ACCT1501 ACCOUNTING & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 1A SEMESTER 1 2008 COURSE NOTES Last Revised: 13th August 2008. kaheiyeh.web.officelive.com Contents Page 3: The Nature of Accounting Page 5: The Balance Sheet & Transaction Analysis Page 8: The Income Statement & Transaction Analysis Page 13: Financial Reporting Principles Page 18: Adjustment to Accounting Entries Page 23: Completing the Accounting Cycle Page 26: Accounting for Cash Holdings & Receivables Page 30: Accounting for Inventory Page 37:
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Critical analysis Article descriptions The journal article named “The crisis of fair-value accounting: Making sense of the recent debate” is written by Christian Laux and Christian Leuz in Accounting and Organisations and Society journal (2009). Mr Laux works as a professor of finance at the Goethe University in Frankurt and his research has been published in many journals. Mr Leuz works as a professor of International Economics at University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He has done
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Faculty of Commerce Faculty of Commerce - Accounting & Finance Working Papers University of Wollongong Year The Critique of Accounting Theory M. Gaffikin University of Wollongong‚ gaffikin@uow.edu.au This working paper was originally published as Gaffikin‚ M‚ The Critique of Accounting Theory‚ Accounting & Finance Working Paper 06/25‚ School of Accounting & Finance‚ University of Wollongong‚ 2006. This paper is posted at Research Online. http://ro.uow.edu.au/accfinwp/41 06/25 University
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Financial Institution In financial economics‚ a financial institution is an institution that provides financial services for its clients or members. Probably the most important financial service provided by financial institutions is acting as financial intermediaries. Most financial institutions are highly regulated by government. Broadly speaking‚ there are three major types of financial institutions: 1. Deposit-taking institutions that accept and manage deposits and make loans‚ including banks
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Financial Accounting Course Objectives: This course introduces the fundamentals of financial accounting to graduate students. Throughout the course‚ communication skills will be emphasized. After completing the course‚ a student is expected to understand how accounting information is produced‚ interpret and analyze financial statements‚ communicate firms’ financial health and appreciate ethical issues in accounting. Since the course content will be approached from the perspective of a user‚ rather
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FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING III – ACCT 3018 ASSIGNMENT 1 DUE : TOTAL MARKS = 50 QUESTION 1 Marks=10 Listed below are items that are treated differently for accounting purposes than they are for tax purposes. Indicate whether the items are permanent differences OR temporary differences. For temporary differences‚ indicate whether they will create future tax assets or future tax liabilities 1. Advance rental receipts Temporary difference‚ deferred tax asset 2. Membership costs in a health
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01 MCQ FOR IMT 57 – FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING Test : (Journal‚ Ledger‚ Trial Balance‚ Errors) Name: _________________ Fundamentals of Accounting Max. Marks: 30 1. RPC Ltd. follows the written down value method of depreciating machinery year after year by applying the principle of (a) Comparability. (b) Convenience. (c) Consistency. (d) All of the above. 2. A change in accounting policy is justified
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genetics (nature) or the environment (nurture)‚ do you think plays a larger role in the development of who you are? Please provide me with what percentage you think each contributes‚ for example‚ 50% genetics/50% environment. I personally feel like most of the habits you develop are from the environment (nurture). I would say it’s about 70% nurture and 30% nature. I believe that most of the habits people pick up are because they have seen it done by someone else. Now I do know of some things that come
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past hundred years we have lived in a world where the process of trading goods and services on the basis of their worth has been taking place. These actions can be defined as business activities. However‚ nowadays businesses have become more complex as the number of customers has vastly increased making it much more difficult to keep track of the finance and performance. This is where accounting plays its role of systematically recording‚ reporting and analysing the financial transactions of a business
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Accounting Theory Questions 1. what is positive accounting theory? how does it differ from normative accounting theory? what was/were the major dissatisfaction(s) with normative accounting theory which led to the development of a positive theory accounting? 2. Explain the meaning of an efficient market. what is meant by the following terms: weak-form efficiency‚ semistrong-form efficiency‚ strong-form efficiency? which form is the most important to accounting research? why? 3 Explain the important
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