The world of accounting opens doors of opportunity for investors‚ stockholders and many businesses and organizations. However‚ accountants must follow guidelines established by “The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants”. (AICPA) Council designated the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board or (FASAB) as the body that establishes generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). Accounting Standards GAAP is considered to be collection of methods used to prepare‚ process and
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Individual Assignment week 3 Rose Breedlove Merced ACC291 Accounting Principles II May 23‚ 2012 Prof. David Vega Individual Assignment week 3 Exercise E10-6 According to the accountant of Ulner Inc.‚ its payroll taxes for the week were as follows: * $198.40 for FICA taxes‚ * $19.84 for federal unemployment taxes‚ * $133.92 for state unemployment taxes. Instructions Journalize the entry to record the accrual of the payroll taxes. Solution: Payroll Tax Expense
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Accounting Principles and Ethics A health care organization is believed to be a place where there is care‚ organization‚ consistency‚ and support; a place where patients need to feel and see the unity and harmony within the organization. Health care organizations necessitate this consistency‚ unity‚ and organization within because of its dependency on its’ patients and to provide the proper care for such a diverse group of individuals. A health care organization also needs consistency and organization
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CHAPTER 1 Accounting in Action ASSIGNMENT CLASSIFICATION TABLE | | | | |Brief | | | |Study | |Questions | |Exercises | |Do It! | |Objectives | | | |
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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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a) Which accounting standards or Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) are used in preparing the financial statements of the company (International‚ local or US GAAP standards)? Where did you find that information? For our accounting analysis we found the key accounting policies and related them to our identified key success factors. McDonald’s most important factors include consolidation‚ financial statement estimates‚ revenue recognition‚ advertising costs‚ compensation from stocks
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each country across the world‚ marketing and business practices must be able to be flexible while still playing to the consumers to ensure success within the different markets. Google Inc. was founded in 1998 by two friends that met at Stanford University named Larry Page and Sergey Brin ("Google"‚ 2013). In the course of 15 years‚ Google has grown into an international conglomerate operating in nearly every single country and region around the world. Any company that is capable of operating and
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HT513 PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING FOR TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY 1. Document used after business transaction 2. Book of prime entry INTRODUCTION OF BUSINESS • The purpose of a business is to make a profit for its owner(s) • A business is a separate entity from its owner. • Every financial transaction has a dual effect. • Double entry bookkeeping accounts for the dual aspect of financial statement transactions. INTRODUCTION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT • Information from a trial balance is used to prepare
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There are many accounting concepts which underpin GAAP such as the accruals and going concern concepts in particular. Going concern-it is assumed that the organisation will continue to operate indefinitely. This just means that when we draw up financial summaries‚ we do not assume the organisation is in severe financial difficulties. Accruals concept-when calculating the profit or loss of an organisation‚ all income and related expenditure for a specified period should be included‚ not simply
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ACC201 Principles of Managerial Accounting Assignment Type: Individual or Group Words: 1500 words for individual or 2800 or 4200 words for a group of two or three members‚ respectively. Presentation: Both hardcopy and softcopy should be presented on the due date. The hardcopy should handle to me and the softcopy to the Turnitin (as software to check out the plagiarism)by the due date. The instruction for how to submit to the Turnitin will be provided you later through my web space.
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