ACCT20100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Luca Pacioli, Limited Liability, Legal Personality

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The accounting system: internal decision makers: include managers need information about the company"s business activities to manage the operating, investing, and financing activities of the firm. Individuals looking at annual reports during job searching. Businesses target looking at walmart"s reports to scope out competition. Financing activities: borrowing or paying back money to lenders and receiving additional funds from stockholders or paying them dividends. Investing activities: buying or selling items such as plant and equipment used in production. Assets= economic resources, such as cash, inventory, buildings. Every asset on a balance sheet is initially measured at the total cost incurred to acquire it, not the amount for which they currently could be sold. Includes: cash, accounts/ notes receivable: selling products on credit and receiving promises to pay in cash later, inventories, short term investment, property, plant, and equipment. Liabilities= financing from creditors, such as amounts owed to suppliers, employees, and banks.

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