books; equal to net realizable value minis a normal profit
Foreign Legislation requiring any company that has publicly-traded stock 10
Corrupt maintain records that accurstely and faily represent the company’s,
Practices transactions; additionally, requires any publicly-traded company to have an
Act adequate system of internal accounting controls,
(cP A)
GAAS Auliting standards developed by the AICPA.
(generally
accepted
auditing
standards)
genet
accepted
auditing
standards
(GaAs)
Auditing standards developed by the AICPA.
general The financial reports intended for use by a varity of external groups: they
purpose include the balance she, the income statement, and the statement af cash
financial flows
statements
goodwill; An intangible asset that exists when a business is valued at more than the
fair market value of jis net assets, usually due to strategic location,
reputation, good customer relations, or similar factors; equal to the excess
‘of the purchase price over the fair market value ofthe net assets purchased,
‘The taxable portion ofa taxpayer's gross receipts.
account : An accounting recordin which the results of transactions are accumulated:
shows increases, deereases, and a balance
accounting A service activity designed to accumlate, measure, and communicate
Financial information about economic calities for decision-making
purposes
accounting The hasie accounting assumptions, concepts, principles, and procedures that
model: determine the manner of recording, measuring, and reporting an entity's
accounting The sot of manual and computerized procedures and controls that provide
system: for identifying relevant transactions or events; preparing accurate source
documents, entering data ino the accounting records accurately, processing
files properly, and generating
transactionsaccurately. updating maste
accurate documents and reports
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