appropriate decision can yield amazing returns; where as a wrong decision can endanger the survival of the firm. 2. Associated with Risk; - Long term investment of funds is exposed to different types of risks. The longer is the period of the project‚ the greater may be the risk and uncertainty. 3. Large size of funds: - Capital Budgeting Decisions require large amount of funds for acquisition of fixed assets. 4. Irreversible Decisions:-Capital Budgeting Decision is irreversible and the
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UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA UUM COLLEGEOF BUSINESS SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTANCY COURSE CODE : BKAL1013 COURSE : BUSINESS ACCOUNTING PRE-REQUISITE : NONE 1.0 COURSE SYNOPSIS This course is designed specifically for students from non-accounting disciplines. It is divided into two sections‚ i.e. financial accounting and management accounting. Students will be exposed to accounting concepts‚ principles and assumptions. They would be able to assess
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Why are accounts important To begin by why accounts are important‚ a person should first know what accounts actually mean. Accounts are financial records of an organization that register all financial transactions‚ and must be kept at its principal office or place of business. The purpose of these records is to enable anyone to appraise the organization’s current financial position with reasonable accuracy. Firms present their annual accounts in two main parts: the balance sheet‚ and the income
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it will be recorded in the purchase journal‚ once it has been certified as a valid invoice. After the journal entries‚ the next step is to post the journal entries into account. Ledger Account also known as “T” Account and Account. Ledger accounts categorize these changes or debits and credits into specific accounts‚ so management can have useful information for budgeting and
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Goods/Stock purchased or sold being returned is quite a common practice in business. This may be on account of a number of reasons like defects in goods‚ quality not matching the requirement for which the buyer purchased it‚ the buyer not needing the stock‚ etc. This happens both in case of goods purchased as well as goods sold by the organisation. Where the goods sold are being returned we call it "Sales Returns" and where goods purchased are being returned we call it "Purchase Returns"
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Opportunities | Threats | 1. Cloud based services 2. Mobile advertising 3. Mobile device industry 4. Growth through acquisitions | 1. Intense competition in software products 2. Changing consumer needs and habits 3. Open source projects 4. Potential lawsuits | Strengths 1. Brand loyalty. Over the years‚ Microsoft has been the leading OS and software provider‚ which resulted in more than 90% market share for PC OS. Most of us grew up using its easy to use OS‚ are familiar
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company issue a share having face value of Rs 10 at Rs 8 Give two examples of ‘Capital receipts’. Give two circumstances in which sacrificing ratio may be applied (1) (1) (1). (1) (1) Show how you would deal with the following items in the final accounts of a club: (3) Debit credit Prize fund Prize fund Investments 1‚20‚000 Income from Prize fund Investments Prizes awarded 9000 Q7. 1‚20‚000 12000 A‚B and C are partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 1 : 2: 3. They have omitted interest
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INSTITUTIONALISING THE STRATEGIC ROLE OF CORPORATE COMMUNICATION/PUBLIC RELATIONS THROUGH ITS CONTRIBUTION TO ENTERPRISE STRATEGY AND ENTERPRISE GOVERNANCE Paper submitted to the 10th Annual EUPRERA Conference‚ to be held in Milan from 16-18 October 2008 by Benita Steyn Cape Peninsula University of Technology SOUTH AFRICA b.steyn@lantic.net and Lynne Niemann Cape Peninsula University of Technology SOUTH AFRICA lynne@boomtown.co.za Key words: Enterprise strategy‚ corporate governance
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profit and unappropriated profit. what is the accumulated profit and why do accountants and bookkeepers use different names for the same thing? (6 marks) Accumulated profits is profits that are not paid as dividend but is transfered over to the accounts for the next year. Also can be used to reinvest in the core of the business to help pay off debts or to purchase a capital asset. The reasons why accountants and bookkeepers use different names for the same thing is because bookkeepers are the people
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Fixtures and fittings $000 $000 250 100 350 Current Assets Stock Debtors Cash Current Liabilities Creditors for supplies Accruals Bank 1540 820 3 2363 1210 192 203 1605 758 1108 25 910 Share capital – Ordinary shares Retained profits Loan accounts – Bracket Racket 104 69 173 1108 The company accountant resigned at the beginning of April 2002 and proper records were not kept for the six-month period 1 April to 30 September 2002. The following information is available for that six-month period
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