cost accounting. This introductory chapter explains the intertwining roles of managers and management accountants in choosing an organization’s strategy‚ and in planning and controlling its operations. Unlike the remainder of the textbook‚ this chapter has no “number crunching.” Its main purpose is to emphasize the management accountant’s role in providing information for managers. Review Points organization. Cost accounting provides information for both management accounting and
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Running head: ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES Generally Accepted Accounting Principles P G HCS 571 June 5‚ 2013 Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)‚ are standards and guidelines for financial accounting‚ and reporting‚ (Office of Financial Management‚ 2012). There are guidelines in effect for most organizations; GAAP ensures that the finances of an organization are correct. According to Cleverly‚ Song‚ and Cleverly (2011)‚ GAAP describes the “body
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Management Accounting The wake of the 21st century brings with it more challenges than the long awaited relief amidst the corporate world. Even with the improvement and introduction of cutting edge technology‚ management issues still remain a hassle even with the best tools and the best brains in the trade. Problems and issues pertaining to management are very sensitive especially when it comes to managing a company’s finances. The waxing and waning of the world economy makes this process even harder
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The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has been working for ten years to bridge the gap between the United States’ Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). As part of this movement‚ Russell Golden‚ the chairman of the FASB‚ indicated that he would like to focus on making corporate disclosures more consistent. By doing so‚ it would be easier for investors to compare companies from different sectors. The FASB is “working on a
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Creative accounting refers to accounting practices that deviate from (the spirit of ) standard accounting practices. They are characterized by excessive complication and the use of novel ways of characterizing income‚ assets or liabilities. Sometimes the words "innovative" or "aggressive" are used. The term is also (used more seriously and disparagingly) to refer to systematic misrepresentation of the true income and assets of business organizations. "Creative accounting" on this scale has led
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Financial Accounting vs Management Accounting Management accounting is a field of accounting that analyzes and provides cost information to the internal management for the purposes of planning‚ controlling and decision making. Management accounting refers to accounting information developed for managers within an organization. CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) defines Management accounting as “Management Accounting is the process of identification‚ measurement‚ accumulation
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Environment of Accounting Submitted to:- Prof. Dr. Parimal Chandra Datta Submitted by:- ID# Name 151009067 Muntashir Rahman Jeesa 151008067 Shihab Kamal Munshi Date of Submission: July 13th‚ 2015 Primeasia University‚Bangladesh Table of Content Sl PAGE 1. Brief History of Accounting 2. Definition of Accounting 3. Activities of Accounting 4. Bookkeeping & Accounting Compared 5. Uses of Accounting Data 6. Reasons for Using Accounting Data 7. Ethics in Accounting 8. Generally
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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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Chapter 1 & 2 Summary Accounting is a process of identifying‚ measuring‚ and communicating economic information to permit informed judgments and decisions by users of the information. It is a service activity and the language of business. Its main function is to provide qualitative information that is intended to be useful in making economic decisions. The Accounting process is a series of repetitive activities of recording‚ summarizing and reporting economic transactions from the beginning
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Case 3-6 Accounting Standards A. Given the income statement effects of LIFO versus FIFO‚ how will the balance sheet inventory amounts differ between General Motors and Ford versus Honda and Daimler-Benz? In other words‚ will inventory be reported amounts representing recent costs or older historical costs? In your opinion‚ which balance sheet amounts would be more useful to financial statement users in making decisions to buy or sell shares of a company’s stock? Inventory is an asset that
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