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What is Accounting? Accounting is the language of business; it is a standard set of rules for
measuring a company's financial performance.
Assessing a company's financial performance is important for:
The firm's officers (managers and employees)
Investors
Lenders
General public
Standard financial statements serve as a "yardstick" of communicating
financial performance to the general public.
Why is Accounting Important? Enables managers to make corporate decisions
Enables the general public to make investment decisions
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Who Uses Accounting? Used by a variety of organizations - from the federal government to non-
profit organizations to small businesses to corporations
We will discuss accounting rules as they pertain to publicly-traded
companies
Accounting Regulations Accounting attempts to standardize financial information and follows rules
and regulations
These rules are called Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
In the US, the Securities and Exchange Commision (SEC) authorizes the
Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) to determine accounting
rules
GAAP comes from the Statements of Financial Accounting Standards
(SFAS) issued by the FASB
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An Overview of the SEC A US federal agency established by the US Congress in 1934
Primary mission is "to protect investors and maintain the integrity of the
securities markets"
Division of Corporate Finance oversees FASB
An Overview of FASB Established in 1973 as an independent body to carry out the function of
codifying accounting standards on the behalf of the SEC
Composed of seven full-time members appointed for five years by the
Financial Account Foundation (FAF)
Decisions are influenced by:
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