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Accounting What The Numbers Mean
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13th Edition by David Marshall
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All Chapters 1 - 16
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Accounting—Present and Past IIll IIll
CHAPTER OUTLINE: IIll
I. What Is Accounting?
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A. Definition
B. Uses of Accounting Information IIll IIll IIll
C. Classifications
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2. Managerial Accounting / Cost Accounting IIll IIll IIll IIll
3. Auditing — Public Accounting IIll IIll IIll
4. Internal Auditing IIll
5. Governmental and Not-for-Profit Accounting Il IIll IIll
6. Income Tax Accounting IIll IIll
II. How Has Accounting Developed?
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A. Early History IIll
B. The Accounting Profession in the United States
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C. Financial Accounting Standard Setting at the Present Time IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll
1. Financial Accounting Standards Board IIll IIll IIll
2. Standards are Evolving IIll IIll
D. Standards for Other Types of Accounting IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll
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2. Auditing
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4. Income Tax Accounting IIll IIll
E. International Accounting Standards IIll IIll
F. Ethics and the Accounting Profession IIll IIll IIll IIll
III. The Conceptual Framework
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A. Context
B. Summary of Concepts Statement No. 8, Chapter 1 — The Objective of General
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PurposeFinancial Reporting
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C. Objectives of Financial Reporting for Nonbusiness Organizations IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll
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,TEACHING/LEARNING OBJECTIVES: IIll
Principal:
1. To present a definition of accounting.
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2. To identify and describe different classifications of accounting.
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3. To emphasize that financial accounting standards are not a ―fixed code of rules,‖
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but are established in response to user needs and business developments.
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Accountants need to applyprofessional judgment in the application of accounting
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principles.
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4. To emphasize the role and sources of ethics for the accounting profession.
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Supporting:
5. To summarize how accounting has evolved over time.
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6. To identify sources of standards for other types of accounting and to contrast
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these withfinancial accounting standards.
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7. To introduce the issues associated with the development of international
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accountingstandards.
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8. To describe the context of the FASB Conceptual Framework project.
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9. To summarize Concepts Statement No. 8, Chapter 1 — The Objective of General
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PurposeFinancial Reporting.
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10. To relate the objectives of financial reporting for nonbusiness organizations to
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those ofbusiness enterprises.
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TEACHING OBSERVATIONS/ASSIGNMENT SUGGESTIONS:
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1. Students should be put on notice about the jargon of accounting, the use of
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synonymous terms, the importance of the context within which a term is used, and
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the need for precisionin the use of terminology. The first example of jargon is
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the term entity.
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, 2. When discussing "Auditing — Public Accounting," have students find the auditors'
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opinionin the Campbell Soup Company 2020 Annual Report (see pages 87-88 of
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the Appendix). Emphasize that a "clean opinion" is not a "clean bill of health."
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3. Discuss the Summary of Concepts Statement No. 8, Chapter 1 — The Objective of
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FinancialReporting, in detail.
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