CFAS Flashcards
3 process in the definition given by (AAA) American Accounting Association
Identifyng - analytical
Measuring - technical
Communicating - formal
Accounting is a service activity. The accounting function is to provide quantitative information, primarily financial in nature, about economic entities, that is intended to be useful in making economic decision.
Accounting Standards Council
CAT
Accounting is the art of ______________________ in a significant manner and in terms of money, transactions and events which are in part at least of a financial character and _____ the results thereof.
recording, classifying and summarizing, interpreting
The 3 important points made in the definition of accounting:
It is a quantitative information
Financial in nature
Useful in decision making
This accounting process is the recognition or nonrecognition of business activities as “accountable” events.
Identifying
Are all business activities accountable?
No
An event is ______________ when it has an effect on assets, liabilities and equity.
accountable or quantifiable
Only ___________ are emphasized and recognized in accounting.
economic activities
______________ or exchange transactions are those economic events involving one entity and another entity.
External transactions
any sudden and unanticipated loss from fire, flood, earthquake and other event ordinarily termed as an act of God
Casualty
examples of internal transactions.
Production and Casualty
the accounting process of assigning of peso amounts to the accountable economic transactions and
Measuring
The measurement bases are
historical costa and current value
the original acquisition cost and the most common measure of financial transactions.
Historical Cost
the process of preparing and distributing accounting reports to potential users of accounting information
Communicating
the sorting or grouping of similar and interrelated economic transactions into their respective classes.
Classifying
the process of systematically maintaining a record of all economic business transactions after they have been identified and measured.
Recording
the preparation of financial statements which include the statement of financial position, income statement, statement of comprehensive income, statement of changes in equity and statement of cash flows.
Summarizing
Implicit in the communication process
Recording, classifying, and summarizing
is the body authorized by law to promulgate rules and regulations affecting the practice of the accountancy profession in the Philippines.
Board of Accountancy
This law is known as the Philippine Accountancy Act of 2004.
Republic Act No. 9298
Certified Public Accountants generally practice their profession in three main areas,
Public Accounting
Private Accounting
Government Accounting
Public accountants usually offer three kinds of services, namely
Auditing, Taxation and management advisory services
the examination of financial statements by independent certified public accountant for the purpose of expressing an opinion as to the fairness with which the financial statements are prepared.
Auditing