Accounting‚ or accountancy‚ is the measurement‚ processing and communication of financial information about economic entities. Accounting‚ which has been called the "language of business"‚ measures the results of an organization ’s economic activities and conveys this information to a variety of users including investors‚ creditors‚ management‚ and regulators. Practitioners of accounting are known as accountants. Accounting can be divided into several fields including financial accounting‚ management
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Chapter 5 LO1: Describe the objective of financial reporting and identify the qualitative characteristics‚ conventions‚ and ethical considerations of accounting information. The objective of financial reporting is: To provide financial information that is useful in making decisions in assessing; Cash flow prospects‚ Stewardship. * Cash flow prospects: the information needed to make judgments about the entity’s ability to generate cash flows. * Stewardship: the information about the company’s
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Introduction to Financial Accounting ACCT6331 –Prior Year Suggested Time: 90 minutes 1. When the amount of expenses recognized for the purpose of financial reporting exceeds the expenses recognized for the purpose of tax reporting‚ a company will have deferred tax assets. Please indicate if the above statement is true or false. a. true b. false 2. BJ Services is an oil and gas service firm. The company does not issue any preferred stocks or convertible securities.
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Introduction Financial accounting and management accounting both prepare and analyze financial data. However‚ certain aspects of these two fields are very different. This article discusses the various differences between financial accounting and management accounting. The differing characteristics to be discussed include the users of information‚ the types of information‚ regulatory oversight‚ and frequency of reporting. Users of Information Financial accounting and management accounting provide
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What should you know about Financial Accounting? 1. How to measure assets? How to present assets? *Assets are economic resources owned or controlled by the company and can be measured by dollars. *Measure assets by the Principle of Historical Cost. *The cost of asset includes all expenditures that make that asset in place and ready for use. * Present assets in the Balance Sheet by the rank of liquidity. 2. How to measure profits? How to present profits? * Operating
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The Role of Board According to Jensen (1993)‚ the board has the final responsibility for the function of the board. The job of the board is to hire‚ fire and compensate the CEO and to provide high level council. More precisely‚ the board has two major jobs: to monitoring the decision making of management as a representative of shareholders and to initiate and implement of decisions. The board of directors is a major mechanisms used to solve agency problem‚ which arises when the management and ownership
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Financial and Management Accounting-2 ASSIGNMENT Marks: 10 Question: Due to erratic sales of its sole product-a high-capacity battery for laptop computers-PEM‚ Inc.‚ has been experiencing difficulty for some time. The company’s contribution format income statement for the most recent month is given below: Sales (19‚500 units*$30 per unit) $585‚000 Variable expenses 409‚500 Contribution margin 175‚500 Fixed expenses 180‚000 Net operating
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Date: _____________ 1.|An account is a part of the financial information system and is described by all except which one of the following?| A)|An account has a debit and credit side.| B)|An account is a source document.| C)|An account consists of three parts.| D)|An account has a title.| 2.|Which statement about an account is true?| A)|In its simplest form‚ an account consists of two parts.| B)|An account is an individual accounting record of increases and decreases in specific asset
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Financial Accounting: Introductory Section Pretest Introduction Welcome to the pre-assessment test for the Financial Accounting Online Course: Introductory Section. This test will allow you to assess your knowledge of basic and advanced financial accounting. All questions must be answered for your exam to be scored. Navigation: To advance from one question to the next‚ select one of the answer choices or‚ if applicable‚ complete with your own choice and click the “Submit” button. After submitting
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To: Carminho Building Products Ltd From: Rodrigues Accounting Dear Sir/Madam‚ We are submitting herewith our report entitled UK Subsidiary Expansion. The main purpose of this report is to help Carminho Building Products Ltd decide the potential and suitable site for the formation of a public listed subsidiary. This report will include United Kingdom’s current financial reporting environment and other information that Carminho Building Products Ltd would need in order to make a sound decision
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