Solutions to Lecture Activities ACCT 1046 Introductory Accounting Semester 1‚ 2010 Lecture 1 Unit 1 – Business Decision Making and Accounting Lecture Activity 1 1. The accounting information system comprises four main procedures: analysis‚ recording‚ reporting and identification. The order in which they occur is: a) Reporting‚ analysis‚ recording‚ identification b) Identification‚ analysis‚ recording‚ reporting c) Analysis‚ identification‚ recording‚ reporting d) Identification‚ recording
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Accounting information systems Accounting Information system is one of the most vital elements of an organization. Every organization‚ whether it is a profit or non- profit one‚ should maintain an accounting information system. An accounting information system can be termed as a way of keeping track of all the accounting activities in an organization (Dull & Gelinas‚ 2009). This tracking of accounting activities is done through the computer-based methods of accounting. An accounting system comprises
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is data vis-à-vis information? When can information be deemed good and useful? How are these related/ connected to an information system? Data are facts‚ which may or may not be processed (edited‚ summarized‚ or refined) and have no direct effect on the user. By contrast‚ information causes the user to take an action that he or she otherwise could not‚ or would not‚ have taken. Information is often defined simply as processed data. This is an inadequate definition. Information is determined by the
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Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis Chapter 11 Decision Making and Relevant Information Copyright © 2013 Pearson Canada Inc. 11 - 1 Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis Decision Model • The process of making a choice‚ often involving both quantitative and qualitative analyses • Quality of the choice depends upon the qualify of the information obtained – Perfect information is never available 1 Copyright © 2013 Pearson Canada Inc. 11 - 2 Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis Decision
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Accounting Information Systems FINAL STUDY Chapter 7 The accounting cycle begins with a transaction by the customer to purchase a product and ends with the closing of accounts for the next period in the accounting cycle The methods for accounting for the accounting cycle are through Journals‚ Ledgers and Trial balances and financial statements. AIS use numeric or alphanumeric codes to record‚ classify‚ store and retrieve financial data There are 4 types of codes they are Mnemonic codes‚ sequence
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Benefits of a Cost Accounting Information System By kmoney4islam. Cost accounting offers benefits for manufacturing companies. A cost accounting information system offers benefits for many companies. Cost accounting is a type of accounting method concerned with the cost of goods manufactured and /or sold. Many factors are taken into consideration when cost accountants analyze business costs . The information determined by these accountants is used for inventory valuation ‚ financial statements
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® Tunku Abdul Rahman University College Faculty of Accountancy‚ Finance & Business Bachelor of Accounting Year 2 Written Assignment BACS2703 Accounting Information Systems 2014/2015 Table of Contents 1. Aims 2 2. Learning Outcomes 3 3. Group Formation 3 4. Assignment Tasks 3 5. Distribution of Assignment & Submission Date 8 6. Assignment Report Format 9 7. Assessment 10 8. Late Submission 10 9. Penalty 10 10
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Accounting Information System Overview a) Define Accounting Information System (AIS) (3 marks) An accounting information system is a collection of data and processing procedures that creates needed information for its users. It also can define as the information subsystem within an organization that accumulates and processes information from the entity’s various subsystems and communicates this information to the organization’s users. b) Compare and contrast between
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MAA103 & MAAP103 - Accounting for Decision Making ASSIGNMENT – TRIMESTER ONE‚ 2013 (Relates to Topic 4) Represents 20% of the assessment for this unit DUE DATE: ASSIGNMENT PLANNER VIA MIBT PORTAL AND HARDCOPY: TUESDAY 9 April‚ 2013 BY 5.00pm FINAL ASSIGNMENT VIA MIBT PORTAL AND HARDCOPY: TUESDAY 7 May‚ 2013 BY 5.00pm NOTE the following general submission points: 1. Assignment MUST be completed in groups of no more than THREE students. Students CAN NOT complete assignment with students from
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Government agencies need procedures to track separately all inflows and outflows from various funds‚ to ensure that legal requirements about the use of specific funds are followed. * Financial institutions do not need extensive inventory control systems. * Passenger service companies (e.g.‚ airlines‚ bus‚ and trains) generally receive payments in advance of providing services. Therefore‚ extensive billing and accounts receivable procedures are not needed; instead‚ they must develop procedures
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