Problem 1-4 Managers need accounting information and need to know how to use it. Critically evaluate this statement. Accounting information provides managers with data needed to determine whether a business is at a profit or a loss‚ how much debtors owe‚ company’s liabilities‚ and much other financial information. Accounting measures business transactions and as such can help direct managers in the right course with concrete information. Principally accounting information is a tool for managers
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MZUMBE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF COMMERCE A RESEARCH PROPOSAL ON; EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE COMPUTERISED PAYROLL ACCOUNTING SYSTEM A CASE STUDY AT THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS DAR ES SALAAM BY HASSAN MOHAMED HANGAI BACHELOR OF ACCOUNTANCY AND FINANCE (B.A.F) OCTOBER 2010 A RESEACH PROPOSAL TO BE SUBMITTED IN THE PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF A DEGREE ON BUSINESS ACCOUNTANCY AND FINANCE AT MZUMBE UNIVERSITY MOROGORO-TANZANIA 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 0.0 MEANING
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Introduction The place of measurement is crucial in accounting. Measurement is vital to accountants for recording‚ summarising‚ reporting financial transactions and preparing financial statements that should indicate the true position of an entity. However‚ accounting measurement issues are seen to be problematic as many measurements are derived. According to Mary E. Barth (2007)‚ an analysis regarding the latest activities of the International Accounting Standard Board (IASB) have revealed that the
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Psychology or Accounting Choosing a career is one of the most important decisions a person has to make in their life. It is so important because that is what people will have to do to support their selves throughout life. For the past ten years psychology and accounting were two of the top ten potential career choices. According to the U.S. Department of Education‚ National Center for Education Statistics up to 70‚000 bachelor’s degrees in psychology were awarded‚ and up to 30‚000 in accounting all around
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The Importance Of Accounting In Our Modern Society Accounting is a very important term to our modern society. It is the career for men and women who at the start have their eyes set on top positions in industry‚ management‚ government‚ and general business. Accounting is a basic need of every businessmen‚ from the operator of a filling station to the government of the United States. It’s so important to our society. None of the business organization can operate without is. They
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CHAPTER 1 Financial Reporting and Accounting Standards ASSIGNMENT CLASSIFICATION TABLE Topics Questions Cases 1. Global markets. 1 2. Environment of accounting. 2‚ 3‚ 4 4‚ 5‚ 7 3. Objective of financial reporting. 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9‚ 10 2 4. Standard-setting organizations. 11‚ 12‚ 13‚ 14‚ 15‚ 16‚ 17‚ 18 1‚ 3‚ 6 5. Financial reporting challenges. 19‚ 20‚ 21‚ 22‚ 23‚ 24‚ 25 8‚ 9‚ 10 6. Ethical issues. 25 11‚ 12 Copyright
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Materiality and aggregation concept Concept on Prudence Matching Principle Dual Aspect Relevance Concept Introduction Financial accounting has a number of conservative laws which have been considered over the years and all the possible identifiable rules are: Business Entity Concept‚ Money Measurement Concept‚ Going concern Concept‚ Accrual basis of accounting concept‚ Consistency Concept‚ Materiality and aggregation concept‚ Prudence‚ Matching Principle and Dual Aspect 1. The Business Entity
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Accounting policies are specific accounting bases selected and consistently followed by a business.Allowing businesses to make choices on the use of accounting policies may lead to withholding information from the accounts to ensure that the figures appeal to stakeholders. This can be perceived as a potential weakness of accounting policy choices as businesses may have to cease all trading activities and employees will lose their jobs so this can affect stakeholders. Accounting policy choices
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perceived. In an accounting context‚ the sustainability reporting has evolved into a kind of tool for an organization to show and present its Corporation Social Responsibility. Moreover‚ it is also the expectation for the business organization to operate in a sustainable way. In the recent researches‚ there are sufficient evidences show how important the sustainable development to the community? How the conventional accounting evolve into two breeds of accounting‚ which are social accounting and environment
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prepared financial statements The International Financial Reporting Standards or better known as IFRS‚ are generally principal-based standards‚ interpretations‚ and framework which is taken up by the International Accounting Standard Board (IASB) (Accounting Standards‚ 1997). The IFRS financial statements include the presentation of a set of statement of financial position‚ an income statement‚ a statement of cash flows and a statement of changes in equity. Information that are presented
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