Meeting 1 MRF’s File COST ACCOUNTING “An Introduction to Cost Terms and Purposes” Assistant Lecturer: M. Ryan Firmansyah Problem 1 (Quiz 1 September 8‚ 2009) Consider the following costs that were incurred during the current year. Evaluate whether the cost is: 1. A product cost or a period cost 2. Variable or fixed in terms of behavior 3. For the product cost‚ whether it is classified as direct material‚ direct labor‚ or manufacturing overhead No. 1 Descriptions Product Cost Period Variable
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Accounting systems vary from company to company. However‚ most companies depend on Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). These principles keep every company using a standardized system of accounting. Therefore‚ if a financial institution or investor desires to see specific information about a company the financial officer will be able to read those books clearly. Cash based accounting is a type of bookkeeping. However‚ most organizations use accrual basis accounting. Both
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THE ROLE OF ACCOUNTING IN BUSINESS Accounting is a part of your daily life‚ it is not a branch of Mathematics‚ however‚ you need to be able to add‚ subtract‚ multiply and divide‚ otherwise‚ you would not know how much money you had with you‚ how much you would have spent or whether the change you received was correct. Accounting is a system used by businesses to track financial information. Businesses then analyze and use the information to make business decisions. Accounting uses a double-entry
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Accounting Cycle Paper Acc 421 Date Accounting Cycle Paper Accounting is a financial information system designed to record‚ classify‚ report‚ and interpret financial data. The accrual concepts states that accounting income is measured by matching the expenses incurred in a given accounting period with the revenues earned in that period. The accounting cycle is 6 steps. The accounting cycle is a logical series of steps that accountants follow to keep necessary accounting records
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Creative accounting refers to accounting practices that seem to follow the letter of the applicable accounting standards but deviate from the spirit of those standards. It is the use of accounting methods to hide aspects of a company’s financial dealings in order to make the company appear more or less successful than it is in reality. In other words‚ Creative accounting is the transformation of financial accounting figures from what they actually are to what preparers desire by taking advantage
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ACCOUNTING 202: Principles of Accounting SPRING 2011 |Instructor: Denise White‚ CPA | |Office Phone: 293-7846 | | | |Web: access the course Web site through WVU eCampus | |Section 001 MWF 10:30 CRN 10655 | |E-mail: dwhite@mix.wvu.edu Always
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Unit 5 Business Accounting P5 Introduction In this assignment I will be using the profit and loss accounts and balance sheet for SIGNature ’s business to work out the Profitability‚ Liquidity and Efficiency Ratios. Profitability Gross profit Percentage sales Gross Profit Sales Turnover ×100 244200 444000 ×100=53% Net Profit Percentage Net ProfitSales turnover×100 73960444000×100=16.66% Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) Net Profit before interest and taxCapital Employed×100 73960149160×100=49
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The accounting cycle refers to the process by which companies produce their financial statements for a specific period of time. It is called a cycle because the steps are repeated each reporting period. The organization at which I am employed completes its accounting cycle monthly. The organization is a privately owned nursing facility licensed and incorporated in the state of Virginia that has been in business since 1966. An explanation of the overall accounting cycle at the organization including
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Discontinued operations ............................................................................................... 19 Extraordinary items ..................................................................................................... 22 Accounting changes and prior period adjustments ............................................................ 24 4. Comprehensive income ................................................................................................ 31 5. Balance
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own products‚ which he sold to hairdressers in Paris. In 1919‚ Schueller registered his company: the Société Française de Teintures Inoffensives pour Cheveux‚ the original L’Oreal. Research and innovation in the field of beauty were the guiding principles of the company‚ which eventually became L’Oreal. L’Oreal is a listed company‚ holding 27 international brands. The founder’s daughter Liliane Bettencourt and her family hold 30.8% of the shares and voting rights‚ the Swiss food company Nestlé owns
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