Financial statements are a necessity when it comes to businesses. They are used by both internal managers as well as outside users and provide information about the entire company. Managerial accounting is primarily used by individuals within a company or organization. The main purpose of financial accounting is to prepare financial reports that provide information about an organization’s performance to external parties like creditors‚ investors and tax authorities (Hilton‚ 2006). There are several
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1 1. The main purpose of financial accounting is to communicate useful financial information to decision-makers both inside and outside of the business organization. True False 2. The Canadian Business Corporations Act mandates that all incorporated companies in Canada follow IFRS. True False 3. Private companies in Canada may choose between IFRS or ASPE. True False 4. Canada has adapted its own pre-existing standards for public companies to IFRS‚ while the U.S has adopted
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title: An investigation report on accounting and financial control Submission date: 21st September 2012 Submitted by: Ahmed Shahir ATHE registration number: Table of contents Introduction 2 Purpose and requirements for keeping financial records 3 Techniques for recording financial information 3 Legal and organisational requirements of financial purpose 4 Usefulness of financial statements to stakeholders 5 Difference
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ACC 2242 Assign#4.. Due Date …..Wednesday…Aug 07‚ 2013 8-35B 8-40B Fibre Systems Best Use of Facilities Analysis Make Buy and Use Facilities for Other Product Variable unit cost of obtaining the optical switches $ 13 $ 11 Number of optical switches × 80‚000 × 80‚000 Total variable cost of obtaining 80‚000 optical switches $1‚040‚000 $880‚000 Expected profit contribution from the other product — (130‚000) Expected
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Solutions to Exercises and Problems Tutorial 1 IFM Case 2-2 Case 2-2 SKD Limited 1. Goodwill a. There is no goodwill amortization expense in Country A‚ so the goodwill amortization expense recognized by SKD must be added back to determine income under Country A GAAP. SKD amortizes goodwill over a longer period (20 years) than is allowed in Country B (5 years)‚ so an additional amount of goodwill amortization expense must be recognized to determine income under Country B GAAP‚ which reduces
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FINA Review Block 1 Questions 1-2 Financial Plan Questions 3-4 ____ 7. Which of the following equations is correct? a. | Dividends = Net income - Change in Retained Earnings | b. | Dividends = Net income + Change in Retained Earnings | c. | Dividends = Change in Retained earnings - Net income | d. | none of the above | ____ 13. Which of the following will increase equity? a. | An increase in dividends paid | b. | Issuance of new stock | c. | An increase in retained earnings
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Problem 1 In what specific ways (if any) does a college education increase a worker’s productivity? Take some special care with this problem. A college education can increase a workers’ productivity in various ways. Generally a college graduate enters into the labour market with more knowledge and higher skills than a non-college graduate. These higher skills can be improved thinking‚ writing‚ communication and problem solving; which increase productivity. The thinking processes increases the application
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THE EFFECTS OF ACCOUNTING CONCEPTS ON FINANCIAL STATEMENT 5.1 ENTITY CONCEPT The first accounting concept is entity concept. These concept shows accounts are kept for entities and not the people who own or run the company. Even in proprietorships and partnerships‚ the accounts for the business must be kept separate from those of the owners. This is because what whatever amount the company owes to others is not the liabilities of the owners. The maximum amount that the owner is going to lose
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Semester 5 BB0022 Capital and Money Market - 4 Credits (Book ID: B0101) Assignment (60 Marks) 1. Explain the securities market and discuss the methods of underwriting the securities. Ans. Securities Market: The bulk of the financial needs (long term financial requirements) of a company are met by rising through the securities like equity shares‚ preference shares‚ debentures and bonds. The term securities market is a comprehensive one and refers to the buyers and sellers of securities and
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Question: 01 What are the three types of activities reported in cash flow statements? Explain. Answer: The statement of Cash Flow is one of the basic financial statements for a business. It reports a company’s major cash income and outflow for a period. Cash flows are classified as operating‚ investing‚ or financing activities on the statement of cash flows‚ depending on the nature of the transaction. Cash Flows from Operating
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