Explain the following: (a) Financial accounting Is concerned with the provision of information to external parties outside the organization and also concerned with the classification and recording of financial transaction in monetary terms in accordance with the established concepts‚ principles‚ accounting standards and legal requirements and presents the effects of the transactions on the performance and financial position of the business. (b) Cost accounting Is concerned with the ascertainment
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ACCOUNTING IN BUSINESS “Defining the three important financial statements has made analysts’ life simpler by ensuring consistency in reporting”. Analyzing a business’s performance and standing can be adequately done using financial statements. WORD COUNT: -1463 Kunal Sharman SHTM 2012 Institute for international management and technology Oxford Brookes University Ms.Garima Gupta “Defining the three important financial statements has made analysts’ life simpler by ensuring consistency in
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Management Accounting Techniques adopted by Puma are essentially reported on thereby describing the company’s strategic positioning and the challenges faced by Puma in implementing is techniques. PUMA was established in 1924 by founding brothers Schuhfabrik Rudolf Dassler and Adi Dassler and was renamed PUMA Schuhfabrik Rudolf Dassler in 1948 when Adi left the company to start his own shoe company‚ Adidas. This revolution of management came to understand the need for amalgamating accounting and management
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May 14‚ 2012 [ EXECUTIVE DIPLOMA] EXECUTIVE DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Awarded by the Asia e University Assignment [Business Accounting] Submission due date : 23rd June 2012 by or before 5.30pm 1 May 14‚ 2012 [ EXECUTIVE DIPLOMA] Assignment Question Scenario You have been recruited to help your uncle’s family to set up and run a supermarket called ‘BeliMurah Mart’ in Petaling Jaya. In the past‚ they had set up and managed smaller scale businesses‚ but
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ACCOUNTING ENVIRONMENT Learning Outcomes At the end of this chapter the students should be able to: Explain the meaning and purpose of accounting Describe the role of accounting as a information system Describe why accounting is considered as the language of business Assess the impact of external environmental factors on accounting Introduction Accounting has evolved and emerged as most other fields of human activity in response to the social and economic needs of society
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Accounting Reporting Criteria Paper Accounting reporting criteria includes many factors and covers many elements. From Fundamental Financial Accounting Concepts‚ “accounting is so important that it is often called the language of business. In fact‚ accounting affects not only individual businesses but also society as a whole” (Edmonds‚ Edmonds‚ McNair‚ Olds‚ & Schneider‚ 2006‚ p. 4). Global business requires added consideration in the way of accounting reporting criteria. With heightened consumer
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state that the aims of disclosed discontinued operations and non-current asset disposal is to helped group of users of the financial statement to assess the financial effects. The definition of discontinued operation in IFRS may differ from other accounting standard‚ IFRS has defined discontinued operation is an asset or component of a company that either has been disposed or is regarded as held-for-sale‚ and also have any of the following conditions: 1) It represents a separate key business or an
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estimate the lose in value of the equipment‚ the accountant should use the concept of depreciation. The monetary concept is a concept that money would be only measured and record in a business transaction. CITATION woo12 \l 17417 (Wood & Sangster‚ 2012) For example‚ a company owns 10‚000 pounds of products to sell and $100‚000 worth of cash in bank; if these amounts added together‚ it won ’t generate the correct total amount of what the business actually owned. Yet‚ by using monetary concept‚ we
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Accounting Theory There is always a reason behind each and every action of a human being. A man does not anything without any sound reason. Regarding Finance‚ or financial matters‚ a man is always extra cautious and so‚ he never makes any financial transaction without any reason. As accounting deals with financial transactions‚ so every accounting work is also based on reasoning. Accounting Theories always try to explain with reason‚ the logic underlying a particular practice. Generally Accepted
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ACCOUNTING AND THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT Chapter 1A Class Preparation Assignment (Rev 1-08) Checklist: __x____ I have obtained a copy of the textbook from the LLC & then purchased the Course Outline for BUACT- 206 (Bookstore) for use everyday in class. __x____ I read Chapter 1 in text‚ and found it to be a fulfilling experience. __x_ __ I reviewed the outline for Chapter 1 __x____ I know the Accounting Equation __x____ I understand how to analyze a transaction. __x____ I know
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