Accountancy AC5521 Cost and Management Accounting Semester B‚ 2012-2013 Instructor: Dr. Hao ZHANG Tel: Office: Email: Office Hours: Time Venue 3442-8546 G7752 haozhang@cityu.edu.hk Wed 3:00 pm to 6: pm Thursdays (9:00 am – 11:50 am) AC1 P4701 Course Aims This course aims to provide students with: 1. 2. 3. 4. an introduction to cost and management accounting for internal reporting and decision making purposes; familiarity with cost terminology‚ and management accounting reports; the ability to apply numerical
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Managerial Accounting Vs Financial Accounting Management Accounting is used primarily by those WITHIN a company or organization. Reports can be generated for any period of time such as daily‚ weekly or monthly. Reports are considered to be "future looking" and have forecasting value to those within the company. Financial accounting is used primarily by those OUTSIDE of a company or organization. Financial reports are usually created for a set period of time‚ such as a fiscal year or period. Financial
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achieving future cash flows. Limitations * Companies omit items that cannot be measured reliably. * Income is affected by the accounting methods employed. * Income measurement involves judgment. Earnings Quality Companies have incentives to manage income to
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References: 1. Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination‚ second edition‚ William S. Hopwood; Jay J Leiner; George R Young. 2. http://www.anao.gov.au/html/Files/BPG%20HTML/BPG_PublicSectorAuditCommittees/2_5.html 3. http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_CN/cn/services/corgov/ic/iarr/ 4. https://www.aicpa
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Introduction to Accounting Coursework Ratio Analysis of Tesco and Sainsbury Introduction This report details the results of a ratio analysis of two of the largest retailers in the UK: Sainsbury and Tesco based on their audited financial statements for the financial years ending 2011‚ 2012‚ and 2013. The two companies are compared with each other based on their profitability and liquidity ratios. This report then critically interprets the results of the ratio analysis calculations and then discusses
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Accounting plays an important role in the life of organizations. There are several types of accounting such as financial‚ management and governmental accounting‚ taxation‚ audit. These types are usually focusing on different types of users that are interested in different types of information. In this essay I will examine the differences between financial accounting and management accounting. The basic difference between financial and management accounting is their target group. Management accounting
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purpose of this report is to discuss principles of and similarities and differences between financial and management accounting and to highlight how management accounting could be used to improve TVD’s performance. In particular‚ one of the management accounting techniques‚ benchmarking‚ is used as an example of how MA can help a business to run successfully. Today‚ accounting is an important aspect of business. The primary idea is to present financial and non-financial information so that the
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simply repeating previous posts and agreeing. Discuss the pros and cons of accural accounting versus cash accounting methods. All discussion forums must require at a minimum: 1-Research (at least 2 citations) 2-Critical Thinking 3-Opportunity for dissent. Accrual Accounting versus Cash Accounting Ok‚ if we are to attain our career goals we need to understand these two methods of accounting. This topic is very important in almost any field that one chooses to fashion their
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Management Accounting Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Traditional costing system and its limitations 3 3. Activity-Based Costing 4 4. Case Question 4 5. Analysis of the different result between traditional costing system and ABC system
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accounting standards accounting standards Introduction to Accounting Standards Accounting is the art of recording transactions in the best manner possible. Accounting Standards are the policy documents issued by recognized expert accountancy bodies relating to various aspects of measurement‚ treatment and disclosure of accounting transactions and events. Every country has its own standards. Accounting Standards in India are issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)
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