basic accounting
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Prepared By: Mark John Bolatin
Accounting: The Languageof Business
TOPICS
• Accounting As information System• Accounting and Information System definitions
• Financial accounting and Management accounting
• Accounting as an aid in decision making
• Users of Informartion
• Accounting System / Cycle
• RA 9298
• CPA as a profession
TOPICS
• Accounting Principles, Conventions and Concepts• Definition and Differences
• Concepts
• Conventions
ACCOUNTING AS AN INFORMATION SYSTEM
WHAT IS “ACCOUNTING”• PFRSC(Formerly ASC)- Accounting is a service activity. Its function is to provide quantitative
information primarily financial in nature, about economic entities that is intended to be useful in making economic decision.
• American Accounting Associations defines accounting as the process of identifying, measuring, and communicating economic information to permit informed judgment and decision by users of information.
PURPOSE of accounting
CPA’s Primary Purpose
INFORMATION SYSTEM• The information system is defined as an integrated set of methods, procedures and means
used in order to collect, transmit and process data, analyze, store, disseminate and capitalize information and knowledge to users of informations.
FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
• The major distinction between financial and management accounting is the users of the information.
• Financial accounting serves external users.
• Management accounting serves internal users, such as top executives, management,and administrators within organizations.
ACCOUNTING AS AN AID TODECISION MAKING
• Accounting information is useful to anyone who makes decisions that have economic results.
• Investors
• Lenders
• Creditors or suppliers
• Government
• Customers
• Employees
• Managers and owners
External
Internal
ACCOUNTING AS AN AID TODECISION MAKING
• Fundamental relationships in the decision-making process:
Event
Accountant’sanalysis &recording
FinancialStatements
Users
ACCOUNTING SYSTEM / CYCLE
• Analyzing
• Journalizing
• Summarizing
• Un-adjusted Trial Balance
• Adjusting Entries
• Adjusted Trial Balance
• Financial Statements
• Closing Entries
• Reversing Entries
RA 9298
• Also known as the Accountancy Act of 2004
• ACCOUNTANCY has developed as a profession attaining a status equivalent to that of law and medicine
CPA AS A PROFESSION• CPA’s in Public Practice
• CPA’s in Private Institution
• CPA’s in Government
• CPA’s in Academe
ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, CONVENTION AND CONCEPTS
• Concepts• Are the basic notions or
fundamental premises on which accounting process is based.
• Conventions• Guidelines that arise from
practical applications of accounting principles. Conventions are not legally-binding practice, rather it is generally accepted based on customs and is designed to help accountants overcome practical problems.
ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES
CONCEPTS•ACCRUAL
•GOING CONCERN
•ACCOUNTING ENTITY
•MONETARY UNIT
•TIME VALUE
CONVENTIONS•CONSERVATISM
•CONSISTENCY
•OBJECTIVITY
•COST PRINCIPLE
•MATERIALITY
•MATCHING PRINCIPLE
PRINCIPLES
ACCOUNTING CONCEPTS (AGAMTA)
• ACCRUAL
ACCOUNTING CONCEPTS (AGAMTA)
• GOING CONCERN
ACCOUNTING CONCEPTS (AGAMTA)
• ACCOUNTING ENTITY
ACCOUNTING CONCEPTS (AGAMTA)
• Monetary Unit
Common unit
ACCOUNTING CONCEPTS (AGAMTA)
• TIME PERIOD / ACCOUNTING PERIOD
ACCOUNTING CONVENTIONS
• MATCHING PRINCIPLE
ACCOUNTING CONVENTIONS
• CONSERVATISM
ACCOUNTING CONVENTIONS
• CONSISTENCY
ACCOUNTING CONVENTIONS
• OBJECTIVITY
ACCOUNTING CONVENTIONS
• COST PRICIPLE
ACCOUNTING CONVENTIONS
• Materiality
• Strict adherence to GAAP is not required when the items are not significant enough to affect or influence the decision of users.
ACCOUNTING CONVENTIONS
• Cost Over Benefit
•Benefit > Cost
•Benefit < Cost
REFERENCE'S:Financial Accounting- Valix Peralta
Theory of Accounts (CPA Reviewer) – Atty. Conrado Valix, Christian Valix
Various website sources
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