provided with information that focuses on the financial position (provided in a balance sheet), performance (provided in an income statement) and changes in financial position of an enterprise. * The Framework first of all outlines the users of accounting information in a manner broadly * Investors The providers of risk capital and their advisers are concerned with the risk inherent in and return provided by, their investments. They need information to help them determine whether they should
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* helpful in improving the performance of the business * useful in maintaining records Basic concepts To achieve basic objectives and implement fundamental qualities GAAP has four basic assumptions, four basic principles, and four basic constraints. Assumptions * Accounting Entity: assumes that the business is separate from its owners or other businesses. Revenue and expense should be kept separate from personal expenses. * Going Concern: assumes that the business will be in operation
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ACC 100 - 201 Chapter 1: Accounting Communication - An Introduction (Pages 1-21, 25-26) Focus On Financial Results Canadian National Railway Company (CN) * Generated $7.9 billion in revenues; $2.2 billion in income after expenses and income taxes * Owed $5.6 billion to creditors; Assets of $23.5 billion Organization - a collection of individuals pursuing the same goal or objective. Ex: Student groups, a government, a business, a club, or a charity * Need financial information
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o Include a brief description of each principle and the intention behind the principle. o Relate each principle to health care. Entity concept - The entity is the person or organization that is the focus of attention. A large medical center that includes a hospital, nursing school, medical school, and long-term care facility is an entity. Accounting records may be kept for that entity as a whole. However, the hospital, nursing school, medical school, and long-term care facility that make
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ACC/290 August 17, 2015 Sherrick Johnson IFRS VS. GAAP In accounting, there are sets of standards, accounting principles, and procedures that businesses use to assemble their financial statements. IFRS and GAAP are two common sets that companies use to comply their statements. IFRS, International Financial Reporting Standards, are a set of accounting standards established by the IASB, the International Accounting Standards Board, which is becoming the international standard for the
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Similarities and Differences between U.S.GAAP and iGAAP – Intangible Assets The global economy is regulated by two main accounting systems: (1) United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, also known as U.S. GAAP, and the (2) International Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, also known as iGAAP. As the abbreviations dictate, U.S. GAAP are the standards that regulate U.S. accounting procedures and iGAAP are standards that regulate international organizations. Both standards are alike with respect
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Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit of the financial statements including examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles
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Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit of the financial statements including examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles
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Working with Financial Statements Team Paper ACC/300 Accounting is the lifeline to any successful business trying keep up with the competition. Accounting is used to record items that over a period of time a business pays for or receives. Accounting provides a tool for businesses to continue thriving and maintain sustainability, without these tools a business will fail and people will out put out of work. Proper accounting record keeping is obtained so management can review data and information
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of the time period assumption. A. | True | B. | False | | 2. | Which of the following time periods would not be referred to as an interim period? A. | Monthly | B. | Annually | C. | Semi-annually | D. | Quarterly | | 3. | An accounting time period that is one year in length is referred to as A. | a reporting period. | B. | a fiscal year. | C. | an interim period. | D. | a distressed year. | | | | 4. | The time period assumption states that A. | companies must wait
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