The five accounting cycles in an organization are: The revenue cycle‚ expenditure cycle‚ financing cycle‚ fixed assets cycle‚ and the conversion cycle. The revenue cycle is the set of activities in a business bringing about the exchange of goods or services with customers or consumers for cash‚ such as sales orders‚ accounts receivables‚ cash receipts (Hall‚ 2004)‚ and cost of goods sold. The expenditure cycle is an external exchange of information between vendors and the company. The expenditure
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The cash flow statement provides information about a company’s cash receipts and cash payments during an accounting period‚ showing how these cash flaws link the ending cash balance to the beginning balance shown on the company’s statement of financial position. The cash flow statement consists of three parts: cash flows provided by operating activities‚ cash flows provided by investing activities‚ and cash flows provided by financing activities. The operating section adjusts the net profit figure
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To mark down the loss on the inventory that is now obsolete‚ one first has to figure out the Net Realizable Value‚ which is the lower of cost of market. Since they can sell the products for $8 million minus the selling cost of 20% of the sales revenue ($1.6 million) and the cost to rebuild the inventory of $2 million‚ the ceiling is then $4.4 million and the floor is $4 million ($4.4 million minus the 5% normal profit ($400‚000)). The NRV therefore is the $4.4 million. And since the
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Riordan Manufacturing Revenue Cycle Accounting information systems provide the tools to operate and maintain important data related to an organization and interpret the information to develop quality financial reports. The revenue cycle of Riordan Manufacturing reflects sales and the components associated with sales such as inventory‚ freight‚ cost of goods sold and accounts receivable‚ yet this information is not readily available to each facility. Because the forecast for the company is positive
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The purpose of this assignment is to select a step in the accounting cycle that is not currently automated at one of our team members ’ organization. The place of business we have selected is an independent financial brokerage firm‚ LPL Financial. The firm places a strong emphasis on the recruiting of established financial advisors throughout the country. When a financial advisor joins LPL Financial‚ so does their clients. One of our team member ’s works in the transfer department. The transfer
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Internal Control and Accounting Systems Learning Area Overview Welcome to this learning area overview for Internal Control and Accounting Systems‚ prepared by AAT. In this overview we’ll explain what Internal Control and Accounting Systems is all about‚ and how it fits into the bigger picture of the AAT Accounting Qualification. We’ll explore the main topics you can expect to cover‚ and how the knowledge and skills you’ll pick up will be of practical use to you in the workplace. Finally‚ we’ll
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TO: EXECUTIVE PICE PRESIDENT FROM: ACCOUNTING TEAM MATE SUBJECT: LIFO-FIFO EXPLANATION DATE: SEPTEMBER 20‚ 2010 EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT The overview of Last In/First Out and First In/Last Out is now completed for the date and time of your choice to discuss the company matters. The information from last month is was completed at the end of the month and the present is kept current on a daily base as management needs to be up to date of the inventory and financial
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Accounting Information Systems ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS‚ INTERNAL CONTROLS‚ AND ETHICS Prepared for the course team by Vimlesh B. Narayan Unit 1 Contents Unit 1 Contents 2 Concept Map 3 Learning Outcomes 4 1.1 Introduction 5 1.2 Accounting System Design 6 System Objectives and Design Factors 6 Designing the System 8 1.3 Internal Control Systems 17 Objectives of Internal Control Systems 17 Structure of Internal Control Systems 18 Why You Should Consider the Components? 21 Internal
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Complete accounting cycle For the past several years‚ Abby Brown has operated a part-time consulting business from her home. As of June 1‚ 2012‚ Abby decided to move to rented quarters and to operate the business‚ which was to be known as Square One Consulting‚ on a full-time basis. Square One Consulting entered into the following transactions during June: June 1. The following assets were received from Abby Brown: cash‚ $30‚000; accounts receivable‚ $7‚500; supplies‚ $2‚000; and office equipment
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Accounting Cycle Intermediate Financial Accounting ACC/421 July 11‚ 2011 Accounting Cycle An accounting cycle is a sequence of six steps in the processing of financial transactions (from the time they occur to their inclusion in financial statements) pertaining to an accounting period. These steps are: (1) analyzing the transactions as they occur‚ (2) recording them in the journals‚ (3) posting debits and credits from journal entries to the general ledger‚ (4) adjusting the assets with
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