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 Information
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C. Classifications
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II. How Has Accounting Developed?
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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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2. Standards are Evolving DF DF
D. Standards for Other Types of Accounting DF DF DF DF DF
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2. Auditing
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F. Ethics and the Accounting Profession
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III. The Conceptual Framework
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A. Context
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IV. Plan of the Book
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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
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are established in response to user needs and business developments. Accountants n
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eed 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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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 the
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se 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 synony
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mous terms, the importance of the context within which a term is used, and the need f
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or precisionin the use of terminology. The first example of jargon is the term entity.
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2. When discussing "Auditing —
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, Public Accounting," have students find the auditors' opinionin the Campbell Soup C
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ompany 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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