ACCOUNTING ENVIRONMENT Learning Outcomes At the end of this chapter the students should be able to: Explain the meaning and purpose of accounting Describe the role of accounting as a information system Describe why accounting is considered as the language of business Assess the impact of external environmental factors on accounting Introduction Accounting has evolved and emerged as most other fields of human activity in response to the social and economic needs of society
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Assignment [Business Accounting] Submission due date : 23rd June 2012 by or before 5.30pm 1 May 14‚ 2012 [ EXECUTIVE DIPLOMA] Assignment Question Scenario You have been recruited to help your uncle’s family to set up and run a supermarket called ‘BeliMurah Mart’ in Petaling Jaya. In the past‚ they had set up and managed smaller scale businesses‚ but have mixed up their finances that resulted in some losses. Since you have the knowledge of accounting‚ they would like to seek
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Abstract The purpose of this assignment is regarding to accountants‚ a professional career‚ meant to be very important to corporation or public because it is the base that offers great support to management for planning‚ controlling as well as decision making process. As far as people is concerned‚ accountants as information keepers and produce financial reports to stakeholders face major ethical challenges such as misrepresenting or misstatements in financial statements etc. However‚ accountants
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used creative accounting to portray that the company’s profit were increasing when it fact it was making losses during the period 2000 – 2002 Creative accounting can be refers to accounting practices that seem to follow the applicable accounting standards but differ from the essence of those standards. It use the accounting methods to hide some elements of company’s financial dealings in order to make the company appears more successful that it is in reality. Creative accounting also can be describe
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Development of Accounting Theory Based on Islamic Principles and Accounting Standards Setting Mechanism Shaukat Amer Assistant Professor COMSAT Institute of Information Technology Attock Pakistan Shaukat_amer@comsats.edu.pk Abstract The purpose of this paper to explore the possibility to look for a new accounting theory and accounting standards setting mechanism under some of Islamic principles.The paper has discussed basic Islamic principles of “Amanah” (Custody)‚ “Shahadat” (Testimony)
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1. Accounting Analysis Assess the degree to which the firm’s accounting reflects the underlying business reality. Identify accounting distortions and evaluate their impact on profits and the sustainability of profits. Financial statements are used to determine the business activities of a firm and the role of accounting analysis is to determine the accuracy and quality of the information provided. This analysis would look into the degree of its accounting figures captures its business reality through
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Chapter 1 & 2 Summary Accounting is a process of identifying‚ measuring‚ and communicating economic information to permit informed judgments and decisions by users of the information. It is a service activity and the language of business. Its main function is to provide qualitative information that is intended to be useful in making economic decisions. The Accounting process is a series of repetitive activities of recording‚ summarizing and reporting economic transactions from the beginning
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INTRODUCTION TO ACCOUNTING ACNT 1303 Lecture Notes GENERAL INFORMATION FOR COMPLETING THE CLASS The following is a summary of the twelve chapters that you will be completing this semester. Be sure that you are taking the time to read and STUDY each chapter. It is important to go through each of the examples in the book and to complete the Review Quiz. Spending time reading and understanding before you start the homework assignment will help you to complete in the exercises and case problems
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General Accounting Department to reduce hundreds of millions of dollars in line cost expenses and increase capital asset accounts by the same amount through fraudulent adjustments and entries in WorldCom’s general ledger to mask WorldCom’s true performance. These entries were made after the close of the quarter and lacked any business justification or supporting documentation. Sullivan explained to Ebbers that to meet Wall Street expectations the Company would have to engage in accounting practices
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Accounting Fraud: A White Collar Crime Accounting Fraud: A White Collar Crime The CEO and CFO of a Swiss security systems company named Tyco‚ stole 150 million dollars from their company before being caught in 2002. At the height of the scandal‚ the CEO threw a 2 million dollar birthday party for his wife on a private island with guest performer Jimmy Buffet. After being caught‚ the CEO and CFO were sentenced to 8-25 years in prison and Tyco had to repay its investors 2.92 billion dollars (The
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