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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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,CHAPTER
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Accounting—Present and Past f f
CHAPTERfOUTLINE:
I. WhatfIsfAccounting?
A. Definition
B. UsesfoffAccountingfInformation
C. Classifications
1. FinancialfAccounting
2. ManagerialfAccountingf/fCostfAccounting
3. Auditingf—fPublicfAccounting
4. InternalfAuditing
5. GovernmentalfandfNot-for-ProfitfAccounting
6. IncomefTaxfAccounting
II. HowfHasfAccountingfDeveloped?
A. EarlyfHistory
B. ThefAccountingfProfessionfinfthefUnitedfStates
C. FinancialfAccountingfStandardfSettingfatfthefPresentfTime
1. FinancialfAccountingfStandardsfBoard
2. StandardsfarefEvolving
D. StandardsfforfOtherfTypesfoffAccounting
1. ManagerialfAccountingf/fCostfAccounting
2. Auditing
3. GovernmentalfandfNot-for-ProfitfAccounting
4. IncomefTaxfAccounting
E. InternationalfAccountingfStandards
F. EthicsfandfthefAccountingfProfession
III. ThefConceptualfFramework
A. Context
B. SummaryfoffConceptsfStatementfNo.f8,fChapterf1f—
fThefObjectivefoffGeneralfPurposefFinancialfReporting
C. ObjectivesfoffFinancialfReportingfforfNonbusinessfOrganizations
IV. PlanfoffthefBook
,TEACHING/LEARNINGfOBJECTIVES:
Principal:
1. Tofpresentfafdefinitionfoffaccounting.
2. Tofidentifyfandfdescribefdifferentfclassificationsfoffaccounting.
3. Tofemphasizefthatffinancialfaccountingfstandardsfarefnotfaf―fixedfcodefoffrules,‖fbutfare
festablishedfinfresponseftofuserfneedsfandfbusinessfdevelopments.fAccountantsfneedft
ofapplyfprofessionalfjudgmentfinfthefapplicationfoffaccountingfprinciples.
4. Tofemphasizefthefrolefandfsourcesfoffethicsfforfthefaccountingfprofession.
Supporting:
5. Tofsummarizefhowfaccountingfhasfevolvedfoverftime.
6. Tofidentifyfsourcesfoffstandardsfforfotherftypesfoffaccountingfandftofcontrastfthesef
withffinancialfaccountingfstandards.
7. Tofintroducefthefissuesfassociatedfwithfthefdevelopmentfoffinternationalfaccou
ntingfstandards.
8. TofdescribefthefcontextfoffthefFASBfConceptualfFrameworkfproject.
9. TofsummarizefConceptsfStatementfNo.f8,fChapterf1f—
fThefObjectivefoffGeneralfPurposefFinancialfReporting.
10. Tofrelatefthefobjectivesfofffinancialfreportingfforfnonbusinessforganizationsftoftho
sefoffbusinessfenterprises.
TEACHINGfOBSERVATIONS/ASSIGNMENTfSUGGESTIONS:
1. Studentsfshouldfbefputfonfnoticefaboutfthefjargonfoffaccounting,fthefusefoffsynonymo
usfterms,fthefimportancefoffthefcontextfwithinfwhichfaftermfisfused,fandfthefneedfforfpr
ecisionfinfthefusefoffterminology.fTheffirstfexamplefoffjargonfisftheftermfentity.
2. Whenfdiscussingf"Auditingf—
, PublicfAccounting,"fhavefstudentsffindfthefauditors'fopinionfinfthefCampbellfSoupfCo
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mpanyf2020fAnnualfReportf(seefpagesf87-
88foffthefAppendix).fEmphasizefthatfaf"cleanfopinion"fisfnotfaf"cleanfbillfoffhealth."
3. DiscussfthefSummaryfoffConceptsfStatementfNo.f8,fChapterf1f—
fThefObjectivefoffFinancialfReporting,f infdetail.