Chapter 1 An Overview of Financial Management Learning Objectives After reading this chapter‚ students should be able to: ◆ Identify the three main forms of business organization and describe the advantages and disadvantages of each one. ◆ Identify the primary goal of the management of a publicly held corporation‚ and understand the relationship between stock prices and shareholder value. ◆ Differentiate between what is meant by a stock’s intrinsic value and its market
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Accountants follow professional guidelines for measurement and disclosure of financial information. These are called generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). In the United States‚ the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) formulates GAAP. The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) sets global or International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)‚ the two basic types of external providers of capital include investors (who exchange cash for stock) and creditors (who loan cash)
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Chapter 5: Cost Behavior: Analysis and Use As we shall see in later chapters‚ the ability to predict how costs respond to changes in activity is critical for making decisions‚ controlling operations‚ and evaluating performance. Three major classifications of costs were discussed in this chapter—variable‚ fixed‚ and mixed. Mixed costs consist of variable and fixed elements and can be expressed in equation form as Y = a + bX‚ where X is the activity‚ Y is the cost‚ a is the fixed cost element‚ and
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FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING III – ACCT 3018 ASSIGNMENT 1 DUE : TOTAL MARKS = 50 QUESTION 1 Marks=10 Listed below are items that are treated differently for accounting purposes than they are for tax purposes. Indicate whether the items are permanent differences OR temporary differences. For temporary differences‚ indicate whether they will create future tax assets or future tax liabilities 1. Advance rental receipts Temporary difference‚ deferred tax asset 2. Membership costs in a health
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ACCT1501 ACCOUNTING & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 1A SEMESTER 1 2008 COURSE NOTES Last Revised: 13th August 2008. kaheiyeh.web.officelive.com Contents Page 3: The Nature of Accounting Page 5: The Balance Sheet & Transaction Analysis Page 8: The Income Statement & Transaction Analysis Page 13: Financial Reporting Principles Page 18: Adjustment to Accounting Entries Page 23: Completing the Accounting Cycle Page 26: Accounting for Cash Holdings & Receivables Page 30: Accounting for Inventory Page 37:
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of Financial Accounting Prepare written answers to the following assignments from Ch. 3 of Financial Accounting: * Questions 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ & 8 * Exercise E3-7 * Exercise E3-8 2. State two generally accepted accounting principles that relate to adjusting the accounts. Matching principle and revenue recognition principle 3. Rick Marsh‚ a lawyer‚ accepts a legal engagement in March‚ performs the work in April‚ and is paid in May. If Marsh’s law firm prepares monthly financial statements
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01 MCQ FOR IMT 57 – FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING Test : (Journal‚ Ledger‚ Trial Balance‚ Errors) Name: _________________ Fundamentals of Accounting Max. Marks: 30 1. RPC Ltd. follows the written down value method of depreciating machinery year after year by applying the principle of (a) Comparability. (b) Convenience. (c) Consistency. (d) All of the above. 2. A change in accounting policy is justified
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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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