Accounting Information System Overview a) Define Accounting Information System (AIS) (3 marks) An accounting information system is a collection of data and processing procedures that creates needed information for its users. It also can define as the information subsystem within an organization that accumulates and processes information from the entity’s various subsystems and communicates this information to the organization’s users. b) Compare and contrast between
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Accounting plays an important role in the life of organizations. There are several types of accounting such as financial‚ management and governmental accounting‚ taxation‚ audit. These types are usually focusing on different types of users that are interested in different types of information. In this essay I will examine the differences between financial accounting and management accounting. The basic difference between financial and management accounting is their target group. Management accounting
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Case Study Case 1-4. X-Philes Data Management Corporation: RFP matters Question 1 We think that the future additional contract with another customer can cause an overload of workers who already have to work long hours and weekends completing Scully and Mulder projects. It can lead to decrease of quality of work and delays of projects completion‚ which in turn will be a reason of lost of the bonus and probable penalties in the work with Scully project. Question 2 The crisis facing Yrisket will
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the following has (have) the broadest impact on an organization? Decisions about data. Assessment Question 3.25 Your answer is correct. Which of the following is not a reason why managing data is difficult over time? New systems are developed. The media the data are stored on becomes problematic. New sources of data are created. The amount of data increases exponentially. All of these are reasons why managing data is difficult over time. Assessment Question 3.26 Your answer is correct. Not including
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a) COST ACCOUNTING Cost accounting system is the part of management accounting that makes budget‚ actual cost of operations‚ analysis of variance and profitability of social use of funds. Cost accounting helps the manager in decision making regarding the reduction of the cost of the company and in improving the profitability. Cost accounting system is primarily used for internal managers therefore it does not need to follow the standards of GAAP. Cost accounting is also considered very important
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® Tunku Abdul Rahman University College Faculty of Accountancy‚ Finance & Business Bachelor of Accounting Year 2 Written Assignment BACS2703 Accounting Information Systems 2014/2015 Table of Contents 1. Aims 2 2. Learning Outcomes 3 3. Group Formation 3 4. Assignment Tasks 3 5. Distribution of Assignment & Submission Date 8 6. Assignment Report Format 9 7. Assessment 10 8. Late Submission 10 9. Penalty 10 10
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Accounting information systems Accounting Information system is one of the most vital elements of an organization. Every organization‚ whether it is a profit or non- profit one‚ should maintain an accounting information system. An accounting information system can be termed as a way of keeping track of all the accounting activities in an organization (Dull & Gelinas‚ 2009). This tracking of accounting activities is done through the computer-based methods of accounting. An accounting system comprises
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Capital Structure Analysis Formula Debt-to-Equity Ratio = Total Liabilities / Equity. Formula Interest Coverage Ratio = Non-current Liabilities / Cash Flow from operations Formula Debt Coverage Ratio = Earnings Before Interest and Tax / Net Finance Expense Analysis The debt-to-equity ratios indicate how risky the firms are. It measures the extent that the assets of a firm are financed by its debts and equity. Lower values of debt-to-equity ratio are favorable indicating the firm
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Accounting Information Systems Article Critique Introduction In the modern business management‚ information technology has become a very important tool‚ which has been used in different fields. As the branch of information system‚ accounting information system is the most important economic information in the enterprise; it continual‚ systematic and comprehensive reflects and supervises the condition of business. The purpose of this paper is to review one article and to discuss three relevant
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Chinese accounting system has a rapid changed during the past decades‚ whatever it changes‚ the identity of Chinese accounting form is obviously shown to the world. Professionalism vs. Statutory Control “Even after the recent reforms ···accounting practices remain that reflect the state-controlled nature of the Chinese economy”（Adhikari‚1995‚Accounting for China） In China‚ accounting law is established by The Department of Administration of Accounting within the Ministry of Finance‚ accounting profession
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