methods an organization uses obtain financial resources from financial markets and how they manage them
financing activities
how managers use capital from financing activities to acquire other resources used in the transformation process
investing activities
transform resources from one form to a different form which is more valuable to meet the needs of the people
transformation process (investing activities)
one that provides goods and services at low costs relative to their selling prices
efficient business
one that is successful in providing goods and services demanded by the customers
effective business
involves the use of resources to edsign, produce, distribute, and market goods and servicse
operaitng activities
economic activities of a business
business tansactions
book where all transactions are recorded in the currency in which they are conduced at the time they are conduced
memorandum
merchants private book, the entries made here are in one currenc, in chronologicla order and in narraive form
journal
alphabetical listing of all the business’s accounts along with the running balance of each particular account
ledger
transactions of different entities should not be accounted for together. each entity must be evaluated separately
entity concept
na entity’s life can be meaningfully subdivided into equal time periods for reporting purposes
periodicity concept
allows users to obtain timely information to serve as a basis on making decisions about future activities
periodicity conceptq
concerned with the supply of information to the owners of the entity
financial accounting
concerned with the supply of information to the managers of the entity
management accouning
who want to know from time to time how the business is doing
owners
who need information in order to help plan and control the business
managers
the philppine peso is a reasonable unit of measure and that its purchasing power is relatively stable
stable monetary unit concept
the basis for ignoring the effects of inflation in the accounting records
stable monetary unit
allows accountants to add and subtract peso amounts as though each peso has the same purchasing power as any other peso at any time
stable monetary unit concept
financial statements are normally prepared under the assumption tha the reporting entity will continue operating for the foreseeable future
going concern
it is assumed that the entity has neither the intention nor the need to enter liquidtaion or cease trading
going concern
GAAP
generally accepted accounting principles
principle has ___ to the extent that it results in information that ismeaningful and useful to those who need to know something about a certain organization
relevance