Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) is a standard guidelines and accounting rules that companies used to prepare‚ present‚ and report financial information. By following this framework‚ companies can ensure that any financial information presented is uniformly consistent‚ relevant‚ feasible and objective. Through this standardization‚ corporate financial information can more readily be reviewed and interpreted by investors‚ stockholders‚ banks and other potential creditors and also promotes
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What is the difference between principles-based accounting and rules-based accounting? Almost all companies are required to prepare their financial statements as set out by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)‚ whose standards are generally principles-based. Recently‚ there has been much debate on whether principle-based accounting would be more efficient than the popular rules-based accounting - especially in response to accounting scandals‚ such as Enron and Worldcom‚ the current way
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Part I. A. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. GAAP is not a fixed set of rules. It is a guideline or more precisely a group of objectives and concepts that have evolved over 500 years from the basic concepts of Luca Pacioli set forth in the 1400s. It governs how financial statements are prepared and presented in the United States. The Financial Accounting Standards Boards (FASB)‚ the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
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Question 1 2 out of 2 points Correct A corporation uses the Internal Revenue Service’s Web site to learn how to pay its estimated quarterly income taxes. This is an example of ________. Answer Selected Answer: b. G2B Correct Answer: b. G2B Question 2 2 out of 2 points Correct Dell’s cornerstone business model is based on the concept of: Answer Selected Answer: c. build-to-order which allows customers
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n [pic] American International University-Bangladesh Summer 2007 Principles of Accounting (Section B) For CS‚ CSE‚ COE‚ EEE Students Course Outline |Course Teacher : |Shamarukh Aziz Bhuiyan (Angela) | | | | |Credit:
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Running Head: Foundational Accounting Principles and Terminology 1 TUI University Eric Bollar Module 1: Case Assignment ACC501 Accounting For Decision Making Dr. Wendy Achilles January 21‚ 2011 Foundational Accounting Principles and Terminology 2 We all know how important the accounting aspect of any business/organization is. It is basically the most important way to manage
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30 years ago and former‚ people thought differently about the idea of marriage‚ then we do now. Both men and women had very strict roles. Husband was the one‚ who was supposed to work‚ earn money and eventually spend some time with childrean over the weekend. Wife’s role was to cook‚ clean and take care of childrean every day. Nowadays that kind of family model would be rather unacceptable‚ becouse relationships between the sexes have changed their character. Until the end of former century‚ woman’s
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Accounting Principles and Health Care Samantha Mrazek HCS 571 March 19‚ 2012 John Hodnette Accounting Principles and Health Care There are no formal accounting principles that apply to health care. However‚ there are five generally accepted guiding principles used in the management of the financial aspects of health care management (Cleverly‚ Song & Cleverly‚ 2011). Understanding the five guiding principles are important in understanding financial information and managerial accounting
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According to Weetman (2006 p25) ‘accounting is the process of identifying‚ measuring and communicating financial information about an entity to permit informed judgements and decisions by users of the information.’ If we extract the suffix of the word‚ we are left with the word ‘account’. To account for something is to take something into consideration. In terms of finance‚ accounting for something can be seen as baring it in mind when compiling financial information. Synony mously‚ taking something
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Question 1 Suppose Nike‚ Inc. reported the following plant assets and intangible assets for the year ended May 31‚ 2014 (in millions): other plant assets $965.8; land $221.6; patents and trademarks (at cost) $515.1; machinery and equipment $2‚094.3; buildings $974; goodwill (at cost) $193.5; accumulated amortization $47.7; and accumulated depreciation $2‚298. Prepare a partial balance sheet for Nike for these items. (List Property‚ Plant and Equipment in order of Land‚ Buildings and Equipment
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