MEANING OF ACCOUNTING: Accounting is the process of recording‚ classifying‚ summarizing‚ analyzing and interpreting the financial transactions of the business for the benefit of management and those parties who are interested in business such as shareholders‚ creditors‚ bankers‚ customers‚ employees and government. Thus‚ it is concerned with financial reporting and decision making aspects of the business. The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Committee on Terminology proposed in
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Nature of Auditing and the Public Accounting Profession 1. Auditing neither creates goods nor adds utility to existing goods and therefore does not add value to business. Auditing exists only because it has been legally mandated. Auditing exists because it is needed by the company. It is beneficial to users who need assurance if their financial statements reflect economic conditions that occurred in a period. Without reliable information‚ companies might make less effective decisions which
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Accounting The nature of work of accountants and auditors is to prepare‚ analyze‚ and verify financial reports and taxes‚ and monitor information systems that furnish this information to managers in business‚ industry‚ and government. The major fields of accounting are Public accountants who have their own business or work for public accounting firms. They perform a large range of responsibilities such as doing taxes‚ numerous accounting and auditing‚ consulting activities for their clients‚
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The nature‚ incidence and ethical issues of creative accounting 1.1 Introduction Creative accounting is also called “Earnings management” which is known as the manipulation of financial information. The term can be defined in many ways. Initially we define it as ’a process whereby accountants use their knowledge of accounting rules to manipulate the figures reported in the accounts of a business ’ (Naser‚ 1993‚ p.59). Creative accounting‚ at root‚ is the origin of numerous accounting frauds
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Transcript of the audio tape Intro uction To the a ure 0 a ure By Afroo Oonoo ‚ ‚ ‚ TRANSCRIPT ONE OF THE AUDIO TAPE: INTRODUCTION TO THE NATURE OF NATURE THIS TRANSCRIPT IS DEDICATED TO: ALL PEOPLES IN GENERAL AND THE ETHIOPIAN RACE IN PARTICULAR COPYRIGHT © 1996 BY AFROO OONOO THE PUBLISHERS OF THIS TRANSCRIPT IN INDIVIDUALITY ARE: THE STARS REPRESENTATIVE ALSO CALLED REPOO THE SUN THE PLANETS REPRESENTATIVE ALSO CALLED GEPOO THE EARTH THE SATELLITES REPRESENTATIVE ALSO CALLED SIPOO
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and Hume; it is a theory suggesting that without state there is the state of nature‚ which is essentially the state of anarchy and consent is made by individuals to create a state as a ‘necessary evil’ as Tomas Paine describes the state. There are two points of disagreement in relation to the state. One is the nature of the state- whether it should be coercive or not‚ whether it is necessary; the other is the state’s purpose - whether the state should just provide negative freedoms‚ or whether it should
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Part 1- Conceptual Framework Cost Accounting Cost accounting‚ as a tool of management‚ provides management with detailed records of the costs relating to products‚ operations or functions. Cost accounting refers to the process of determining and accumulating the cost of some particular product or activity. It also covers classification‚ analysis and interpretation of costs. The cost so determined and accumulated may be the estimated future costs for planning purposes‚ or actual (historical) costs for
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This may be due to the influences of the government‚ boards‚ corporations and regulatory bodies involved in dominating the process‚ which can be seen through a brief look at the history of the actions taken by each of these parties to change the accounting world. There are visible benefits to the parties who influenced the changes in both economical and social ways. Along with benefits for some parties comes disadvantages to those who lost their influential power. The make up of the Boards gives rise
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A REPORT ON COACHING FOR PERFORMANCE AT GDP. Coaching as a performance tool means different things to different people. For the purpose of this report however‚ we will stick to the two definitions below. What is coaching? Coaching is a powerful tool that can help you to make changes in your business or career‚ improve your performance‚ enhance your relationships with others or develop specific skills. (http://www.personal-coaching-information.com/what-is-coaching.html). Also it can be defined as
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“The Purpose Of Life Is A Life Of Purpose” In each one of us‚ there burns a soul destined for greatness. In every generation‚ a few are chosen to proven… and sometimes‚ it happened while others are in the bathroom. Life: No one knows where it will take us. Is it our own decisions that guide us or does fate play a big role in dictating the road that we travel? Which course we will be steering? What twists we must endure? One thing is for certain; there is no certainty. No wait too long and everything
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