Question 5 “Financial accounting is compulsory for companies. Therefore it must be the only type of accounting that managers need.” You are required to: Discuss the above statement and provide examples to support your points of view. (25 marks) Financial accounting is the field of accountancy concerned with the preparation of financial statements for decision makers‚ such as stockholders‚ suppliers‚ owners and other stakeholders. The fundamental need for financial accounting is to reduce
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Importance of Financial Accounting Introduction According to Weygandt‚ Kieso and Kimmel (2012)‚ financial accounting is identifying‚ recording and communicating the economic events of an organization to‚ mainly‚ external users. Through financial accounting‚ some financial reports will be generated. Four financial statements are frequently used to report and analyze the financial status of companies and they are Income statement‚ Retained Earning Statement‚ Statement of Financial Position and
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References: Epstein‚ M. (2010). Advances in Management Accounting. Emerald Group Publishing. gross profit margin ratio. (n.d.). Retrieved May 02‚ 2014‚ from investopedia: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/gross_profit_margin.asp Heath‚ J IFRS and US GAAP: similarities and differences. (n.d.). Retrieved April
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Communication Paper HCS/490 Makala C. Polland Carolyn Maxine Hughes August 19‚ 2013 Communication Paper I will be attempting to write in a word paper and address some issues of communication modalities that are used as marketing in health care. There are a lot of different ways that medical providers can use such services as a web- based forum‚ e-mails‚ or even electronic medical records software to communicate better with their consumers or patients. Instead of just
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Accounting and financial statement • Business going concern- dobry interes = IT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE FUTURE Current market value of its fixed assets is irrelevant‚ they’re not for sale. Fixed assets-środki trwałe. • NET BOOK VALUE->>Historical cost accounting = assets at original purchase price –accumulated depreciation charges. WARTOŚĆ KSIĘGOWA NETTO historyczna kalkulacja kosztów = aktywa w oryginalnej cenie zakupu-zgromadzone odpisy amortyzacyjne
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An asset is anything that will give me some value in the future - So Cash and Accounts Receivables are assets‚ and so are machines‚ buildings‚ etc. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS The income statement reflects conditions over a period of time (say Q1 2013)‚ while the Balance sheet reflects the state of the business at a specific point in time (say‚ at end of Q1 2013) Equity is what the owners/stakeholders of the company really have‚ of value. Equity = Assets - Liabilities Asset: Anything that will
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Financial Accounting and Reporting Case: America Online 1. What accounting approach has AOL used in the past that it is now changing (related to the $385 million)? AOL‚ prior to October 1‚ 1996‚ recorded the expenditure related to subscribers acquisitions as an asset and amortized monthly over a period < 24 months. This was a strongly criticized approach. Furthermore‚ the accounting approach in the article is considered aggressive. In October 1996‚ they discontinued capitalizing customer acquisition
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assets B. Subsidiary C. Service departments D. Exclusive cash generating unit 7. Assume that employees confessed to a P500‚000 inventory theft but are not able to make restitution. How should this material fraud be shown in the company’s financial statements? A. Classified as loss and shown as a separate line item in the statement of comprehensive income. B. Initially classified as an account receivable because the employees are responsible for the goods. Because they cannot pay‚ the loss
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WEEK 3 WORKSHOP TASKS (for submission at start of Week 3 workshop) Review Question 4 (page 628 of text) When reviewing the financial statements and supporting notes of a reporting entity‚ is it possible to establish all the individual types of income or expenses that the entity has incurred or received? If not‚ how does management determine which income and expenses should be disclosed? NZ IAS 1 paragraph 88 requires entities to recognize all items of income and expense occurred in the trading
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Financial accounting reports are prepared for the use of external parties such as shareholders and creditors‚ whereas managerial accounting reports are prepared for managers inside the organization. This contrast in basic orientation results in a number of major differences between financial and managerial accounting‚ even though both financial and managerial accounting often rely on the same underlying financial data. In addition to the to the differences in who the reports are prepared for
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