements (f) General-purpose assumption (b) Integrity (c ) Internal control (e) Public accounting (d) Bookkeeping (a) 2.3) Amber Company’s assets total $150‚000 and its liabilities total $85‚000. What is the amount of Amber’s
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Department of Accounting and Finance BA (Hons) Accounting BSc (Hons) International Finance BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance Financial Accounting 2 (AAF005-2) Referral Assessment 1 Academic Year 2012-13 Miryam Ghoitom Student ID: 112368 Contents Page * Introduction and Background * Cash basis accounting * Accrual basis accounting * Financial reporting * Conclusions‚ recommendations‚ or implications for the future. * References * Introduction * Cash Accounting vs Accrual
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