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    THE EFFECTS OF ACCOUNTING CONCEPTS ON FINANCIAL STATEMENT 5.1 ENTITY CONCEPT The first accounting concept is entity concept. These concept shows accounts are kept for entities and not the people who own or run the company.  Even in proprietorships and partnerships‚ the accounts for the business must be kept separate from those of the owners. This is because what whatever amount the company owes to others is not the liabilities of the owners. The maximum amount that the owner is going to lose

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    Financial Statement Differentiation There are four different types of financial statements; they are balance sheets‚ income statements‚ retained earnings statements‚ and statements of cash flows. Each of these financial statements are important to investors‚ creditors‚ and management in various ways. This paper will provide further insight into these financial statements as well as explore‚ which of these would be of interest to investors‚ creditors‚ and management. Financial Statements

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    ETHICS IN ACCOUNTING Presented by: Rojina Sapkota Abhilasha Thapa Pooja Shah Sandeep Gautam Mendhala Lama Gurung AND THE ACCOUNTING PROFESSION What is ETHICS? -All about making right choices and producing good behavior What is ETHICS in ACCOUNTING? -Being responsible enough to behave as a TRUSTWORTHY accountant. ROLE/IMPORTANCE OF ETHICS IN ACCOUNTING  To provide true knowledge of the financial transactions taking place.  To ensure correct decision making . WHAT IS AN ETHICAL DILEMMA

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    for Higher Education UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX THE ESSEX BUSINESS SCHOOL 10/09/10-04:05:28 The Effect of Applying Fair Value on the Financial Statements of UK Leading Companies By Bassam Kazmouz 0948799 Supervisor Dr Robert Wearing September 2010 Dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE (MSC) www.abahe.co.uk Arab British Academy for Higher Education TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction ..............

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    COURSE TITLE: FOUNDATIONS OF ACCOUNTING COURCE CODE: MAC101 DUE DATE: 12th September LECTURER: Ms.Chirima ASSIGMENT Nr. 1 - Accounting Information Date‚ 10th September‚ 2014 Introduction “The users of the accounting information”. According to the author Horngren‚C .Introduction to management accounting‚ the list of the people who use the accounting information is infinite.

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    ASSIGNMENT: - BRIEFLY STATE THE USERS OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION. Accounting Information provides quantitative and qualitative information about the various transactions and events of an accounting entity. The Accounting Information system of the accounting entity captures quantitative data and processes the pecuniary transactions related to the functioning of the same. Contemporary systems like ERP also encompasses in its scope the traditional quantitative Accounting Information besides some qualitative

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    Introductory Part Accounting is the study of how businesses track their income and assets over time. Accountants engage in a wide variety of activities besides preparing financial statements and recording business transactions‚ including computing costs and efficiency gains from new technologies‚ participating in strategies for mergers and acquisitions‚ quality management‚ developing and using information systems to track financial performance‚ tax strategy‚ and health care benefits management. They

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    senior auditor Frankie Small. The audit they were to perform was on the top paying client of Viccio and Martin‚ Models Inc.. Jane had spent time working for the firm while finishing her academics‚ and had been present for many other audits. This left her excited to show her employer all she had learned during this first assignment. Jane was away at school when the yearend inventory count was made for Models Inc.‚ so she decided to brush up before the audit began by studying the financials‚ audit

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    Executive Summary GAAP‚ generally accepted accounting principles‚ are the rules for preparing the financial statements. There are specialized professionals FASB‚ SEC‚ AAA‚ FEI‚ IMA‚ AIMR and others for developing GAAP. There are 13 principles for preparing Financial Statement. Business Entity Principle requires business to be separated from owner of the business. Going Concern principles requires the business to assume that the business will for long time. Revenue Recognition Principle considers

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    8 Accounting theory and conceptual frameworks After studying this chapter you should be able to: & explain what accounting theory is & describe the main attempts at constructing an accounting theory & appraise current developments in the area & describe and discuss the contents of the IASB Framework & appraise the quality and usefulness of the IASB Framework in the context of its self-declared purposes & describe and discuss the parts of IAS 1 relating to accounting concepts and policies & appraise

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