Chapter 01 - Accounting in Action
Chapter 01 - Accounting in Action
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CHAPTER 1
ACCOUNTING IN
ACTION
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Study Objectives
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What is Accounting?
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WHAT IS ACCOUNTING?
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Objectives of Accounting
1. Making decisions concerning the use of limited
resources, including the identification of crucial
decision areas and determination of objectives
and goals.
2. Effectively directing and controlling an
organization’s human and material resources.
3. Maintaining and reporting on the custodianship
of resources.
4. Facilitating social functions and controls-
corporate social responsibility (CSR), including
NGOs, charities, and government agencies may
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PRIVATE ACCOUNTANT
Financial Management Tax
Accounting Accounting Accounting
General
accounting,
Preparation of Cost accounting,
Preparation
financial Preparation of of tax return,
statements budgets, Tax planning
Internal audit
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Functions of Accounting
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
Financial Management Tax
Accounting Accounting Accounting
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Functions of Accounting
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTANT
Financial Management Tax
Accounting Accounting Accounting
Preparation of General
financial statements, accounting, Review
Review of Cost accounting, of tax return, Help
to taxpayers,
financial statements , Preparation of
budgets,
Writing regulation,
Writing regulation, Investigation of
Investigation of Internal audit law violation
law violation
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Functions of Accounting
FORENSIC ACCOUNTANT
Forensic Accounting
Forensic Accounting: scientific methods and techniques to the
investigation of crime. It uses accounting, auditing, and
investigative skills to conduct investigations into theft and fraud.
The job of forensic accountants is to catch the preparators of the huge
amount of theft and fraud occurring at corporate level.
This includes tracing money-laundering (illegally obtained money)
and identity-theft activities as well as tax evasion.
Insurance companies hire forensic accountants to detect insurance
frauds
Chapter such as arson(fire starting/rising), and law offices employ
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forensic accountants to identify material assets in divorces.
Parties Involved with Accounting
Accounting
Standards GAAP
Setters
Preparers of
Financial Financial
Statements Statements
Users of
Accounting
Audit Information
Auditors
Reports
Auditing
Standards GAAS
Setters
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Accounting as an Information System
Decisions
Information Users:
Financial Supported:
Managers
Information Performance
Investors (owners)
provided: evaluations
Employees
Stock investments
Lenders
Profitability Tax strategies
Suppliers &
Financial Position Labour relations
other trade creditors
Cash Flows Resource
Customers
allocations
Government &
Lending
its representatives
decisions
Public
Borrowing
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What is Accounting?
Three Activities
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Accounting process
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THE ACCOUNTING
PROCESS
Ten-Step Sequence:
1. Identification of transactions
2. Journalizing (Journalize or record
transactions)
3. Posting to the ledger (Posting to
ledger accounts)
4. Preparation of a trial balance
5. Adjusting entries (Make end-of-period
adjustments)
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THE ACCOUNTING PROCESS
Ten-Step Sequence: …. cont’d
6. Preparation of an adjusted trial balance
7. Preparation of financial statements and
appropriate disclosures
8. Closing entries (Journalize and post the closing entries) the
temporary accounts are closed or reset at the end of the year.
9. Preparation of a post-closing trial balance
10. Reversing entries: These are made on the first day of an
accounting period in order to remove certain adjusting entries made in the
previous accounting period. These are used in order to avoid the double
counting of revenues or expenses and to allow for the efficient processing of
documents.
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Users of Accounting Information
Labor
Unions
Finance Common Questions
Creditors
Marketing
SEC
Customers External
Users
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Who Uses Accounting Data?
Common Questions Asked User
1. Can we afford to give our
employees a pay raise? Human Resources
2. Did the company earn a
satisfactory income? Investors
3. Do we need to borrow in the
near future? Management
4. Is cash sufficient to pay
dividends to the stockholders? Finance
5. What price for our product
will maximize net income? Marketing
6. Will the company be able to
pay its short-term debts? Creditors
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Information Needs of the Users of Financial
Statements
Investors need accounting information that will help to
assess:
Risk inherent in their investments
Return on and return of their investments
Ability of the enterprise to pay dividends
Employees need accounting information that will help to
assess:
Stability and profitability of their employers
Ability of the enterprise to provide remuneration,
retirement benefits and employment opportunities
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Information Needs of the Users of Financial
Statements
Lenders need accounting information that will help to
assess:
Timely repayment of loans, and the interest attaching
to the loans
Suppliers and other Trade Creditors need accounting
information that will help to assess:
Timely repayment of the amounts owing to them
Trade creditors’ more interest on short-term
continuation of the enterprise, if they are not
dependent as a major customer
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Information Needs of the Users
of Financial Statements
Customers need accounting information that will help to assess:
Continuance of an enterprise, especially when they have a
long-term involvement with, or are dependent on, the
enterprise
Governments and their Agencies need accounting information:
About allocation of resources and, therefore, the activities of
enterprises
To regulate the activities of enterprises, determine taxation
policies
To use those as the basis for national income and similar
statistics
Public need accounting information that will help to assess:
Trends and recent developments in the prosperity of the
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enterprise and the range of its activities
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The Building Blocks of Accounting
Generally accepted accounting principles [GAAP] are the common set of standards
and rules that are recognized as a general guide for financial reporting. Generally
accepted means that these principles must have substantial authoritative support.
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Notes and Disclosures
These are all such information which cannot be presented on
the face of income statement, balance sheet, statement of cash
flows and statement of changes in equity.
Typical notes to the financial statement are:
1.An introduction of the business outlining its legal status, its
country of incorporation and the name of its parents if any and
a statement about the company's areas of business and its
operations.
2.A summary of accounting policies related to revenue
recognition, inventories, property, plant and equipment,
financial instruments, etc.
3.A schedule of property plant and equipment showing the
addition and deletion of assets, related movement in the
accumulated
Chapter depreciation account and book value.
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Notes and Disclosures
4.A breakup of cost of sales, selling expenses and administrative
expenses.
5.A detailed disclosure of different classes of financial instruments and
their related risks.
6.A breakup of the gross amounts and present values of lease obligations
of the business.
7.A detail of transactions with related parties.
8.A detail of contingencies that may affect the business in future, for
example legal proceedings against the business.
9.A description of major events that occurred after the balance sheet date,
etc.
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The Building Blocks of Accounting
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CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF ACCOUNTING
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CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF ACCOUNTING
Issue # 1
Objectives of Financial Reporting
Objectives of financial reporting are to provide
information that is:
1 useful to those making investment and credit
decisions
2 helps in assessing future cash flows
3 identifies the economic resources (assets), the
claims to those resources (liabilities), and the
changes in those resources and claims.
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CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF ACCOUNTING
Issue # 2
Qualitative Characteristics of Accounting Information
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CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF ACCOUNTING
Qualitative Characteristics of Accounting Information
RELEVANCE
• Accounting information has relevance if it makes a difference in a decision.
• Relevant information helps users forecast future events (predictive value), it
confirms or corrects prior expectations (feedback value).
• Information must be available to decision makers before it loses its capacity to
influence their decisions (timeliness).
RELIABILITY
• Reliability of information means that the information is free of error and bias,
in short, it can be depended on.
• To be reliable, accounting information must be verifiable.
COMPARABILITY AND CONSISTENCY
• Comparability means that the information should be comparable with
accounting information about other enterprises.
• Consistency means that the same accounting principles and methods should
be used from year to year within a company.
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CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF ACCOUNTING
Qualitative Characteristics of Accounting Information
Useful
Financial
Information has:
Relevance Reliability
1 Predictive value 1 Verifiable
2 Feedback value 2 Faithful representation
3 Timeliness 3 Neutral
Comparability Consistency
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CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF ACCOUNTING
Qualitative Characteristics of Accounting Information
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CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF ACCOUNTING
Issue # 3
ELEMENTS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Elements of Financial Statements are the set of definitions that describe
the basis terms used in accounting. They include such terms as:
• Assets are the resources owned by an entity.
• Liabilities are the creditorship claims on total assets of an
entity.
• Owner’s Equity is the ownership claim on total assets of an
entity.
• Revenues are the gross increases in owner’s equity resulting
from business activities entered into for the purpose of earning
income.
• Expenses are the cost of assets consumed or services used in
the process of earning revenues.
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CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF ACCOUNTING
GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES (GAAP):
Operating Guidelines
Issue # 4
GAAP or Operating guidelines are classified as
assumptions, principles, and constraints.
• Assumptions provide a foundation for the accounting process.
• Principles indicate how transactions and other economic events should
be recorded.
• Constraints on the accounting process allow for a relaxation of the
principles under certain circumstances.
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CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF ACCOUNTING
GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES (GAAP):
Operating Guidelines
Assumptions
Monetary Unit Assumption – include in the
accounting records only transaction data that can be
expressed in terms of money.
Economic Entity Assumption – requires that
activities of the entity be kept separate and distinct
from the activities of its owner and all other economic
entities.
Proprietorship.
Forms of
Partnership. Business Ownership
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Corporation.
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LO 5 Explain the monetary unit assumption and
the economic entity assumption.
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF ACCOUNTING
GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES (GAAP):
Operating Guidelines
Principles
Revenue Recognition Principle – This principle dictates that
revenue should be recognized in the accounting period in which
it is earned.
Matching Principle (Expense Recognition) Principle – Expense
recognition is traditionally tied to revenue recognition and
referred to as the matching principle. This principle dictates that
expenses be matched with revenues in the period in which
efforts are made to generate revenues.
Full Disclosure Principle – This principle requires that
circumstances and events that make a difference to financial
statement users be disclosed.
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CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF ACCOUNTING
GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES (GAAP):
Operating Guidelines
Constraints
Materiality Constraints – Materiality relates to an item’s impact on a
firm’s overall financial condition and operations. An item is material
when it is likely to influence the decision of a reasonably
prudent/sensible investor or creditor. It is immaterial if its inclusion or
omission has no impact on a decision maker. In short, if the item
does not make a difference in decision making, GAAP does not have
to be followed.
Conservatism Constraints – This constraint dictates that when in
doubt, choose the method that will be the least likely to overstate
assets and income. or does not understate expenses or liabilities. It does
not mean understating assets or income. Conservatism provides a
reasonable guide in difficult situations: Do not overstate assets and
income. A common application of this constraint is the use of the
“lower of cost or market” method for inventories.
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Forms of Business Ownership
Owners’
Assets = Liabilities +
Equity
Owners’
Assets = Liabilities +
Equity
Assets
Owners’
Assets = Liabilities +
Equity
Provides the underlying framework for recording and
summarizing economic events.
Liabilities
Claims against assets (debts and obligations).
Creditors - party to whom money is owed.
Accounts payable, Notes payable, etc.
A note payable is a written promissory note. Under this agreement, a borrower obtains a specific amount of
money from a lender and promises to pay it back with interest over a predetermined time period.
accounts payable :money owed by a company to its creditors.
Chapter LO 6 State the accounting equation, and define
assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity.
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The Basic Accounting Equation
Owners’
Assets = Liabilities +
Equity
Owners’ Equity
Record/
Don’t Record
Owners’ Statement
Income Balance
Equity of Cash
Statement Sheet
Statement Flows
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Financial Statements
Income Statement
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Financial Statements
Owners’ Equity
Income Statement Statement
Barone’s Repair Shop Barone’s Repair Shop
Income Statement Owners' Equity Statement
For the Month Ended May 31, 2007 For the Month Ended May 31, 2007
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Financial Statements
Owners’ Equity
Balance Sheet Statement
Barone’s Repair Shop
Barone’s Repair Shop
Balance Sheet
Owners' Equity Statement
May 31, 2007
For the Month Ended May 31, 2007
Assets
Cash $ 6,820 Barone's, Capital May 1 $ -
Accounts receivable 630 Add: Investment 10,000
Equipment 5,000 Net income 3,200
Total assets $ 12,450 13,200
Liabilities Less: Drawings 1,000
Accounts payable $ 250 Barone's, Capital May 31 $ 12,200
Owners' Equity
Barone's, capital 12,200
Total liab. & equity $ 12,450 The ending balance in owner’s equity is
needed in preparing the balance sheet
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Financial Statements
Balance Sheet
Reports the assets,
Barone’s Repair Shop
Balance Sheet liabilities, and owner’s
May 31, 2007 equity at a specific date.
Assets
Cash
Accounts receivable
$ 6,820
630
Assets listed at the top,
Equipment 5,000 followed by liabilities
Total assets $ 12,450
and owner’s equity.
Liabilities
Accounts payable $ 250
Owners' Equity Total assets must equal
Barone's, capital 12,200 total liabilities and
Total liab. & equity $ 12,450
owner’s equity.
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Financial Statements
Statement of Cash Flows
Balance Sheet
Barone’s Repair Shop
Barone’s Repair Shop Statement of Cash Flows
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Financial Statements
Statement of Cash Flows
Information for a
specific period of time. Barone’s Repair Shop
Statement of Cash Flows
For the Month Ended May 31, 2007
Answers the following: Cash flow from Operations
Cash receipts from customers $ 5,220
1. Where did cash come Cash paid for expenses (2,400)
from? Cash provided by operations 2,820
Cash flow from Investing
2. What was cash used Purchase of equipment (5,000)
Cash flow from Financing
for? Investment by owners 10,000
Drawings by owners (1,000)
3. What was the change Cash provided by financing 9,000
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End of Chapter 01
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