ACCT 2000 Chapter : ACCT 2000

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Accounting is an information system that will identify, record, and communicate economic events of an organization to interested users. Tax advantages get sued, i can lose it all) Taxes ownership (selling separate, legal entity) shares and stock) Easy to raise capital (a corporation is formed by selling shares of stock) No personal liability: there are more sole proprietorships/partnerships than corporations, corporations raise the most dollars, two types of interest parties: internal users and external users, internal users: within the company, ex. Supervisor, company officers, manager: external users: outside the company, customers, shareholders, irs, creator"s. Effective financial reporting depends on sound ethical behavior. Recent financial scandals led congress to the pass the sarbanes-oxley act in. Key provisions: top management certify accuracy of reports (financial, secure penalty for fraud, increased auditor"s duties. Steps in solving an ethical dilemma: 1. Recognize an ethical situation and ethical issues involved: 2. Identifu and analyze the principle elements in the situation: 3.

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