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1 chp 1 Introduction to Accounting Flashcards

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What is Accounting?

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The process of identifying, measuring and communicating economic information.

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What are the two distinct Accounting roles?

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Stewardship and Decision Usefulness

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What is meant by ‘Accounting Stewardship’?

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Providing accountability by reporting on the status of transactions for a period.

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What is meant by “Accounting Desision Usefulness”?

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Assisting a wide range of users to make informed decisions about the allocation of scarce resources.

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To be useful, accounting information must have what fundamental qualitities?

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Accounting information must have “Relevance” and “Faithful representation”.

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What is meant by Accounting information relevance?

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Accounting information RELEVANCE means the accounting information is able to INFLUENCE DECISIONS, else there is no reason in producing it.

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What is meant by Accounting Information Relevance Materiality?

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Account information materiality means that the information has the potential to alter decisions that users make. Materiality must be present as part of relavance.

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The process of collecting, measuring and communicatng economic information is known as?

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“Accounting” is the process of collecting, measuring and communicating information.

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What are “Stewardship” and “Decision-Usefulness”?

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“The two roles of accounting” is Stewardship and Decision-Usefulness.

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When Accounting information is releveant, what values can it have?

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Confirmatory value (confirms what happened in the past) and
Predictive value (attempts to predict future economic states/events)
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What is meant by “Accounting Information Faithful Representation”?

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Acccounting Information is:

Complete

Neutral

Free from error

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Accounting information can be enhanced by what other qualities?

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Comparibility
Timeliness
Verifiability
Understandability

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What are the four stages of the Accounting Information System

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  1. Information Identification
  2. Information Recording
  3. Information Analysis
  4. Information Reporting
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What are the four main financial reports?

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  1. The Statement of Cashflows
  2. The Income Statement
  3. The Statement of Changes in Owner’s Equity
  4. The Statement of Financial Position
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Which main financial report shows the sources and uses of cash for a period?

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The Statement of Cashflows

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What is the purpose of the Statement of Cashflows?

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The sources and uses of cash for a period…

is shown in the Statement of Cashflows.

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Which main financial report shows measures and reports how much profit has been generated for a given period?

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The Income Statement

18
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What is the purpose of the “Income Statement”?

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The Income Statement measures and reports how much profit has been generated for a given period?

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What is the Income Statement traditionally known as?

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Profit and Loss Statement

20
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The Profit and Loss Statement is also known as…

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The “Income Statement”

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Which main financial report shows all changes in the owner’s interest in net assets from transactions during the period?

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The “Statement of Changes in Owner’s Equity”

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What is the purpose of the “Statetement of Changes in Owner’s Equity”?

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Shows all changes in owner’s interest in net assets from transactions during the period.

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Which main financial report shows the overall net financial position?

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The Statement of Financial Position

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What is the purpose of the Statement of Financial Position?

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Shows the overall net finanical position.

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What is the Statement of Financial Position otherwise known as?

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The Balance Sheet.

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What is the Balance Sheet formally known as?

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The Statement of Financial Position

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