1 Executive Summary In today’s world‚ there are a lot of non-profit organizations. These organizations are working with a view to serve the mankind‚ society and specially‚ its members. These organizations are very much important. Although their main motive is not profit earning but they are economically related to the country’s people and economy. These organizations operate with the fund provided by its members‚ donors and some cases government. To ensure the accountability‚ to ensure transparency
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Overstock.com. OVERSTOCK.COM: UNUSUAL/CONFLICTING ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES IMPACT Overstock.com has recently received negative publicity because of some decisions regarding GAAP‚ internal accounting policies and their relationship with external auditors that has caused the company to have to restate their published financial statements going back to 2008. In their 2010 10K report on page 19 it is stated that "We lacked a sufficient number of accounting professionals with the necessary knowledge
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Abstract Have you ever wondered how not-for-profit organizations are not-for-profit? Or how not-for-profit organizations can operate at an accounting profit but still be considered a not-for-profit organization? Over the year’‚ not-for-profit organizations have had many changes in rules and regulations set forth for not-for-profit organizations to abide by. There are three major financial statements involved with not-for-profit organizations and one voluntary financial statement‚ plus four key governmental
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Profit vs. Not-for-Profit Organization A nonprofit organization is formed for the common good of the public. Nonprofit organizations are usually formed for some specific religious‚ charitable or educational purpose. A for-profit organization may be formed to conduct any number of lawful business activities. The primary reason to form a for-profit organization is to earn a profit for the owners of the company. Use of Profits Since a not-for-profit organization is formed to accomplish a specific
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For profit vs. not for profit organizations Melinda Colp AIU Online Healthcare Administration HCM630-1203D-01 Professor Michael Schmitt September 16‚ 2012 Non-Profit healthcare organization vs. for-profit healthcare organization “Hospitals can be non-profit‚ for-profit‚ and government-owned and/or operated” (Baker & Baker‚ 2006). There are different terms for each classification in how to report and handle the finances but the basics are the same for any type of business. Business
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Principles of Organization These four broad principles have many variations and considered as exclusive principles of organization which are as under: Chronological Order (order of Time) In chronological order or time order‚ items‚ events‚ or even ideas are arranged in the order in which they occur. This pattern is marked by such transitions as next‚ then‚ the following morning‚ a few hours later‚ still later‚ that Wednesday‚ by noon‚ when she was seventeen‚ before the sun rose‚ that April
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112: PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING 1 ACCOUNTING THEORY NOTES (a) International Accounting Standards and International Financial Reporting Standards. The foreword to accounting standards defines Accounting Standards as Authoritative statements of how particular types of transaction and other events should be reflected in financial statements. Accounting Standards are developed to achieve comparability of financial information between and among different organizations. International Accounting Standards
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FINANCE AND APPLIED ECONOMICS BSF 1101 ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING 1/INTRODUCTION TO ACCOUNTING 9. NOT FOR PROFIT MAKING ORGANIZATIONS 9.1 Introduction These are organizations that are set up to promote or to cater for the welfare of the members involved and not to make a profit. These include clubs‚ (e.g. professional clubs‚ academic clubs‚ sports clubs)‚ welfare associations and any other societies (charitable institutions). Because these organizations are set up with no intention of trading
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Running head: ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES Generally Accepted Accounting Principles P G HCS 571 June 5‚ 2013 Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)‚ are standards and guidelines for financial accounting‚ and reporting‚ (Office of Financial Management‚ 2012). There are guidelines in effect for most organizations; GAAP ensures that the finances of an organization are correct. According to Cleverly‚ Song‚ and Cleverly (2011)‚ GAAP describes the “body
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PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING(POA)/ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS(AFM) Basic Accounting Concepts & Terminologies ACCOUNTING- DEFINITION Accounting means the various technical activities performed by accountants‚ including financial accounting‚ bookkeeping and management accounting. Accounting is considered to be as old as money. However in 1494 Lucas Fra Pacoili‚ an Italian Merchant is universally regarded as the father of modern system of accounting or double entry system of accounting. Accounting has
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