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Q: What is the role and purpose of accounting ? Ans: Role: To help track income and expenditures, and to provide investors, management, and government with financial information. Purpose: To accumulate, measure, and communicate financial information about businesses and other organizations. Q: · Who uses accounting information and why? Ans: Potential investors and creditors use accounting information, but basically everyone uses accounting information. They use it to make internal and external business decisions. Q: · What are the important influences on accounting? Ans: Important influences on accounting is the development of the "generally accepted accounting principles"(GAAP), international business and ethical consideration. Q: · What is the role of ethics in accounting? Ans: Being an accountant requires honesty and integrity, as well as professional judgement. So having ethics in accounting is very important. Q: What are the three main functions of accounting? Examstudy - Stuvia US Ans: The 3 main functions of accounting are: Analyzing, Bookkeeping, and Evaluating(ABE). Q: The Financial Accounting Standards Board(FASB) Ans: An organization responsible for studying accounting issues and establishing standards a) Private group b) Public process c) Establishes GAAP Q: The Governmental Accounting Standards Board(GASB) Ans: A private, non governmental organization who sets accounting and financial reporting standards for state and local governments Q: Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC) Ans: Regulates stock exchanges a) Has legal authority to regulate financial markets and accounting b) Usually defers to the FASB on accounting matter

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D196 WGU Questions With Detailed Verified Answers
(100% Correct Answers) /Already Graded A+
Q: What is the role and purpose of accounting ?

Ans: Role: To help track income and expenditures, and to provide investors,
management, and government with financial information.
Purpose: To accumulate, measure, and communicate financial information
about businesses and other organizations.



Q: · Who uses accounting information and why?

Ans: Potential investors and creditors use accounting information, but
basically everyone uses accounting information. They use it to make
internal and external business decisions.



Q: · What are the important influences on accounting?

Ans: Important influences on accounting is the development of the
"generally accepted accounting principles"(GAAP), international
business and ethical consideration.



Q: · What is the role of ethics in accounting?

Ans: Being an accountant requires honesty and integrity, as well as
professional judgement. So having ethics in accounting is very
important.



Q: What are the three main functions of accounting?

,Ans: The 3 main functions of accounting are: Analyzing, Bookkeeping, and
Evaluating(ABE).



Q: The Financial Accounting Standards Board(FASB)

Ans: An organization responsible for studying accounting issues and
establishing standards
a) Private group
b) Public process
c) Establishes GAAP



Q: The Governmental Accounting Standards Board(GASB)

Ans: A private, non governmental organization who sets accounting and
financial reporting standards for state and local governments



Q: Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC)

Ans: Regulates stock exchanges
a) Has legal authority to regulate financial markets and accounting
b) Usually defers to the FASB on accounting matters



Q: The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board(PCAOB)

Ans: Oversees all accounting firms.



Q: Internal Revenue Service(IRS)

Ans: Collects and regulates income taxes



Q: International Accounting Standards Board(IASB)

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, Ans: The FASB of the world(except the USA)



Q: Assets

Ans: assets are what we OWN.
Common Assets:
-) Cash
-) Accounts receivable
-) Inventory
-) Buildings
-) Prepaid



Q: Liabilities

Ans: An obligation to pay cash, transfer other assets, or provide services to
someone.
A) Liabilities are what we OWE.
B) Common Liabilities:
-) Accounts Payable
-) Taxes Payable
-) Mortgage Payable
-) Unearned Revenue



Q: Owners Equity

Ans: The owners share of earnings.
A) Sources of equity:
-) Capital/Common Stock
-) Retained Earnings



Q: What is the Accounting Cycle and how does it work?


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