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    ACCOUNTING NOTES

    UNIT 1 VIDEO 1 & 2

    Information in any market economy assists decision makers in making wise choices regarding the
    use of limited resources under their control. When decision-makers are able to make
    well-informed decisions are allocated that meets the needs and goals of companies within the
    given market and where the beef decision-makers the writer well informed decisions regarding
    business operations management and resource allocation that's right from account

    LEARNING OBJECTIVES
    ● Understand the basics of financial accounting.
    ● Distinguish and describe the different components of a complete set of financial
    statements (statement of financial position, income statement, cash flows, and equity.
    ● Learn the basics of generally accepted accounting principles.

    FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING INTRODUCTION

    ACCOUNTING - A system that measures business activities, processes given information to


    reports, and communicates those findings to decision makers. It’s the language of business,
    serving as a medium to communicate the financial activities of businesses whether it is a multi
    national corp or a mini store.
    ➔ AS A LANGUAGE OF BUSINESS - Examples: Financial Accounting (a language used for)
    understanding negative cash flows, Tax Accounting (language used for) the annual tax
    that the corporation has to pay, and Management Accounting (language used for)
    designing and manufacturing women’s apparel is more profitable than making children's
    clothing.
    ➔ SIGNIFICANCE - To provide useful information for decision making.
    ➔ USERS: External users who provide main funds to the entity (lenders, investors,
    governments, consumer groups, external auditors, and customers) and Internal users who
    need financial info to maintain the entity’s profitability (managers, officers, internal
    auditors, sales staff, employees, and owners)
    ◆ Financial Accounting - Provides general or multi-purpose financial reports and
    has rules to follow.
    ACCOUNTING NOTES

    ◆ Managerial Accounting - Prepares reports specifically made for a specific


    company and has no specific rules.
    ➔ CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR F.A. - This is issued by the International Accounting
    Standards Board (IASB), provides concepts for the preparation and presentation of
    financial statements, aims to narrow down differences encountered in preparing financial
    statements, assists accounting standard-setting bodies in the development of future
    accounting standards, and is the revision of existing accounting standards.
    ➔ GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACC. PRINCIPLES - Ground rules on how accountants measure,
    process, and communicate financial information. These ensure that financial statements
    are useful and meaningful, allow financial statements to be compared among different
    companies,

    Taas as secondary user of the secondary

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