Accounting Regulation With the recent accounting discrepancies that have taken place in some of America’s largest and well known corporations greater importance is being placed on the creation and monitoring of financial reports. Some of these organizations which regulate how financial reports and compiled are private‚ given a charter by a federal agency‚ others were born from the creation of new laws and regulations‚ some are state agencies‚ and many more are private organizations made up of academics
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HISTORY OF ACCOUNTING Primitive Accounting Traced as far as 8500 BC in Mesopotamia through the use of clay like: a. Record for paid wages b. Record purposes‚ as general Pyramids in Egypt‚ for the costs of structures Other places like China‚ Babylon‚ and Greece Middle Ages More formal account-keeping methods were developed by the merchants and banks. Double-entry records first appeared in Genoa in 1340 AD. First accounting book was written by Contrugli in Naples Summa de Arithmetica
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Environmental Accounting Where We Are Now‚ Where We Are Heading by Joy E. Hecht Interest is growing in modifying national income accounting systems to promote understanding of the links between economy and environment. T he field of environmental accounting has made great strides in the past two decades‚ moving from a rather arcane endeavor to one tested in dozens of countries and well established in a few. But the idea that nations might integrate the economic role of the environment into
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Contents Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………… Page 1 Roles of accounting ………………………………………………………………………… Page 1 Jobs available in accounting field …………………………………………………… Page 1 Salary …………………………………………………………………………………………….… Page 2 Computerised accounting ………………………………………………………………… Page 2 Source documents …………………………………………………………………………… Page 3 Conclusion ……………………………………………………………………………………… Page 3 Appendix 1 ……………………………………………………………………………………….. Page 4 Appendix 2 ………………………………………………………………………………………
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for you will depend upon your career goals. Earning one of the accounting-related professional certifications is no easy task; however‚ earning and maintaining your certification can increase your chances for advancement and promotion‚ enhance your reputation among colleagues and within the profession‚ and result in salaries that are higher than your non-certified peers as long as you remain ethical. The Profession of Accounting When most people go to college they think of what major would
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In our society today‚ computer technology plays an important role in many form of business‚ especially in the field of accounting. As technology advances‚ not only does the use of computers penetrates individual’s everyday life‚ it also helps to mange and improve many business operations from service‚ manufacturing to retail. Ken‚ an accounting graduate‚ works as an accounting clerk at Advance Manage‚ a service operation located in Markham‚ Ontario. The small business is in the form of a partnership
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profit. Income refers to the increase in economic benefit during the accounting period in the form of inflow or enhancement of assets or decrease of liabilities that result in increase in equity. There are two types of income. First‚ sales revenue refers to income earned in the course of business activity for example a coffee house selling coffees. Second‚ gain refers to income that does not arise from the
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Running head: ETHICS IN ACCOUNTING Organizational Ethics in Accounting: A Comparison of Utilitarianism and Christian Deontological Principles Katherine Y. Masten A Senior Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for graduation in the Honors Program Liberty University Spring 2012 1 ETHICS IN ACCOUNTING Acceptance of Senior Honors Thesis This Senior Honors Thesis is accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for graduation from the Honors Program of Liberty University
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ACCOUNTING CLERK Wes Ruiz Ms. Cline Accounting 20 October 2011 In this paper I will be telling you about a job of an accounting clerk. The scope of an accounting clerk’s job duties often depends upon the size of the company or organization that he works for. For example‚ small businesses tend to hire “general bookkeepers” to handle all of the financial transactions and record keeping requirements of the business. Essentially‚ a bookkeeper
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Creative Accounting Creative accounting is a term that often implies illegal or fraudulent practices in the U.S. (Moneyterms‚ 2006). The objective of the following paragraphs is to explore some definitions of creative accounting from different perspectives‚ discuss some advantages and disadvantages of creative accounting‚ and explain a real life example of creative accounting. Through these paragraphs I hope to also touch upon some of the ethical issues involved in engaging in creative accounting practices
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