Financial statements are a necessity when it comes to businesses. They are used by both internal managers as well as outside users and provide information about the entire company. Managerial accounting is primarily used by individuals within a company or organization. The main purpose of financial accounting is to prepare financial reports that provide information about an organization’s performance to external parties like creditors‚ investors and tax authorities (Hilton‚ 2006). There are several
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Intro to accounting Business Activites Financing Investing Operating Types of Financing Equity investors: Stockholders Hope to receive dividends or increase in stock price—no guarantees! Public versus private company Debt investors: Creditors of the business Expect principal and interest payments SEC (Securites and exchange commission) Established in 1933 Requires of public companies: Form 10-K (annually) Form 10-Q (quarterly) Audited financial statements (annually) by an “independent
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21. Generally accepted accounting principles a. are fundamental truths or axioms that can be derived from laws of nature. b. derive their authority from legal court proceedings. c. derive their credibility and authority from general recognition and acceptance by the accounting profession. d. have been specified in detail in the FASB conceptual framework. 22. A soundly developed conceptual framework of concepts and objectives should a. increase financial statement users’ understanding
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HISTORY OF ACCOUNTING LEARNING OUTCOMES Understand the history of accounting dating from prehistoric times to written record keeping. Identify the seven preconditions for the emergence of systematic book keeping. Know Luca Pacioll contributions in introducing double entry book keeping. Accounting is a tool‚ invented by humankind‚ to fulfill needs of society. Unlike the explorers of the past who discovered new lands‚ accounting cannot in any true sense be said to have been discovered
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Managerial Accounting Final Essay – Managerial Accounting Abstract Discussing the importance of managerial accounting for managers and business leaders who are not accountants. Understanding accounting principles‚ job costing‚ decisions for capital investments‚ and central versus decentralized business units. Managerial Accounting In business‚ accounting principle is necessary for report annual and quarterly reports‚ IRS‚ shareholders
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Rebecca Hunter Student ID 165486 JPT2 Task 1 February 19‚ 2012 Table of Contents Unit overview……………………………………page 3 Materials list………………………………….…page 4 Task analysis…………………………………….page 5 Performance objectives…………………………page 6 Lesson Plans……………….……………………page 7 Assessment/Evaluation…………….………….page 15 Unit Overview Several third
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The basic accounting concepts have defined the conception of the preparation of financial statements and the process of preparation in the UK is well regulated. But financial accounting requires a fair amount of flexibility in some certain areas‚ so the need of judgements and estimations for accounts preparers is demand. Meanwhile it leaves a significant approach in accounting treatments. For example‚ when organizations decide which of several inventory valuation methods to utilize; managers make
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Resit EXAMINATION PAPER: ACADEMIC SESSION 2007/2008 Campus School Department Course Code Course Title Level Duration Date Maritime Greenwich Business Accounting & Finance ACCO1116 Financial & Management Accounting (MAIB) M TWO HOURS August 2008 Course co-ordinator: Dr Agnieszka Herdan INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Answer TWO questions only. All questions carry equal marks. This is a CLOSED book examination Students are permitted to use non-programmable calculators. THIS PAPER MUST NOT BE REMOVED
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Accounting for Managers TOPIC A: AN INTRODUCTION TO ACCOUNTING Investors – Individual and groups provide initial capital. Creditors – Company which loans money to another company (Suppliers/Bank). Managers – Oversee the day-to-day operations. What is accounting? * Process of Recognising‚ measuring‚ recording (also known as transactions)‚ disclosing and attesting to information. *Information – Decision Making (Value Creation)‚ Control (Monitoring). Process of Accounting: Transactions
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budgeting and activity-basedpapers‚ essays‚ and term paper examples. Learner: Trieu The Hiep Course ID Number: MG5012 Faculty Mentor: Dr. Laurel Cobb Course Title: Managerial Accounting for Decision Making Assignment 1- GAAP‚ JIT‚ and TOC Question/Prompt Please describe the implications of GAAP in an international company and how JIT and TOC are important to making managerial decisions on inventory and activity based accounting. Please delineate various cost categories and briefly
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