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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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Key Terms
accountant
accounting clerk
for-profit business
not-for-profit organization
public accounting firm
audit
certified public accountant (CPA)
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As an accountant, you could work for
Big-name businesses like Nike or Hard Rock Cafe
Movie producers
The Changing Horizon
Well-known celebrities like Will Smith or Natalie Portman
Publishers of magazines such as PC World or Sports Illustrated
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Types of Organizations
There are many career opportunities for accountants in
For-profit businesses
Not-for-profit organizations
Public accounting firms
for-profit businessA business that operates to earn money for its owners.
not-for-profit organization
An organization that operates for purposes other than making a profit.
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Types of Organizations
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accounting clerkAn entry-level job that can vary from specializing in one part of the system to doing a wide range of tasks.
What Is an
Accounting Clerk?
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Revenues Expenses
$ $Donations Tax Dollars
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Certified public accountants perform: Some well-known public accounting firms are:
audits financial planning tax document preparation
Ernst & Young Deloitte & Touche KPMG PricewaterhouseCoopers
auditThe review of a company’s accounting systems and financial statements to confirm that they follow generally accepted accounting principles.
Public Accounting Firms
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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
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Fill in the blank to identify:
6. Deloitte & Touche 1. General Motors
10. KPMG 5. Walt Disney World
9. Ernst & Young 4. PricewaterhouseCoopers
8. Boeing 3. American Lung Association
7. National Cathedral 2. MTV
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The accounting system produces information used by businesses to make decisions.
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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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Key Terms
free enterprise system
profit
loss
entrepreneur
capital
service business
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merchandising business
manufacturing business
sole proprietorship
partnership
corporation
charter
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The Environment of Business
Free Enterprise System
Profit Loss
free enterprise systemA system in which individuals are
free to produce the goods and services they choose.
profitThe amount of money earned
over and above the amount spent to keep the business operating.
lossWhen a business spends more
money than it earns.
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The Environment of Business
Section 2.1
What a business needs to survive
Operate at a profit
An individual willing to take the risk
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Roles ina Business
Inventors
Investors
EmployeesManagers
Entrepreneurs
entrepreneurA person who
transforms ideas for products or services
into real-world businesses.
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Traits of Entrepreneurs
Self-Starters OrganizationalSkills
MarketingKnowledge
AccountingSkills
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Types and Forms of Businesses
Section 2.1
Three Types of Business Operations
ServiceBusiness
MerchandisingBusiness
ManufacturingBusiness
service business
A business that provides a
needed service for a fee.
merchandising business
A business that buys finished products and
resells them to individuals or other
businesses.
manufacturing businessA 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.
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Types and Forms of Businesses
Section 2.1
$All types of businesses need capital to begin.
capitalMoney that investors, banks, or business owners supply for a
business to begin.
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sole proprietorshipA business owned by one person.
partnershipA business owned by two or more persons.
corporationA business recognized by law to have a life of its own.
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Three Types of Business Organization
SoleProprietorship
Partnership Corporation
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A corporation must obtain a charter.
charterLegal permission to operate.
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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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The Accounting System
Two types of accounting systems
Manual AccountingSystem
Computerized Accounting System
accounting systemDesigned to collect, document, and report on financial transactions affecting
the business.
manual accounting systemWhen accounting information is
processed by hand.
computerized accounting systemWhen accounting information is processed by recording it into a
computer.
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The Accounting System
GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles)The set of rules that all accountants use to prepare
financial reports.
What Is
GAAP?
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What Are
financial reports?
financial reportsDocuments that present summarized information
about the financial status of a business.
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Using Accounting Reports for Making Business Decisions
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Two groups that useaccounting reports
Individuals outside the business who have an interest in the business
Individuals inside the business
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Those interested in the financial accounting reports of a business include:
InvestorsLocal, state, and
federal government
Employees, consumers, and
competitors
financial accountingThe type of accounting that focuses on reporting information to external users.
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Management accounting reports are prepared for managers involved in:
management accountingThe type of accounting that focuses on reporting information to management; often referred to as
accounting for internal users of accounting information.
Purchasing decisionsHiring decisionsProduction decisionsPaymentsSalesCollections
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Accounting Assumptions
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GAAP Assumptions
Business entity
Accounting period
Going concern
business entityThe 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.
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Accounting: The Universal Language of Business
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GAAP Assumptions
Business entity
Accounting period
Going concern
accounting periodThe period of time covered by
an accounting report.
going concernThe accounting assumption that a business is expected to operate
indefinitely.
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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 $123.76.
Did DePalm have a “profit” or “loss” for the day?
Step 1Calculate the total receipts.
Step 2Calculate the total expenditures.
Step 3Calculate the net profit (loss).
$650.00 + $500.00 = $1,150
$75.98 + $477.50 + $380.00 + $123.76 = $1,057.24
$1,150.00 - $1,057.24 = $92.76 profit (Receipts exceed expenditures)
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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.
1. 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.
2. The business has the promise of only one owner to use to try to secure money from investors or lenders.
3. The owner bears all of the risk of loss, or unlimited liability. The owner could lose personal equity if the business fails.
4. The most talented potential employees would tend to prefer the job security of working in larger firms.