Accounting
involves entire process of IDENTIFYING, RECORDING, COMMUNICATING econ events.
Bookkeeping
involves ONLY recording of econ events
Managerial accounting
provides INTERNAL REPORTS to help users make DECISIONS about their companies
Financial accounting
provides econ and fin info for investors, creditors, and other external users
Ethics standards of conduct judged as _____
+ Right/wrong
+ Honest/dishonest
+ Fair/not fair
Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)
Common standards indicate how to report economic events.
Relevance
fin info to make different decision
Convergence
process reduce diff between GAAP vs IFRS
Historical cost principle
company record assets at their cost
Fair value principle
assets and liabilities should be reported at fair value (price received to sell an asset or settle a liability)
Monetary unit assumption
requires company including in acc records only transaction data expressed in terms of money.
Econ entity assum
activities of entity kept separate and distinct from the activities of its owner and all other econ entities.
Proprietorship
Partnership
like sole proprietorship
- partners share profits and loses (based on prearranged agreement)
Corporation
Assets
Liabilities
Stockholders’ Equity
residual equity
equity “left over” after creditors’ claims are satisfied
Common stock
total amount paid in by stockholders for shares they purchase
retained earnings =
revenues - expenses - dividends.
sources of revenue
sales, fees, services, commissions, interest, dividends, royalties, and rent.
Dividends
Distribution of cash/other assets to stockholders
Not an expense
Expenses
salaries expense, rent expense, utilities expense, tax expense, …