ACCOUNTING NOTES FOR MY PERSONAL USE 4/12/2013 ELISHA VERIWA | Introduction to Accounting Accountancy is the process of communicating financial information about a business entity to users (stakeholders) such as shareholders and managers (Elliot‚ Barry & Elliot‚ Jamie: Financial accounting and reporting). Accounting has been defined as: * the art of recording‚ classifying‚ and summarizing in a significant manner and in terms of money‚ transactions and events which are‚ in part at least
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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 (IAS’s)
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COURSE ACCOUNTING IA CODE CAC 1107 AIM The purpose of the course is to provide an understanding of the basic concepts and techniques of accounting and their application to business management. The course covers the accounting cycle and assumes no prior knowledge of accounting. The course is intended for those who will use accounting information as managers rather than those who will prepare it as accountants. In appreciation of the question of the semantic value of accounting information
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Introduction: The basic objective of accounting is to provide information that is useful in making business and economic decisions. What makes accounting information useful for decision-making? The answer is however the accounting information confirms to the qualities that should be possessed by the financial and cost & Managerial reporting. In view and addition to this‚ the importance of strategic cost management and costing techniques like Activity based costing should not be underestimated. This
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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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the debit and credit concept In this simplified form we can begin to see what the mathematician and Father of Accounting (Luca Pacioli) saw in 1494 when he codified the double-entry bookkeeping system. It is his codified system that outlined the rules for applying debits and credits when recording the financial transactions of a business in the double-entry bookkeeping system. Now remember that Luca’s book in 1494 was written and published in Latin and at a time when the concept of negative numbers
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Accounting for Managers TOPIC A: AN INTRODUCTION TO ACCOUNTING Investors – Individual and groups provide initial capital. Creditors – Company which loans money to another company (Suppliers/Bank). Managers – Oversee the day-to-day operations. What is accounting? * Process of Recognising‚ measuring‚ recording (also known as transactions)‚ disclosing and attesting to information. *Information – Decision Making (Value Creation)‚ Control (Monitoring). Process of Accounting: Transactions
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YARMOUK UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATION SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING COURSE SYLLABUS FALL SEMESTER 2011/2012 COURSE: Title: ACC471— Accounting Information System Instructor:Dr. Iaad Sartawi Class Time: Section (1) – 8:00-9:00 Sunday‚ Tuesday‚ & Thursday. Section (2) – 10:00-11:00 Sunday‚ Tuesday‚ & Thursday. Section (3) – 8:00-9:30 Monday & Wednesday. Class Room: LAB 104A Office Hours: 11:00-12:00 Sunday‚ Tuesday‚ & Thursday. 9:30-10:30
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HISTORY OF ACCOUNTING LEARNING OUTCOMES Understand the history of accounting dating from prehistoric times to written record keeping. Identify the seven preconditions for the emergence of systematic book keeping. Know Luca Pacioll contributions in introducing double entry book keeping. Accounting is a tool‚ invented by humankind‚ to fulfill needs of society. Unlike the explorers of the past who discovered new lands‚ accounting cannot in any true sense be said to have been discovered
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Parents Seniors & Retirees Students Small Business/Self-Employed Industries/Professions International Taxpayers Self-Employed Small Business/Self-Employed Home Other International Individual Topics Alien Taxation - Certain Essential Concepts Classification of Taxpayers for U.S. Tax Purposes Determining Alien Tax Status Employees of Foreign Governments or International Organizations Income from Abroad is Taxable New Developments in International Taxation Special Categories of Alien
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