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Accounting Chapter 1 - PPT
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Accounting
Chapter 1
Not to study: Appendix 1 A: Career opportunities in Accounting (p. 1-23 up to p. 1-24)
Assets = Liabilities + Owner’s Equity
Assets = Ex. + Cash + Acc. Receivable + Supplies + Equipment
L + OE = Acc. Payable + Owner’s Capital – Owner’s Drawings + Revenues - Expenses
LO 1 Identify the activities and users associated with accounting.
You want to invest in Tesla Motors, Inc. What was the amount of Automotive Revenues in the year ended December 31,
2015 with respect to the previous year? Was the company profitable?
How to get there?
• Identify each sale, each
return and other relevant
economic event
• Record these events
Then you’ll be able to
communicate afterwards (in
the aggregate)
Accounting consists of 3 activities: Identification: Select economic events (transactions)
Recording: Record, classify and summarize
Communication: Prepare accounting reports
Analyze and interpret for users
Who Uses Accounting Data?
Internal Users: Finance - Is cash sufficient to pay dividends to SAP shareholders?
AMarketing – What price should Sony charge for a cell phone to maximize the company's net income?
AYYYYYYYYYYYYY Human Resources – Can Toyota afford to give its employees pay raises this year?
AYYYYYYYYYYYYY Management - Which product line is the most profitable? Should any product lines be eliminated?
External Users: Investors – How does company X compare in size & profitability with Y? Is it earning enough?
Creditors – Will Singapore Airlines be able to pay its debts as they come due?
(Exercise) Identifies (I) – Records (R) – Communicate (C)
Analyzing and interpreting information.
Classifying economic events.
Explaining uses, meaning, and limitations of data.
Keeping a systematic chronological diary of events.
Measuring events in dollars and cents.
Preparing accounting reports.
Reporting information in a standard format.
Selecting economic activities relevant to the
company.
Summarizing economic events.
Exercises
E1-1
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