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CHAPTER 3
bookkeeping function.
Learning Objectives:
INTERNAL USERS:
(1) Identify the activities and users
associated with accounting. ▪ FINANCE
(2) Explain the building blocks of
accounting: ethics, principles, and Is cash sufficient to pay dividends to Microsoft
assumptions. stockholders?
(3) Review the accounting equation, ▪ MARKETING
and define its components.
(4) Analyze the effects of business What price should Apple charge for an iPod to
transactions on the accounting maximize the company’s net income?
equation.
(5) Describe the five financial ▪ MANAGEMENT
statements and how they are
Which PepsiCo product line is the most
prepared.
profitable? Should any product lines be
eliminated?
MEASUREMENT PRINCIPLES
1. Rent
Expense Decrease Post-
Expense
Closing Trial
2. Service Balance
Revenue Increase
Revenue