in line with accounting actions, especially when it comes to posting dealing as well as financial statements. Some of the regulations include the SOX act of 2002, the GAAP as well as the AICPA Code of Conduct. Excello’s accounting team must take into account the laws and regulations to make the best decision that will be legal, ethical and honest for the organization as well as its clients and vendors. The Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) act of 2002 was created in reaction to the accounting scams of WorldCom
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Table of Contents 1.1 Accounting Concepts Definition............................................................................................... 2 1.1.1 Business Entity Concept ........................................................................................................ 5 1.1.2 Money Measurement Concept ............................................................................................... 6 1.1.3 Going Concern Concept ....................................................
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entries, closing entries, preparation of financial statements, multiple step income statement. Chapter 1: Purpose (objective) of financial accounting; cash vs accrual accounting (net operating cash flow vs. net income); history of standard setting – SEC, AICPA (formerly AIA), CAP, APB, FASB; process of standard setting (graphic 1-4); global accounting standards – IASC, IASB, IFRS, Covergence project; Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 – Key provisions; Conceptual framework – objective of financial reporting
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Customers The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) have publishing this exposure draft as revenue is a vital number that financial statement users use to value a company’s performance. Both Boards require improvements in their revenue recognition requirements, therefore joined forces to refine the principles for revenue recognition. The goal of the FASB and the IASB is to “develop a common” revenue recognition principle that would: 1
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jobs due to poor performances done as the CEO can see these results in the financial reports. - Auditors o Auditors would be interested in their financial reporting because they would need to see whether company’s financial report follows the accounting rules they are reporting under in,
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Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants Philippine School of Business Administration-Manila Accounting 1 Mid-term General Evaluation I. Theories 1. During the lifetime of an entity, accountants produce Financial Statements at arbitrary points in time in accordance with which basic accounting concept? a. Objectivity c. Matching Principle b. Periodicity d. Conservatism 2. The debit and credit analysis of a transaction normally takes
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Lesson 1: Business, Accounting, and You PROJECT GOAL I I I I G r aded P r oj ect G r aded P r oj ect The goal of this graded project is to create the following financial statements for J & L Accounting, Inc.: Balance sheet Income statement Statement of retained earnings Post-closing trial balance The financial statements must be created in one Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx file). Alternatively, an Excel workbook may be used (.xls or .xlsx file). The Word or Excel file will
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Revenues-expenses= net income $12,000,000 - $7.7 million = $4.3 million (net income) Total profit margin tells how profit a company makes for evaluation dollar generates in revenues. It is the percentage of revenue that a company keeps as profit after accounting for fixed and variable costs. It is calculated by dividing net income by revenue. Net income/total revenue=total profit margin $7.7 million/$12,000,000=$4.3 million Cash flow is the movement of cash into a business. It is usually measured
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Chapter 1 Accounting principle board 9, accounting research bulletin 9, accounting standards update 12, accrual basis accounting 6, aicpa 9, apb opinions 9, auditing standard board 10, committee on accounting procedure 9, decision usefulness 6, emerging issues task force 12, entity perspective 6, expectation gap 18, fasb staff position 13, financial accounting 4, financial accounting standards board 10, codifications 14, crs 14, financial reporting 4, financial statements 4 Chapter 2 Assumption
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In the accounting field, some of the primary goals are to record transactions, keep financial records, perform internal audits, report and analyze financial information to the management, and advise on taxation matters. Those who are involved in the accounting management field will usually have a good understanding of the accounting process by which data relative to a business are gathered, classified, and set forth in financial reports to fully understand the basis of accounting you must first understand
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