Complete Solutions Manual for Horngren's Accounting, Volume 1, 12th Canadian Edition by Tracie L. Miller-Nobles, Brenda L. Mattison, Ella Mae Matsumura, Carol A. Meissner, Jo-Ann L. Johnston ; ISBN13: 9780136889373. (Full Chapters included Chapter 1 to 10). Group projects solutions included...
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Accounting and the Business Environment
Questions
1. Accounting is a system for measuring, processing, and communicating financial
information. Bookkeeping is a procedural element of accounting.
2. a. The general public uses accounting information to manage bank accounts, loan
payments, and so on.
b. Managers and owners of businesses use accounting to monitor expenses and
revenue recorded.
c. Investors and creditors use accounting information to evaluate investments and
loan applications.
d. Government agencies (including taxation authorities) use accounting data to create
reports and collect payments.
e. Not-for-profit organizations such as churches and hospitals use accounting
information in much the same way as managers of businesses do—to manage their
organizations.
3. Financial accounting communicates financial information about a company to
interested users who are external to the company (creditors and regulators, for
example). Management accounting provides information that is used within a company
to help make better future-oriented decisions.
4. The Accounting Standards Board formulates generally accepted accounting principles.
It is not a government agency.
5. Proprietorship A proprietorship has a single owner, called the proprietor, who often
manages the business. The business remains a business for the life of the owner. For
accounting purposes, each proprietorship is distinct from its owner. Thus, the
accounting records of the proprietorship do not include the proprietor’s personal
accounting records. However, from a legal perspective, the business is the proprietor,
so if the business cannot pay its debts, lenders can take the proprietor’s personal assets
(cash and belongings) to pay the proprietorship’s debt.
Partnership A partnership joins two or more individuals together as co-owners.
Accounting treats the partnership as a separate organization distinct from the personal
affairs of each partner. The partnership’s life is limited by the lives of the owners or
the interest of the owners in remaining partners. From a legal perspective, a partnership
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