2. Accounting = Language of Business
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3. Identify career opportunities in the accounting field.
Describe the types of businesses and organizations that hire accountants.
Compare for-profit businesses and not-for-profit organizations.
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4. Key Terms accountant accounting clerk for-profit business
Accounting Careers: The Possibilities are Endless!
Section 1.2
Key Terms
accountant
accounting clerk
for-profit business
not-for-profit organization
public accounting firm
audit
certified public accountant (CPA)
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5. The Changing Horizon As an accountant, you could work for
1.2
Accounting Careers: The Possibilities are Endless!
Section 1.2
As an accountant, you could work for
Big-name businesses like Nike or Hard Rock Cafe
Movie producers
Well-known celebrities like Will Smith or Natalie Portman
Publishers of magazines such as PC World or Sports Illustrated
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6. Types of Organizations
Accounting Careers: The Possibilities are Endless!
Section 1.2
There are many career opportunities for accountants in
for-profit business
A business that operates to earn money for its owners.
For-profit businesses
not-for-profit organization
An organization that operates for purposes other than making a profit.
Not-for-profit organizations
Public accounting firms
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7. Types of Organizations
Accounting Careers: The Possibilities are Endless!
Section 1.2
What Is an Accounting Clerk?
accounting clerk
An entry-level job that can vary from specializing in one part of the system to doing a wide range of tasks.
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8. Types of Organizations
Accounting Careers: The Possibilities are Endless!
Section 1.2
Not-for-profit organizations $ $
Donations
Tax Dollars
Revenues
Expenses
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9. Types of Organizations
Accounting Careers: The Possibilities are Endless!
Section 1.2
Public Accounting Firms
Some well-known public accounting firms are:
Certified public accountants perform:
audits
financial planning
tax document preparation
Ernst & Young
Deloitte & Touche
KPMG
PricewaterhouseCoopers
audit
The review of a company’s accounting systems and financial statements to confirm that they follow generally accepted accounting principles.
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10. Fill in the blank to identify:
Question 1
Fill in the blank to identify:
F = businesses you think are for-profit businesses
N = businesses you think are not-for-profit organizations
P = businesses you think are public accounting firms F N P
Deloitte & Touche
General Motors
National Cathedral
MTV
American Lung Association
Boeing
Ernst & Young
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Walt Disney World
KPMG
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11. Disclosure Time
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13. The accounting system produces information used by businesses to make decisions.
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14. Describe profit, risk-taking, and entrepreneurs.
Describe service, merchandising, and manufacturing businesses.
Compare the sole proprietorship, partnership, and corporate forms of businesses.
List the advantages and disadvantages of each form of business organization.
Describe the purpose of accounting.
Explain financial and management accounting.
Describe the three basic accounting assumptions.
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15. Key Terms free enterprise system profit loss entrepreneur capital
Exploring the World of Business
Section 2.1
Key Terms
free enterprise system
profit
loss
entrepreneur
capital
service business
merchandising business
manufacturing business
sole proprietorship
partnership
corporation
charter
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16. The Environment of Business
Exploring the World of Business
Section 2.1
free enterprise system
A system in which individuals are free to produce the goods and services they choose.
Free Enterprise System
profit
The amount of money earned over and above the amount spent to keep the business operating.
Profit
Loss
loss
When a business spends more money than it earns.
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17. The Environment of Business
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Section 2.1
Operate at a profit
What a business needs to survive
An individual willing to take the risk
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18. The Environment of Business
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Inventors
entrepreneur
A person who transforms ideas for products or services into real-world businesses.
Investors
Entrepreneurs
Roles in a Business
Managers
Employees
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19. The Environment of Business
Exploring the World of Business
Section 2.1
Self-Starters
Organizational Skills
Traits of
Entrepreneurs
Accounting Skills
Marketing Knowledge
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20. Types and Forms of Businesses
Exploring the World of Business
Section 2.1
Three Types of Business Operations
Service
Business
Merchandising
Business
Manufacturing
Business
manufacturing business
A business that buys raw materials, uses labor and machinery to transform them into finished products, and sells the finished products to individuals or other businesses.
merchandising business
A business that buys finished products and resells them to individuals or other businesses.
service business
A business that provides a needed service for a fee.
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21. Types and Forms of Businesses
Exploring the World of Business
Section 2.1 $
All types of businesses need capital to begin.
capital
Money that investors, banks, or business owners supply for a business to begin.
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22. Types and Forms of Businesses
Exploring the World of Business
Section 2.1
Three Types of Business Organization
Sole Proprietorship
Partnership
Corporation
sole proprietorship
A business owned by one person.
partnership
A business owned by two or more persons.
corporation
A business recognized by law to have a life of its own.
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23. Types and Forms of Businesses
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Section 2.1
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24. Types and Forms of Businesses
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Section 2.1
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25. Types and Forms of Businesses
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Section 2.1
A corporation must obtain a charter.
charter
Legal permission to operate.
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26. Key Terms accounting system manual accounting system
Accounting: The Universal Language of Business
Section 2.2
Key Terms
accounting system
manual accounting system
computerized accounting system
GAAP
financial reports
financial accounting
management accounting
business entity
accounting period
going concern
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27. The Accounting System Manual Accounting System
Accounting: The Universal Language of Business
Section 2.2
Manual Accounting System
Two types of accounting systems
Computerized Accounting System
accounting system
Designed to collect, document, and report on financial transactions affecting the business.
manual accounting system
When accounting information is processed by hand.
computerized accounting system
When accounting information is processed by recording it into a computer.
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28. GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles)
The Accounting System
Accounting: The Universal Language of Business
Section 2.2
What Is
GAAP?
GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles)
The set of rules that all accountants use to prepare financial reports.
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29. financial reports? The Accounting System What Are financial reports
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What Are
financial reports?
financial reports
Documents that present summarized information about the financial status of a business.
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30. Using Accounting Reports for Making Business Decisions
Accounting: The Universal Language of Business
Section 2.2
Individuals outside the business who have an interest in the business
Two groups that use accounting reports
Individuals inside the business
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31. Using Accounting Reports for Making Business Decisions
Accounting: The Universal Language of Business
Section 2.2
Those interested in the financial accounting reports of a business include:
Local, state, and federal government
Employees, consumers, and competitors
Investors
financial accounting
The type of accounting that focuses on reporting information to external users.
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32. Using Accounting Reports for Making Business Decisions
Accounting: The Universal Language of Business
Section 2.2
Purchasing decisions
Hiring decisions
Production decisions
Payments
Sales
Collections
Management accounting reports are prepared for managers involved in:
management accounting
The type of accounting that focuses on reporting information to management; often referred to as accounting for internal users of accounting information.
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33. Accounting Assumptions
Accounting: The Universal Language of Business
Section 2.2
GAAP Assumptions
business entity
The accounting assumption that a business exists independently of its owner’s personal holdings. The accounting records and reports are maintained separately and contain financial information related only to the business.
Business entity
Accounting period
Going concern
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34. Accounting Assumptions
Accounting: The Universal Language of Business
Section 2.2
GAAP Assumptions
accounting period
The period of time covered by an accounting report.
Business entity
Accounting period
going concern
The accounting assumption that a business is expected to operate indefinitely.
Going concern
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35. Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Question 1
DePalm Pizza had the following cash transactions yesterday.
Receipts (money in): Checks: $650.00, Cash $500.00
Expenditures (money out): Gas and oil for delivery vehicle $75.98, supplies $477.50, salaries $380.00, and miscellaneous expenditures $
Did DePalm have a “profit” or “loss” for the day?
Step 1
Calculate the total receipts.
Step 2
Calculate the total expenditures.
Step 3
Calculate the net profit (loss).
$ $ = $1,150
$ $ $ $ = $1,057.24
$1, $1, = $92.76 profit (Receipts exceed expenditures)
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36. Question 2
Sole proprietorship is the most popular form of business ownership, yet very few large businesses are sole proprietorships. Give at least two reasons to explain this.
Sole proprietorships have the expertise of only the owner to call on. For example, the owner may be a great accountant but only a fair salesperson.
The business has the promise of only one owner to use to try to secure money from investors or lenders.
The owner bears all of the risk of loss, or unlimited liability. The owner could lose personal equity if the business fails.
The most talented potential employees would tend to prefer the job security of working in larger firms.
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