Users of Accntg Info Flashcards
(35 cards)
INTERNAL USERS
-Management
-Employees
-Owners or Stockholders
EXTERNAL USERS
-CUSTOMERS
-CREDITORS
-POTENTIAL INVESTORS
-GOVERNMENT
-ACADEME
-GENERAL PUBLIC
Main source of income of businesses
CUSTOMERS
Ex of users:
Pertron clients, people acquiring good or services
CUSTOMERS
Providers of additional funds when the initial investment of owners is exhausted; lend resources to business usually in form of money.
CREDITORS
Ex. Of users
Banks, Lending institutions, wealthy individuals; sometimes are government can also lend resources to a company.
CREDITORS
Provides of additional funds when the initial investment of owners is exhausted; invest resources in the business hoping to earn decent returns.
POTENTIAL INVESTORS
Ex. Of users
Wealthy individuals, other businesses planning to invest.
POTENTIAL INVESTORS
An external user whose primary role is to regulate businesses; studies financial statements to determine amount of taxes payable.
GOVERNMENT
Ex. Of users
Different Gov’t agencies, taxing authorities, government officials.
GOVERNMENT
Users accounting information primarily for academic purposes.
ACADEME
Citizens and residents of the country even though they do not plan to transact with the business; use financial statements to gauge the condition of the economy.
GENERAL PUBLIC
Ex. Of users
Professors, lecturers, students and researchers
ACADEME
Ex. Of users
Common people not connected with the company.
GENERAL PUBLIC
Employees that can make decisions for the company; considered the brain of the company.
MANAGEMENT
Ex, of users
Board of Directors, top management, middle-level managers, supervisors.
MANAGEMENT
Person in the company aside from managers and owners or stockholders; do not have authority to implement decisions.
EMPLOYEES
Ex of users
Laborers, field workers, non managerial employees.
EMPLOYEES
Existing investors of the company; concerned mostly with the profits of the company.
OWNERS OR STOCKHOLDERS
FORMS OF BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP
PARTNERSHIP
CORPORATION
COOPERATIVES
Ex. Of users
Founders of the company, owners, stockholders, partners, proprietors.
OWNERS OR STOCKHOLDERS
-A form of business organizations with only one owner
-Has no separate legal existence
SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP
-Can take fictitious names (otherwise known as trade names)
-Most common form of business organizations; easiest to establish
SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP
-A contract whereby two or more persons bind themselves to contribute money, property, or industry to a common fund, with the intention of dividing the profits among themselves.
-May also be formed for the existence of a profession
II. PARTNERSHIP