THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACCOUNTING THEORY a. Explain the meaning of the term accounting principles as used in the audit report. (Do not in this part discuss the significance of generally accepted.”) Answer: Before I dissect the term “accounting principle‚” I first want to provide a brief definition of (1) accounting and (2) a principle. Accounting is the systematic recording‚ reporting‚ and analysis of financial transactions of a business and a principle is a rule or ethical standard. The definition
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professional conduct is clear that an accountant should follow all the six principles so that a healthy work environment could be created in the interest of the company‚ society and nation. The second discussion is focused on evaluation of ethicality of accounting activities. Manipulating the financial statements for personal interest or for loyalty towards company or its executives is unethical and the person responsible for such act will be punishable. Misstatement of financial statements is ethically wrong
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role accounting and financial information plays for a business and for its stakeholders. I. THE ROLE OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION A. Financial information is the HEARTBEAT OF COMPETITIVE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT. 1. You have to know something about accounting if you want to understand business. 2. You need to learn basic accounting terms and understand basics of how accounts are kept. 3. To run a business effectively you need to be able to read‚ understand‚ and analyze accounting reports
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Survival and growth of small firms Introduction Peacock (2000) argues that small business is different from large corporations by small size and rate of turnover and failure rate. According to Small Business Association‚ two-thirds of newly founded firms can survive within the first 2 years and only 44 percent are still in business after 4 years. Lowe et. al (1990) argues that failure ‘exists between failing and growing small firms.’ It can be perceived as there are 2 levels to develop small enterprises
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The balance sheet consists of assets and liabilities of any firm. The assets are called as the uses of the firm and the liabilities are called as the sources of the firm. Sources of the firm: (Debts or liabilities): The debts or liabilities are the claims of the outsiders against the assets of the firm. The liabilities refer to the amount payable by the firm to the claimholders; i.e. the amount owed by the firm to other parties. For an obligation to be recognized as a liability‚ it must meet three
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the result of a lack of ethical corporate behavior attributed‚ more generally‚ to capitalism’s inability to check the unmitigated growth of corporate greed. Others believe Enron’s collapse can be traced back to questionable accounting practices such as mark-to-market accounting and the utilization of Special Purpose Entities (SPE’s) to hide financial debt. In other instances‚ people point toward Enron’s mismanagement of risk and overextension of capital resources‚ coupled with the stark philosophical
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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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Module Title: Cases in Marketing Banner Code: 07 15824 Lecturer: Inci Toral Assignment Title: Case Study: Target the Right Market Word Count: 1246 ID number: 1291160‚ 1207270‚ 1249898‚ 1228189 and 1259957 An essay Submitted to Graduate Diploma in Business Administration Year 2‚ 2013 Birmingham‚ United Kingdom 11th‚ March 2013 Introduction This report explores case study of SparkPlace that was originally influenced by the case of HubSpot: Inbound Marketing and Web 2.0 (Steenburgh
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gooda available for sale. -the consistency principle states that the busineses should use the same accounting methods from period to period. -under the FIFO‚ the ending inventory is based on the cost of the most recent purchases. -the value of purchases remains the same irrespective of the inventory valuation method used. -using FIFO‚ the COGS is based on the oldest purchases. -the accounting conservatism principle requires that financial statements should report LEAST favorable figures. -do
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