Jasmine Travis
BUS3061
Professor Jerry Thomas
July 17, 2014
1. Question 1:
Proficient-level:
There are several important functions performed in an organization, among which accounting is one of them. Define the accounting function and discuss how it differs from double-entry bookkeeping. Accountants analyze and interpret financial information, prepare financial statements, conduct audits, design accounting systems, prepare special business and financial studies, prepare forecasts and budgets, and provide tax services. Double-entry bookkeeping records the economic activities of a business. Accounting includes bookkeeping but duties are far greater than it.
What types of information are critical to the performance of the accounting
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They also have to have training in public and management accounting. Passing an examination to become a CPA (Certified Public Accountant), obtaining a state licenses, completing specific accounting courses and earned a certain number of college credits (five years of study in many states) and worked a certain number of years in public accounting, industry, or government; and lived in that state a certain length of time before taking the CPA examination
Question 3:
Proficient-level:
The field of accounting can be divided into two distinct, but sometimes overlapping categories. Describe the similarities and differences between the two categories and provide examples of the users of each type of data that are the result of the work in each category.
The two categories are financial accounting and managerial accounting. Financial accounting are for those outside the business and managerial accounting is inside the business. Financial accounting information relates to the company as a whole, while managerial accounting focuses on the parts or segments of the company. Managerial accounting can use some of the external accounting (Financial) for its statements. With financial accounting,
In conclusion, accounting helps to make sure funds are spent properly, records the sales/purchase, maintain the books for auditing by HMRC, ascertain how much profit a business made and pay wages to workers.
1.) What is meant by the term double-entry accounting? Examples are great and try to build on what each other has said.
They require to make many various reports such as assets and liabilities, loss and profit, or other financial documents. Some other tasks they may do is to design accounting systems, financial forms, and instruction manuals for the firm’s accounting and bookkeeping workers to use. They give advice to the companies upon the investment, tax strategies, and risk management. They sometimes can train some other lesser skilled employees. Public accountants work for pubic accounting companies. They usually work for the offices, and they would use the computers as the reference and calculations.
Accurate accounting and the understanding can make or break your company or organization; not to mention possible jail time in the worse cases. The first way of ensuring accurate accounting is understanding the objectives. The second way is to understand the terminology of the accounting process and in the financial reporting aspects. The third way is to understand the ethics behind the accounting and reporting process. The forth way is to impement your role in the accounting process.
The 3 qualities are important because the accountant needs to show up on time. The accountant has to be available every time the business owner needs them. They cannot be lazy. They should not ignore the clients. They should respect their clients. Respecting means showing value for time. We all know that a confidence is a key to success. If a person lacks confidence, it will be hard to work with them. An accountant should be confident because finance is an important thing. The business owner needs to know that he can rely on the accountant. An accountant needs to be intelligent because he will be doing all the tough calculations. The calculations are complicated and require patience. A Chicago accountant can carry
19. The accounting assumption that requires every business to be accounted for separately from other business entities, including its owner or owners is known as the:
To over view the knowledge we learnt from accounting theory and practice, the main thing I can conclude that is the tendency of accounting will shift away from technical way to people’s behaviour way. By understanding what should do, we should ask why and how we could improve and change it into a better way. This essay aims to explain how the theoretical material that we learn in lectures can be developed under a real practical manner.
because some costs expire with the passage of time and have not yet been journalized.
During my time at Accounting Firm X I learned many lessons that apply not only to accounting and the principles and practices associated with that subject, but also to life as a professional in a real world work setting. The purpose of this essay is to highlight my experiences at Accounting Firm X to shed light upon key learning experiences that can contribute to a holistic educational experience. In this essay I will first describe my goals and expectations. Next, I will go in to detail about my daily routine and how these exercises contributed toward the overall experience. I will then explore the overall lessons learned from my time spent at the firm.
3. Managerial Accounting deals with procuring of data for the organisation's management i.e. to serve the internal users with necessary accounting information to carry out the management tasks of planning, organising, actualising and controlling. " Management Accounting is the presentation of accounting Information in such a way as to assist management in creation of policy and in the day to day operations of an undertaking". 4. Financial Management deals with the process adopted by an organisation for taking financial decisions through analysing and interpretation of financial data for meeting the organisations objectives.
Accounting has a primary function to provide and develop data measuring the performance and disclosure of the company or organization to assist managers, investors, tax authorities and decision makers. The individual in the role of accounting is called an accountant and he or she has the responsibility to prepare financial statements such as balance sheets, income statements, and cash flows. The different categories for accounting are financial, cost, internal and external accounting. Finance has a function of decision making. The financial manager or consultant is an individual who performs the decision making process and uses the information provided from the accountant to an organization about possible losses and profits. Finance has
Management and Financial accouting are both important tools for a business. However, Managerial Accounting and Financial Accounting have many differences. The primary users of the Managerial Accounting is internal users such as managers while the Financial Accounting is external users such as creaditor, stockholder and government regulators.
The primary difference between financial and managerial accounting is that financial accounting is used for external members of the company; they do not control or run the businesses’ operations. An example of external members would be customers and shareholders of the business. On the other hand, managerial accounting is used for internal members in the company such as managers and officers. The internal members use managerial accounting to increase efficiency and effectiveness within their company. According to accounting4management.com, financial accounting and managerial accounting have several differences, but they both depend on the same data.
Accounting is the language of business. It is a profession that is being guided by principles, concepts, conventions, laws, etc. All these fundamental building blocks serve as common and general compasses to all practitioners of the profession. In some cases, they are nation-wide tailored, while in other cases, they are universally tailored. Accounting as a living, practical, dynamic and realistic profession covers so many areas of social, economic (business), and governmental activities. Surely, any endeavour that involves monetary and material activities create a room for the services of Accounting. Many of the human endeavours for which the accounting profession plays significant (some times inevitable) roles include; Banking, Insurance, Manufacturing, Farming Contracting, Oil and Gas, Mining, Transportation (Air, Land and Sea), Educational Institutions, Churches, Ministries, ICT, Hire Purchase, Local Government Authorities, Estate Businesses, Export and Import Businesses, Bill of Exchange Transactions, Royalties Transactions, Consignment Transactions, Stock Market Transactions, Sports, Entertainment, Hospitals and Hospitality Industry, etc.
Common needs might well be expected to stimulate common responses, though environmental factors will lead to differences in these responses. Double entry accounting has been one such response, and its value is evidenced by its continuity after some six hundred years of experience. The social need for reliability and comparability of accounting reports has led to