The Accounting Cycle Kaplan University AB114-02 Accounting I Professor Richard Franchetti Barbara Kerr April 8‚ 2013 THE ACCOUNTING CYCLE 1 The accounting cycle begins with analyzing and journalizing transactions and ends with preparing the accounting records for the next period. There are ten steps one must follow in the accounting cycle. The first step in the accounting cycle is to analyze and record transactions in the journal using the double entry-accounting
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transaction‚ cost is equal to the cash equivalent price paid‚ which is the fair market value of the asset given up or the fair market value of the asset received‚ whichever is more clearly determinable. 3. The primary advantages of leasing are (1) reduced risk of obsolescence‚ (2) little or no down payment‚ (3) shared tax advantages‚ and (4) reduced recorded assets and liabilities. 4. When only the land is to be used‚ all demolition and removal costs of the building less any proceeds from salvaged materials
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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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CHAPTER 23 Statement of Cash Flows LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Describe the purpose of the statement of cash flows. Identify the major classifications of cash flows. Differentiate between net income and net cash flows from operating activities. Contrast the direct and indirect methods of calculating net cash flows from operating activities. Determine net cash flows from investing and financing activities. Prepare a statement of cash flows. Identify sources of information for
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Management Accounting The wake of the 21st century brings with it more challenges than the long awaited relief amidst the corporate world. Even with the improvement and introduction of cutting edge technology‚ management issues still remain a hassle even with the best tools and the best brains in the trade. Problems and issues pertaining to management are very sensitive especially when it comes to managing a company’s finances. The waxing and waning of the world economy makes this process even harder
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IFRS 8-1: “Basic accounting and reporting issues related to recognition and measurement of receivables‚ allowance accounts‚ recording discounts‚ the allowance method to account for bad debt and factoring are basically the same between IFRS and GAAP. However‚ the FASB (Financial Accounting Standards Board) and IASB (International Accounting Standards Board) are taking steps by working to implement fair value measurement‚ the amount they currently could be sold for‚ for financial instruments. “The
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productively employed‚ because otherwise commerce would be trivial and credit would not exist. 3. Commerce The interchange of goods on a widespread level‚ because purely local trading in small volume would not create the sort of press of business needed to spur the creation of an organized system to replace the existing hodgepodge of record-keeping. QUESTION 2 Islamic accounting can be defined as the “accounting process” which provides appropriates information (not necessarily limited to financial
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Accounting Ethics Accounting Ethics‚ Second Edition. Ronald Duska‚ Brenda Shay Duska‚ and Julie Ragatz © 2011 John Wiley & Sons‚ Ltd. Published 2011 by John Wiley & Sons‚ Ltd. ISBN: 978-1-405-19613-0 Foundations of Business Ethics Series editors: W. Michael Hoffman and Robert E. Frederick Written by an assembly of the most distinguished figures in business ethics‚ the Foundations of Business Ethics series aims to explain and assess the fundamental issues that motivate interest in each of
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*Functions of Accounting Work ( Recording / Classifying / Summarizing *Accounting- “art of recording‚ classifying & summarizing in a significant matter and in terms of money; transactions and events w/c are in part at least of a financial character and interpreting the results thereof.” ( How? (AICPA – American Institute of CPA) *Science- existing body of knowledge that governs accounting practice (Accounting Theory) *Art- creative skill & ability *4 Functions of Accounting 1. Recording-
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The Importance of Accounting Theory to the Field Of Accounting The objective of theory is to explain and predict. One of the basic goals of the theory of a particular discipline is to have a well-defined body of knowledge that has been systematically accumulated‚ organized‚ and verified well enough to provide a frame of reference for future actions. The Webster’s definition of theory is the systematically organized knowledge‚ applicable in a relatively wide variety of circumstances‚ a system
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