UNIVERSITY OF LONDON 279 0025 ZA 996 D025 ZA BSc degrees and Diplomas for Graduates in Economics‚ Management‚ Finance and the Social Sciences‚ the Diploma in Economics and Access Route for Students in the External Programme Principles of Accounting Wednesday‚ 5 May 2010 : 10.00am to 1.15pm Candidates should answer FOUR of the following SEVEN questions: QUESTION 1 of Section A‚ QUESTION 2 of Section B‚ ONE question from Section C and ONE further question from either Section B or C.
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role accounting and financial information plays for a business and for its stakeholders. I. THE ROLE OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION A. Financial information is the HEARTBEAT OF COMPETITIVE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT. 1. You have to know something about accounting if you want to understand business. 2. You need to learn basic accounting terms and understand basics of how accounts are kept. 3. To run a business effectively you need to be able to read‚ understand‚ and analyze accounting reports
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Chapter Four STATEMENT OF INCOME AND RETAINED EARNINGS— Usefulness * Evaluate past performance. * Predicting future performance. * Help assess the risk or uncertainty of achieving future cash flows. Limitations *
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When training new parents on the importance’s of child development in the first two years of life the following issues should be discussed or researched. • Child nutrition • Immunizations • Emotional/Psychological development • Sensation/Movement • Child care. In the first two years of life there are several things that need to be cautiously thought of when caring for a child. Beginning with nutrition. Nutrition is a vital component in development; without adequate nutrition the body and
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PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING(POA)/ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS(AFM) Basic Accounting Concepts & Terminologies ACCOUNTING- DEFINITION Accounting means the various technical activities performed by accountants‚ including financial accounting‚ bookkeeping and management accounting. Accounting is considered to be as old as money. However in 1494 Lucas Fra Pacoili‚ an Italian Merchant is universally regarded as the father of modern system of accounting or double entry system of accounting. Accounting has been
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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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Careers in Accounting Accounting is a very diverse career field. It continues to rank among the top chosen career paths in many universities. As one of the most successful careers in the business field‚ accounting has recently thrived on a continually growing demand. If need for education and skill are met‚ the result is a rewarding and enjoyable work experience. Accounting is the financial information system that provides insights into how organizations are funtioning financially. There
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produce financial reports to stakeholders face major ethical challenges such as misrepresenting or misstatements in financial statements etc. However‚ accountants are required to behave ethically and professionally by providing clear‚ accurate information. In other words‚ true and fair statements are to be provided by accountants. Enron‚ Tyco international‚ are examples of accounting scandal. There’re some reason that cause those ethical issues arise which is due to the greedy mindset of accountant‚ tempted
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to pay a bill‚ the accounts payable clerk retrieves the vendor invoice‚ attaches the purchase order and the receiving report‚ and forwards the matched documents to Ashton Fleming. Ashton reviews the documents to ensure they are complete‚ prepares a two part check‚ forwards all the documents to Susan‚ and records the check in the cash disbursements journal. Susan reviews the documents to ensure that they are valid payables and signs the checks. She forwards the check to the vendor and returns the
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a I/A Accounting Management Accounting 1. Management accounting – Its nature‚ purposes‚ place in general accounting theory‚ role in general and strategic decision making process of management‚ comparisons with other areas of accounting 2. Definitions of cost‚ cost classification‚ cost behaviour 3. Costing issues – Cost accumulation; cost allocation‚ apportionment‚ absorption; overheads‚ overhead absorption rates‚ under and over-recovery of overheads‚ normal and actual costing 4. Absorption
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