Accounting What The Numbers Mean
13th Edition by David Marshall
All Chapters 1 - 16
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I. What Is Accounting?
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A. Definition
B. Uses of Accounting Informationqy qy qy
C. Classifications
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2. Managerial Accounting / Cost Accounting qy qy qy qy
3. Auditing — Public Accounting qy qy qy
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5. Governmental and Not-for-Profit Accounting qy qy qy
6. Income Tax Accounting qy qy
II. How Has Accounting Developed?
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A. Early History qy
B. The Accounting Profession in the United States
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C. Financial Accounting Standard Setting at the Present Time
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1. Financial Accounting Standards Board qy qy qy
2. Standards are Evolving qy qy
D. Standards for Other Types of Accounting qy qy qy qy qy
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2. Auditing
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E. International Accounting Standards qy qy
F. Ethics and the Accounting Professionqy qy qy qy
III. The Conceptual Framework
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A. Context
B. Summary of Concepts Statement No. 8, Chapter 1 — qy qy qy qy qy qy qy qy
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C. Objectives of Financial Reporting for Nonbusiness Organizations qy qy qy qy qy qy
IV. Plan of the Book
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,TEACHING/LEARNING OBJECTIVES: qy
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,‖ but a
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re established in response to user needs and business developments. Accountants nee
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d to applyprofessional judgment in the application of accounting 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 thes
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e withfinancial accounting standards.
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7. To introduce the issues associated with the development of international acco
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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 —
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The Objective of General PurposeFinancial Reporting.
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10. To relate the objectives of financial reporting for nonbusiness organizations to th
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ose 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 synonym
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ous terms, the importance of the context within which a term is used, and the need for
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precisionin the use of terminology. The first example of jargon is the term entity.
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2. When discussing "Auditing — qy qy qy
, Public Accounting," have students find the auditors' opinionin the Campbell Soup Co
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mpany 2020 Annual Report (see pages 87-
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88 of 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 —
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The Objective of FinancialReporting, in detail.
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