revenue should be recognised when goods and services have been supplied; costs are incurred when goods and services have been received. Which accounting concept governs the above? a. The prudence concept b. The materiality concept c. The accruals concept * d. The dual accept concept 3. Which accounting concept requires that foreseen losses should be anticipated and taken into account immediately? a. The consistency concept b. The accruals concept c. The prudence concept * d. The going
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help these stakeholders determine the extent to which the company has the cash necessary to fund its operations. The employees and management would also be interested in the financial statements as their bonuses and salary increases also depend on how the company is doing. Their job security is also on stake if the company is not doing well. Asset management ratios would help internal and external stakeholders to identify poor management. Another stake holder would be the government. The government
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Question 2 1. Analysts who follow Howe Industries recently noted that‚ relative to the previous year‚ the company’s operating net cash flow increased‚ yet cash as reported on the balance sheet decreased. Which of the following factors could explain this situation? Answer The company cut its dividend. The company made a large investment in a profitable new plant. The company sold a division and received cash in return. The company issued new common stock. The company issued
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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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International Journal of Trade‚ Economics and Finance‚ Vol. 2‚ No. 6‚ December 2011 Use or Abuse of Creative Accounting Techniques Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah‚ Safdar Butt‚ and Yasir Bin Tariq India who are always short of this product. It takes three years for a cement plant to start production. By the time the new plants came into production in late nineties‚ the country’s economic scenario had changed. The government had no money for development‚ the economy was generally in recession‚ and
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Table of Contents Case 1 Introduction Jill’s business is expanding while the up going GST prevent her from gaining more profits. The idea of replacing the labor with the help of new equipment will bring about an unprofitable break-even point. However Jill still insist on borrowing from bank to invest in the equipment regardless of the CVP analysis result‚ which raised some ethical issues. Analysis Question 1 Defining the stakeholders There are 5 major stakeholders arising
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LEAN ACCOUNTING: BEST PRACTICES FOR SUSTAINABLE INTEGRATION "Costs do not exist to be calculated. Costs exist to be reduced.” – Taiichi Ohno‚ father of the Toyota Production System Lean Accounting-It is simply the application of lean principles to the accounting and associated functions within the enterprise. The idea is simple‚ but the application is not obvious within the framework of traditional accounting systems. Lean Accounting was born in the early 90’s through the experiences
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1.0 Introduction Standard Soap Corp. (SSC) is a $ 30-35 million company producing 5‚000 different varieties of bar soap. SSC has four broad production processes– transformation of raw materials‚ drying of bulk soap‚ production of soap batches and packaging. However‚ there are underlying complexities involving up to 5000 different paths during these production processes. This poses a potential challenge for the management to efficiently handle the underlying information base. In addition
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Effect of Applying Fair Value on the Financial Statements of UK Leading Companies By Bassam Kazmouz 0948799 Supervisor Dr Robert Wearing September 2010 Dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE (MSC) www.abahe.co.uk Arab British Academy for Higher Education TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction ........................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Overview
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E19-3 Bacala Corporation (a) Identify each of the costs as direct materials‚ direct labor‚ manufacturing overhead‚ or period costs. Materials used in product $100‚000 – Direct materials Advertising expense $45‚000 – Period costs Depreciation on plant $60‚000 – Manufacturing overhead Property taxes on plant $14‚000 – Manufacturing overhead Property taxes on store $7‚500 – Manufacturing overhead Delivery expense $21‚000 – Period costs Labor costs of assembly-line workers $110‚000 – Direct labor Sales
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