33:010:272 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Accounting Information System, Income Statement, International Financial Reporting Standards

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Accounting consists of three basic activities- it identifies, records, and communicates the economic events of an organization to interested users. A company identifies the economic events relevant to its business. Ex: the sale of snack chips by pepsico. Then, it records those events in order to provide a history of its financial activities. Recording consists of keeping a systematic, chronological diary of event, measure in dollars and cents. Also in recording, company classified and summarizes economic events. Finally, company communicates the collected information to interested users by means of accounting reports. Most common reports are called financial statements. By presenting the recorded data in the aggregate, the accounting process simplifies a multitude of transactions and makes a series of activities understandable and meaningful. Analysis involves use of ratios, percentages, graphs, and charts to highlight significant financial trends and relationships. Interpretation involves explaining the uses, meaning and limitations of reported data.

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