| Decision Usefulness Approach | Can the decision usefulness approach make financial reporting more useful? | | | | | Prepared by Jing Wang Abstract This paper explores the question whether the financial statements can be made more useful. This leads to an important concept in accounting-- the concept of decision usefulness. To properly understand this concept
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MEASUREMENT APPROACH TO DECISION USEFULNESS • (184) MEASUREMENT APPROACH: i. ii. iii. Accountants (not investors) “undertake a responsibility” To incorporate CURRENT VALUE ACCOUNTING directly in to the F/S Provided “reasonable (37) reliability” iv. v. a. b. As part of an “increased obligation” of the accounting profession “To assist investors to predict future performance and value” Performance = N.I. Value = share price vi. Via a “more informative information system”
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spreadsheet allows users to make complex calculations automatically and to change single number and update all related numbers at the click of a mouse. As one of the most popular financial software‚ spreadsheet is widely applied in areas such as accounting‚ finance‚ marketing‚ taxation‚ engineering‚ educational‚ scientific and medical fields (Ballantine‚ 1991). In 2004‚ SimCorp USA Inc and the Financial Executives Consulting Group found that about 64 percent of domestic companies depend on spreadsheet
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GSM 5301 Accounting for Decision Making Instructions: Answer all questions and show all working in answer book provided. Question 1 (30 marks) (a) Reen Delivery Service is owned and operated by Joanne Lee. The following selected transactions were completed by Reen Delivery Service during March 2012. No. Transactions 1. Joanne Lee invested cash of RM30‚000 into ReenDelivery Service. 2. Purchased a van valued at RM20‚000. The business paid cash RM5‚000 and the balance is financed
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Question 3 To better understand the performance of companies‚ four types of ratios are normally used: First‚ profitability ratios‚ which indicate the company’s ability to generate profits to satisfy and attract investors; second‚ liquidity ratios‚ which suggest the capability of company to meet its obligations timely; third‚ efficiency ratios‚ which assess the company’s operating efficiency; fourth‚ financial leverage ratio‚ which shows rationality of company’s financial structure. (Mautz and
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Topic 5 Homework Questions – Solution 1. Resources that are used in operations for more than one year with no physical substance are called: a. current assets b. intangible assets c. non-current assets d. property‚ plant and equipment 2. Able Company purchased land and incurred the following costs: Purchase price $1 000 000 Excavation costs 100 000 Removing old building 25 000 Broker fees 20 000 Cost of a parking lot 50 000 What is the cost of the
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Accounting for Decision Making Mohammad Jamal an IT graduate who is currently pursuing his MBA formed a computer service business Jamal’s Computer Services as a holiday job. To start the business on May 1‚ he deposited $7‚000 of his own money into a new bank account in the name of the business. In addition the business borrowed $3‚000 at 5% per annum from CIMB bank. He rented a small pace for $300 per month‚ and hired 2 students with a monthly salary of $1‚500 each per month to service customers’
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Exercise week 1 (Fin. Accounting) Mr. Sloppy has left you a list of balances with instructions to prepare a closing balance sheet (at end of year) and a profit and loss account both in standard UK format. He has left you with no further instructions: Accumulated profit at beginning of the year Accumulated depreciation at beginning of the year Administrative expenses Cash Corporation tax Cost of sales Current liabilities Debtors Dividends paid Fixed assets Interest expenses Long term liabilities Owner’s
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NAME: TETTEY DANIEL ID: 210IT01005369 BOOK: THE NECESSITY OF ETHICAL ABSOLUTES AUTHOR: ERWIN W. LUTZER‚ PUBLISHER: - ZONDERVAN PUBLISHING HOUSE COURSE: - CHRISTIAN BUSINESS ETHICS LECTURER: PASTOR A.Y.A. BRIANDT-COKER SECTION B READING REPORT ON THE NECESSITY OF ETHICAL ABSOLUTES Ethics can be properly understood only in light of the value placed upon the human species. Without adequate respect for human life‚ moral absolutes must disintegrate. No one can deny that moral valuations
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Table of Contents I. Introduction Pg. 2 II. Accounting Overview Pg. 3 III. Financial (Cost) & Management Accounting Pg. 4 IV. Management Accounting role in the Organization Pg. 6 V. Communication and presentation Pg. 7 VI. Management Process Pg. 8 VII. Conclusion Pg. 10 VIII. End Notes Pg. 11 IX. Bibliography/Further Readings Pg. 12 Introduction As a business owner‚ manager‚ and director of various business entities
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