Assets‚ liabilities and owner’s equity are the three components that make up a company’s balance sheet. The balance sheet‚ which shows a business’s financial condition at any point‚ is based on the equation of assets equals to liabilities plus owner’s equity. This equation is also the framework track of money as it flows in and out of a company. Starting with the first penny a company earn‚ will be recorded in a general ledger each and every transaction using double-entry system of debits and credits
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Question 1 Product costs are costs that are associated with manufactured goods until the time period during which products are sold. It involved all costs in acquiring or making a product. These costs consist of direct materials‚ direct labour and manufacturing overhead. Product costs are initially assigned to an inventory account on the balance sheet. When the goods are sold‚ the costs are released from inventory as expenses and matched against sales revenue. Since product costs are initially
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Part 1- Conceptual Framework Cost Accounting Cost accounting‚ as a tool of management‚ provides management with detailed records of the costs relating to products‚ operations or functions. Cost accounting refers to the process of determining and accumulating the cost of some particular product or activity. It also covers classification‚ analysis and interpretation of costs. The cost so determined and accumulated may be the estimated future costs for planning purposes‚ or actual (historical) costs for
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Assignment 2 Basic Accounting Concepts and Business Structures Basic Accounting Concepts and Business Structures Before the Great Depression and the crash of the stock market‚ there were no groups governing the accounting world‚ nor had any principles been put into place. Because of this‚ various groups and GAAP had to be formed to ensure that quality financial reporting was exhibited. There are still discrepancies in accounting but with the hierarchy of
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PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING BUS0115 APRIL 2013 INTAKE SEMESTER 1 INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT (15%) Answer the following questions. Question 1 a) Provide a definition and an example for each of the following concepts. Your definition must be from an academic book. (References must be provided) i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. Historical Cost Monetary Going Concern Time Interval Business Entity Accruals [12 marks] b) Elaborate the consequences of non-compliance of each of the accounting concepts. [12 marks] c)
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Introduction: The basic objective of accounting is to provide information that is useful in making business and economic decisions. What makes accounting information useful for decision-making? The answer is however the accounting information confirms to the qualities that should be possessed by the financial and cost & Managerial reporting. In view and addition to this‚ the importance of strategic cost management and costing techniques like Activity based costing should not be underestimated. This
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COURSE ACCOUNTING IA CODE CAC 1107 AIM The purpose of the course is to provide an understanding of the basic concepts and techniques of accounting and their application to business management. The course covers the accounting cycle and assumes no prior knowledge of accounting. The course is intended for those who will use accounting information as managers rather than those who will prepare it as accountants. In appreciation of the question of the semantic value of accounting information
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HISTORY OF ACCOUNTING LEARNING OUTCOMES Understand the history of accounting dating from prehistoric times to written record keeping. Identify the seven preconditions for the emergence of systematic book keeping. Know Luca Pacioll contributions in introducing double entry book keeping. Accounting is a tool‚ invented by humankind‚ to fulfill needs of society. Unlike the explorers of the past who discovered new lands‚ accounting cannot in any true sense be said to have been discovered
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Retirees Students Small Business/Self-Employed Industries/Professions International Taxpayers Self-Employed Small Business/Self-Employed Home Other International Individual Topics Alien Taxation - Certain Essential Concepts Classification of Taxpayers for U.S. Tax Purposes Determining Alien Tax Status Employees of Foreign Governments or International Organizations Income from Abroad is Taxable New Developments in International Taxation Special Categories of Alien Workers Taxation of
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“The Purpose Of Life Is A Life Of Purpose” In each one of us‚ there burns a soul destined for greatness. In every generation‚ a few are chosen to proven… and sometimes‚ it happened while others are in the bathroom. Life: No one knows where it will take us. Is it our own decisions that guide us or does fate play a big role in dictating the road that we travel? Which course we will be steering? What twists we must endure? One thing is for certain; there is no certainty. No wait too long and everything
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