Generally accepted accounting principles (gaap), Financial Accounting

Assignment Help:

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) are guidelines for companies to follow as tehy prepare and issue financial statements. Let's start by getting an understanding of why the guidelines were developed in the first place? Who relies on the financial statements (external users)? What happens if an external user relies on financial statements that are inaccurate? What negative consequences can arise from relying an inaccurate financial statements?

Related Discussions:- Generally accepted accounting principles (gaap)

Limitations of financial accounting, LIMITATIONS O F FINANCIAL ACCOUNT...

LIMITATIONS O F FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING 1. Simply transactions which can be calculated in terms of money can be recorded in the books of accounts. Actions, though important t

What is the net cash provided by investing activities, Zoum Corporation had...

Zoum Corporation had the following transactions during 2014: 1. Issued $125,000 of par value common stock for cash. 2. Recorded and paid wages expense of $60,000. 3. Acquired land

Calculate and interpret the two revenue variances, Consider the following 2...

Consider the following 2008 data for Newark General Hospitals (in millions of dollars Simple Budget_______Flexible Budget_ Actual Budget__ Revenue______$4.7$____4.8_____$4.5_

Average firm in the industry, Suppose that the average firm in your company...

Suppose that the average firm in your company's industry is expected to grow at a constant rate of 4% and that its dividend yield is 8%. Your company is about as risky as the avera

What is the journal entry to record the first interest, On January 1, 2010,...

On January 1, 2010, Jacob issues $800,000 of 9%, 13-year bonds at a price of 96½. Six years later, on January 1, 2016, Jacob retires 20% of these bonds by buying them on the open m

Survivorship policy, SURVIVORSHIP POLICY The partners may take out a su...

SURVIVORSHIP POLICY The partners may take out a survivorship policy to safeguard against future cashflow problems incase a partner dies or the business is dissolved. E.g. incas

Tax expense, 1. An organization owes £300,000 tax at 1.7.X4 and £450,000 at...

1. An organization owes £300,000 tax at 1.7.X4 and £450,000 at 30.6.X5. Its income statement for the year to 30.6.X5 includes a tax charge of £400,000. How much tax was actually pa

What is the difference, What is the difference between financial statements...

What is the difference between financial statements prepared from the expanded accounting equation and those prepared from a trial balance?

Illustrations of dissolutions, Illustrations of Dissolutions X, Y and Z...

Illustrations of Dissolutions X, Y and Z have been trading as partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 2:2:1 on the 1st July 2005, they decided to dissolve the partn

Partnership, in the absence of no agreement in partnership discuss and expl...

in the absence of no agreement in partnership discuss and explain the provision of partnership act

Write Your Message!

Name

Email id

Message

Verfication Code

User Account

All Pages