The basic principles of an accounting information system include all of the following except | | | Student Answer: | | cost effectiveness. (Cost effectiveness is one of the basic principles of accounting information systems.) | | | | flexibility. (Flexibility is one of the basic principles of accounting information systems.) | | | | useful output. (Useful output is one of the basic principles of accounting information systems.) | | | | periodicity. (Correct! Periodicity
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Merchandise inventory is generally valued at the price for which the goods can be sold. reported under the classification of Property‚ Plant‚ and Equipment on the balance sheet. reported as a current asset on the balance sheet. often reported as a miscellaneous expense on the income statement. Items waiting to be used in production are considered to be finished goods. merchandise inventory. raw materials. work in progress. In a manufacturing business‚ inventory that is ready for sale is called store
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Accounting Basics: Introduction Accounting is a glorious but misunderstood field. The popular view is that it’s mostly mind-numbing number-crunching; it certainly has some of that‚ but it’s also a rich intellectual pursuit with an abundance of compelling and controversial issues. Accountants are often stereotyped as soulless drones laboring listlessly in the bowels of corporate bureaucracies. But many accountants will tell you that it’s people skills‚ not technical knowledge‚ that are crucial to
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Financial accounting reports are prepared for the use of external parties such as shareholders and creditors‚ whereas managerial accounting reports are prepared for managers inside the organization. This contrast in basic orientation results in a number of major differences between financial and managerial accounting‚ even though both financial and managerial accounting often rely on the same underlying financial data. In addition to the to the differences in who the reports are prepared for
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last night discussed accrual accounting concepts such as timing issues‚ and the basics of adjusting entries. The discussion went into more detail on periodicity assumption and how accounting divides the economic life of a business into artificial time periods. These time periods are generally a month‚ a quarter‚ or a year‚ now whether it is a fiscal year or a calendar year that is determined by the company itself. The lecture then reviews the revenue recognition principle which expects companies to
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The basic accounting concepts have defined the conception of the preparation of financial statements and the process of preparation in the UK is well regulated. But financial accounting requires a fair amount of flexibility in some certain areas‚ so the need of judgements and estimations for accounts preparers is demand. Meanwhile it leaves a significant approach in accounting treatments. For example‚ when organizations decide which of several inventory valuation methods to utilize; managers make
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ACCOUNTING ASSUMPTIONS‚ PRINCIPLES‚ AND CONSTRAINTS Phil Toms March 29‚ 2013 The basic assumptions are monetary unit assumption and the economic entity assumption. The monetary unit assumption requires that companies include in the accounting records only transaction data that can be expressed in terms of money. This assumption enables accounting to measure economic events. The monetary unit assumption is vital to applying the cost principle. An economic entity can be any organization
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2-1 BU8101 Accounting: A User Perspective Lecture 2 The Accounting Cycle Wednesday‚ 17 August 2011 Mrs. Ho Yin Kheng S3-01C-88 Nanyang Business School Nanyang Technological University Email: yklau@ntu.edu.sg Tel: 67905694 2-2 LO 2 Lecture Outline 1. Analyzing Business Transactions 2. Recording Process a. b. c. d. e. f. The Source Document The journal The accounts Debit and Credit rule Recording process illustrated Unadjusted trial balance 3. Adjusting entries
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this an area that often causes difficulty‚ however if you master the principles any examination question on the topic will be easily understood. This short paper will I am sure be of interest not only to our student audience but as a refresher to those of you in practice that may be required to deal with this concept. In most businesses debtor balances represent an important element of working capital. Accounting principles dictate that the supply of goods or services is accounted for as sales
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← Abstract Faced with various issues of international accounting in cultural‚ economic‚ ethical and social level‚ after comparing US with China about the GAAP‚ analyzing the differences and difficulties in global accounting standard‚ it’s necessary to separate different accounting standards because of the diversification in different countries‚ it shows that accountancy professions play an important role in capital market‚ which can provide useful‚ relevant and reliable information to interested
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