Accruals and Cash Accounting Geraldine Saint Fleur XACC/290 February 8‚ 2015 Jennifer Campbell Accrual and Cash Accounting This week we learned about accrual accounting concepts. Within this chapter we covered revenue and expense recognition principle‚ adjusting entries‚ the purpose of adjusted trial balances‚ accruals‚ cash accounting‚ etc. We will be going over the accrual‚ cash accounting and cash basis accounting. Accruals/Cash Accounting The difference between accruals and cash accounting
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Q8-1 The purpose of Debt Service Funds is “to account for and report resources that are restricted‚ committed‚ or assigned to expenditure for principal and interest on general long-term liabilities”. Only general government long-term liabilities that are recorded in the General Long-Term Liabilities are serviced through Debt Service Funds. GAAP requires that a Debt Service Fund be used to account for debt service on general long-term liabilities only if (1)Use of Debt Service Fund is legally
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NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS 13 2 Not-for-profit organisations Key points Many not-for-profit organisations (NFPs) feel they are poorly understood by government and the general public. Pressures to be more efficient have seen overhead spending reduced at considerable detriment to effectiveness and improved resource allocation over time (allocative efficiency). The sector is diverse‚ but NFPs display some common behavioural patterns: – Whereas the behaviour of for-profit business is driven mostly
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club operates differently as compared to a normal business/enterprise. The most imperative difference between a business and this sports club is that a business is established with the aim of generating profit which the owner is entitled to because the owner is the person who provides the start-up capital. The low down A sports club on the other hand‚ it is established to provide facilities to the members and no profit is made. If‚ through fund raising efforts the club makes‚ the income generated
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The Accrual basis of accounting is far superior to the Cash basis of accounting. Discuss. The difference between accrual and cash basis of accounting is cash basis accounting recognizes revenues and expenses depends upon on timing. Cash basis accounting is simple‚ recognizes revenues when cash is received and recognizes expenses when cash is paid out only. It does not record accounts payable or receivable. For example‚ paid a service invoice on Feb‚ the expenses will be recognized as expenses on
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Strategic Planning for Profit and Non-Profit Organizations Name School Table of Contents Abstract 3 Introduction 4 Discussion 4 Role of government in regulation of non-profit fundraising 4 Demanding of disclosure statements 4 Provision of more funding 5 Appointment of external auditors 5 Role of states in regulating non-profit fundraising 6 Sarbanes-Oxley-type legislation in non-profit fundraising 8 Importance of Sarbanes-Oxley type legislation 8
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Cash basis accounting predicts a periodic measure of performance that is used to predict future cash flows. This is the difference between cash receipts and cash payments from transactions related to providing goods and services during a reporting period. “Revenue is recognized when cash is received and expense is recognized when cash is paid”. ("Accrual basis accounting‚"). “When transactions are recorded on a cash basis‚ they affect a company’s books only once a completed exchange of value has
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Cash Basis Accounting and Accrual Basis Accounting The major objectives for business entity are to earn profit. Every company keeps their financial records and prepares their financial reports. There are two main accounting methods which are used to keep recording of the business. They are cash basis accounting (cash method) and accrual basis (accrual method). Either of any method can use in businesses. Company can choose the method which is benefit for them. The cash basis is the most simple in
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Differences of Accounting for Government & Nonprofit organization versus for profit business. Business accounting has always been considered by some people to be the model for government accounting. But there are differences between one and another. Government and not for profit are governed mainly by their budgets. The budget covers the governmental decisions on how to raise money and where to spend it. Traditionally the budget takes center stage and one of the most public decisions
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OPERATIONAL AUDITING: ACCT 476 / CCAU 525 Internal Auditing in Not-For-Profit Organizations TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT: .....................................................................................................................................................................2 INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................................................................2 SECTION I: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
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