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FABM 1 - Week 1
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LCCB Vision-Mission
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and programs with the last, the least, and the lost.
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Course Information
Course Title: Fundamentals of Accountancy, Business, and Management 1
Course Code: FABM 1
Credit: 3 units
Course Instructor: Ms. Cleth A. Dizon-Bulaong, CPA
Contact Details: clethbulaong@lccbonline.edu.ph | 09294767255
Consultation Schedule: Wednesday & Thursday, 7:30am- 8:30am; Friday, 10:00am-
12:00pm
Helplines: Guidance (4349661 local 212); CSF (4349661 local 112)
Introduction
This module aims to develop learner’s skills in analysing business transactions and
enhance their appreciation of accounting as the language of business. The course contains the
fundamentals of accounting which serves as the foundation for succeeding tertiary accounting
courses. It also helps the learners learn the principles of using accounting and ideal business
management to utilize financial resources intelligently and efficiently to accomplish business
goals.
This module starts with a brief introduction to accounting and ends with the detailed
accounting cycles of service and merchandising businesses. The terminology and
methodology used in this module are appropriate for the intended readers. End-of-lesson
exercises are provided to reinforce learning.
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Attendance Policy
Considering the modality of instruction of this course (correspondence), actual
attendance of students may not be required as in the traditional residential or classroom
setting. However, you should make sure that you are present during the monitoring or follow-
up of your progress by your teacher, the Guidance Office or the Student Affairs Office. Your
attendance in any of these follow-up calls corresponds to your attendance in class.
Academic Dishonesty
Academic dishonesty in any form (bribery, plagiarism, cheating and fabrication of
documents) will result in a failure on the academic task in question.
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MY JOURNEY
Accounting is a subject founded on logic and sense. This lesson will guide you to
understand the logic of accounting. It will provide you the frameworks and tools to help you
learn accounting from conceptual perspective. You are challenged to learn beyond blindly
memorizing formulas and to be able to apply the concepts in real business transactions.
MY TARGETS
Day 1
1. Warm-up Case: Jose’s photocopying business
2. Short Essay: Introduction to Accounting
Day 2
1. Essay: Users of Accounting Information
2. Test Yourself: Short Business Case about Accounting Information Users
3. Connecting What You’ve Learned: How can learning Accounting help your
community?
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MY WARM-UP
Opening a Case
After graduating from high school, Jose Mercado decided to put up a photocopying
business because there was none near the vicinity of the school. Students had to walk far just
to go to the nearest photocopying center. Jose knew that the demand for photocopying service
among high school students was high because teachers often assigned readings and lecture
notes that should be photocopied.
Jose opened his photocopying business on July 1, 2020. He rented a commercial space
located in front of the high school gate for ₱5,000 per month. He also borrowed ₱50,000
(without interest) from his father to buy a brand new photocopying machine costing ₱30,000
and to pay for start-up expenses. He planned to pay this ₱50,000 in four years. From his
personal savings, Jose spent ₱10,000 for supplies like bond papers, staplers, paper clips, and
other supplies that he would need in his business. He also paid ₱2,000 for business permits
and licences. And because Jose had attend to his classes in a nearby university, he hired a staff
with a weekly salary of ₱1,000 to operate the business. Jose planned to visit his photocopying
shop after his class every day to check on it.
During the first month of operations, Jose’s photocopying business generated revenue
of ₱10,000. He paid ₱4,000 for the salary of the staff, ₱10,000 (good for two months) for the
rent, and ₱2,500 for the electricity consumed (which was payable on the fifth day of the
following month).
In order to determine if he gained profit or not, Jose subtracted all his cash
disbursement from his cash receipts. He computed a net profit of ₱14,000. To arrive at this
figure, he added all the cash that he paid during the first month.
₱3
0,000.00 photocopying machine
10,000.00 supplies
10,000.00 rent
4,000.00 salary
2,000.00 business permit and licenses
₱56,000.00 Total
He, then, deducted this amount from the total cash he received during the month
which amounts to:
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He was very happy to know that for the first month, he was able to make ₱14,000
profit. He thought that he could repay his father earlier, if business would be like this every
month.
Question: Was Jose Mercado correct in computing the net profit for the first
month? Why or why not?
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READ TO DISCOVER
Lesson 1 (Day 1)
I. Nature of Accounting
Accounting as the Language of Business
Accounting is the process of gathering financial information about a business and
reporting this information to its end users. Accounting is also called the language of
business. (Cabrera, 2016)
The following are the three (3) widely-accepted definitions of accounting (Rabo,
Tugas, & Salendrez, 2016):
According to American Accounting Association (AAA), accounting is the process
of identifying, measuring, and communicating economic information to permit
informed judgment and decisions by users of the information.
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) defines accounting
as the art of recording, classifying, and summarizing in a significant manner and
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in terms of money, transactions, and events, which are in part at least of financial
character, and interpreting the results thereof.
The Accounting Standards Council (ASC) see accounting as a service activity. Its
function is to provide quantitative information, primarily financial in nature, about
economic entities, intended to be useful in making economic decisions.
Nature
Based on the definitions above, there are unifying themes that describe the nature of
accounting (Rabo, Tugas, & Salendrez, 2016):
Accounting is an art. The word ‘art’ refers to the design of how something can be
performed. It is a behavioral knowledge involving creativity and skill. By the very
nature that accounting activity is systematic, it has definite techniques and its
proper application requires a particular skill and expertise.
Accounting deals with transactions that are financial in nature. The definition of
ASC requires that business transactions have to be measured in terms of money.
All other transactions that are non-monetary are not within the scope of
accounting.
It can also be assumed that accounting is a process. A ‘process’ is a systematic
series of the actions directed towards a particular outcome. As a process,
accounting performs specific actions such as identifying, measuring, and
communicating financial information. It has to follow logical steps in the
accounting cycle like recording, classifying, and summarizing financial
transactions, and communicating the results after.
In effect, accounting is also an ‘information system’. This is a set of interrelated
components that work together to achieve a common purpose. It also serves as a
repository of collected financial data, proposed financial information, and
communicated financial statements.
Moreover, accounting is a means and not an end. Although this has a tangible
output in the form of financial statements, it still underscores that users have the
liberty to make economic decisions based on the management assertions in the
financial statements. Using this logic, accounting indeed paves the way to an end
and it is not the end itself.
Function
An information system in itself, accounting performs the following tasks (Rabo,
Tugas, & Salendrez, 2016):
To fulfill the stewardship function of the management (or owners);
To help interested users come up with informed decisions; and
To support daily operations of the business.
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History of Accounting
Branches of Accounting
The main areas of accounting are:
Financial Accounting – The gathering,
classifying, analyzing, recording of
financial data in the books of accounts,
and preparation of reports to
management on the financial data. It
involves bookkeeping – the procedural
aspect of recording financial data and
preparing of reports (Reyes, 2016).
Auditing
Internal Auditing – Reviews the
business operations to check if they
comply with management policies. It
also evaluates the efficiency of business
operations. Normally, an internal
auditor is a hired employee of a
company (Rabo, Tugas, & Salendrez,
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2016).
External Auditing – The work of Certified Public Accountants (CPA) outside the
business organization, in ascertaining the correctness of data in the financial statements,
for the statements’ acceptability to the public and to government regulatory agencies
(Reyes, 2016).
Tax Accounting – Deals with the preparation of various tax returns and doing tax
planning for the business. The data prepared is to be reported to the revenue collection
agencies of the government (e.g. Bureau of Internal Revenue) (Rabo, Tugas, &
Salendrez, 2016).
Government Accounting – Used by all branches of the government and by those who
receive government funds to oversee the complicated business of providing government
services or to report to the government on the use of government funding in compliance
with the imposed regulations (Cabrera, 2016).
Cost Accounting – Analyzes the costs incurred by the business to help managers control
expenses. Good cost accounting records guide managers in pricing their products and
services to achieve greater profits. Also, cost accounting information shows management
when a product is not profitable and should be dropped (Cabrera, 2016).
Accounting Research - Plays an essential part in creating new knowledge. The hard
sciences have produced models of research and testing that can be used and applied over
many disciplines including accounting research. Using these models along with evidence
such as financial statements, stock prices, surveys, experiments, computer simulations,
and mathematical proofs, we can gain a scientific perspective and basis for: (1) deciding
and implementing new accounting or auditing standards; (2) presenting unusual
economic transactions in the financial statements; (3) learning how new tax laws impact
clients and employers; and (4) discerning how the accounting profession affects the
capital markets through academic accounting research (Brigham Young University,
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2015).
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Task 1 (Day 1)
In no more than five sentences, answer the following questions as concise as possible.
Write your answers on the space provided after each number. Please refer to rubrics for
scoring.
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Day 2
Users of Accounting Information
The progress and reputation of any business firm is built upon the sound financial
footing. There are number of parties who are interested in the accounting information relating
to the business. Accounting is the language employed to communicate financial information
of a concern to such parties.
Who uses accounting data or information? There are two broad categories of users of
financial information: internal and external users.
Internal Users
Internal users of accounting information are those individuals inside a company who
plan, organize, and run the business. These users are directly involved in managing and
operating the business. These include marketing managers, production supervisors, finance
directors, company officers and owners.
Accounting
Information Income/earnings for the Profit for the period, Profit or income for the
Needed period, sales, available salaries paid to employees period, resources or assets
cash, production cost of the business, liabilities
of the business
Decision
Supported Analyze the organization's Job security, consider Considerations regarding
performance and position staying in the employ of additional investment,
and take appropriate the company or look for expanding the business,
measures to improve the other employment borrowing funds to support
company results. opportunities any expansion plans.
sufficiency of cash to pay
dividends to stockholders;
pricing decisions
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External Users
External users are individuals and organizations outside a company who want
financial information about the company. These users are not directly involved in managing
and operating the business. The two most common types of external users are potential
investors and creditors. Potential Investors use accounting information to make decisions to
buy shares of a company. Creditors (such as suppliers and bankers) use accounting
information to evaluate the risks of granting credit or lending money. Also included as
external users are government regulatory agencies such as Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC), Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), Department of Labor and
Employment (DOLE), Social Security System (SSS), and Local Government Units (LGUs).
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After the corporation is legally formed, it will then issue its capital stock.
Ownership of this stock is evidenced by a stock certificate (Cabrera, 2010).
Cooperative – A business that is owned by a group of individuals who also
serve as benefactors to the business effort (Rabo, Tugas, & Salendrez, 2016).
Types of Business According to Activities
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Task 2 (Day 2)
Directions: Answer the question below as concise as possible. Write your answers on the
space provided. Discuss your answers in no more than 10 sentences.
Who are the users of accounting information? Distinguish the type of information
needed by each group of users.
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TEST YOURSELF
Instruction: Read and understand the business case below. After reading the case, discuss the
given questions.
Colleen Fernandez, president of Rhino Enterprises, applied for a ₱175,000 loan from
BDO. The bank requested financial statements from Rhino Enterprises as a basis for granting
the loan. Colleen has told her accountant to provide the bank with a balance sheet. Colleen
has decided to omit the other financial statements because there was a net loss during the past
year.
1. What type of information about her business would Colleen be willing to provide to
the bank? What type/s of information wouldn’t she be willing to provide?
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2. What types of information about a business would the bank want before extending a
loan?
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Running your own business is not a simple task, and perhaps one of the most difficult
parts is dealing with the finances—money coming in, money going out, and that is why we
need to appreciate accounting.
As an LCCian student living the Augustinian values and someday be given the
opportunity to enter the corporate world (intellectually and universally), you ought to know
that you are responsible for your organization and in a large sense accountable to God (Christ-
centered), the creator of all things (assets).
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REFERENCES
God of Love and Compassion, You endowed Venerable Mother Consuelo with great love and
zeal for Your honor and glory. We commend to You her life and example of love of
God and neighbor. With faith and trust in Your gracious providence, we pray for her
beatification specially that she may continue to inspire us in seeking Your will and
living a holy life. God of mercy, we also humbly present to You our need, united with
the confirmation of the holiness of life of Venerable Mother Consuelo.
(Silently mention your intentions)
In gratitude for your boundless blessings, we praise and thank you,
Our God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.
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