Cost Accounting : An Introduction MODULE - 6B Elementary Cost Accounting 27 COST ACCOUNTING : AN INTRODUCTION After passing your senior secondary examination, if you set up a small manufacturing unit, say manufacturing of packing boxes, a problem will arise what price of each box you should quote to the buyer. Many factors are considered while fixing the price of a product/item such as competitors’ price etc. One of the basic factors is the cost of its production. Cost is essential not only
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Financial accounting refers to accounting and oversight of the companies have completed a comprehensive system of campaign funds, that the external economic stakes of investors, creditors and the government departments concerned and enterprises to provide economic information of the financial position and profitability as the main target carry out economic activities. Financial Accounting is an important foundation work of modern enterprises, through a series of accounting procedures, provided useful
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Subjects for study Six subjects and Seven Papers of study in IPCC are – Group I Paper 1: Accounting (100 marks) Paper 2: Law, Ethics and Communication Part I: Law (60 marks) Business Laws (30 marks) Company Law (30 marks) Part II: Business Ethics (20 marks) Part III: Business Communication (20 marks) Paper 3: Cost Accounting and Financial Management Part I: Cost Accounting (50 marks) Part II: Financial Management (50 marks) Paper 4: Taxation Part I: Income-tax (50 marks) Part II: Service Tax (25
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Asian Journal of Finance & Accounting ISSN 1946-052X 2012, Vol. 4, No. 1 The Impact of Accounting Information System in Planning, Controlling and Decision-Making Processes in Jodhpur Hotels Dr. Omar A.A. Jawabreh Tourism and Hotels Sciences Department, Al Balqa Applied University, Jordan, Aqaba E-mail: www.ojawabreh2000@yahoo.com Ali Mahmoud Abdallah Alrabei Research scholar, Dept of Accounting, J.N.V.U E-mail: alialrabei@yahoo.com Received: February 23, 2012 doi:10.5296/ajfa.v4i1.1435
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Leventi, 423-429 MIBES 2009 - Poster 423 The impacts of the implementation of International Accounting Standards Theodosia Leventi Department of Business Administration, T.E.I. of Larissa, Greece leventi@teilar.gr Abstract This paper belongs to the category of literature review. In this descriptive article we take a brief look at the impacts of the implementation of International Accounting Standards. The continued globalization of business has led to the development of internationally
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ADM 335 ACCOUNTING II: MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING COURSE DESCRIPTION Managerial accounting involves the use of economic and financial information to plan and control many of the activities of the business entity and to support the management decision-making process. The main objective of this course is to explore the relevant issues of cost accounting. Hence, this course examines the acquisition, analysis, and reporting of accounting information from the perspective of effective management decision
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ACCOUNTING AND THE GERMAN CULTURE March 18, 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 REVIEW OF LITERATURE 1 ANALYSIS 2 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 7 LIST OF REFERENCES 8 INTRODUCTION Grenzplankostenrechnung (GPK) is a German-based costing methodology that was developed in the late 1940's and 1950's. GPK is credited to an automotive engineer, Hans George Plaut, and an academic, Wolfgang Kilger. They worked together to identify and deliver a comprehensive methodology
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EVOLUTION OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING PRACTICES by Magdy Abdel-Kader University of Essex and Robert Luther University of Bristol WP No. 04/06 October 2004 Address for correspondence: Magdy Abdel-Kader Department of Accounting, Finance and Management University of Essex Colchester Essex CO4 3SQ UK E-mail: mabdel@essex.ac.uk 1 An Empirical Investigation of the Evolution of Management Accounting Practices Magdy Abdel-Kadera and Robert Lutherb a: Department of Accounting, Finance and Management
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Accounting: Focus on the Red Flags Written by Richard M. Rockwood May 2002 © Copyright 2002, FocusInvestor.com. All rights reserved. This material is for personal use only. It is a violation of federal copyright law to reproduce part or all of this publication without written permission from FocusInvestor.com. The goal of this short article is to show the investor examples of how companies can manipulate their reported earnings. This article also provides information on what warnings signs
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com/fraud-triangle.aspx [January 2014]). The three elements that make up the model are perceived pressure, perceived opportunity and rationalisation. In reference to the events of WorldCom, which has been labelled to date, ‘one of the biggest accounting scandals in history’ (CNN Money- WorldCom’s Financial Bomb, Available from:http://money.cnn.com/2002/06/25/news/worldcom/. [June 2002]) the initial pressures that were the driving force behind the actions of CEO, Bernie Ebbers and CFO Scott Sullivan
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