Basic Financial Accounting & Reporting
Accounting and Its Environment
Learning Objectives:
After studying this chapter, you should be able to:
1, Define accounting and explain its role in business.
2. Have a fair knowledge of the evolution of accounting and find how it
affected accounting pedagogy, policy and practice.
3. Discuss the basics of ASEAN and recognize how it will affect accountancy
practice in the region.
4, Describe the fundamental business model and find how it is applied to the
various types of businesses.
5. Distinguish between the different forms and activities of business
organizations.
6. Explain the importance of the purpose and phases of accounting.
7. Ascertain the need to adapt Fra Luca Paciol’s system for the modern times,
8. Explain the fundamental accounting concepts and principles.
9. Understand the income tax of entities per TRAIN Law and CREATE Act.
10. Summarize the salient features of the Accountancy Act of 2004, the Core
Competencies Framework and the Code of Ethics for Professional
‘Accountants and harness them to attain professional advancement.
11. Explain why ethics are crucial in accounting
12. Identify and discuss the career opportunities open to accountants,
Dennis Rodman, a retired NBA player, is born in Dallas, USA and deserted by his father (who is
incidentally residing here in the Philippines) at age three. His mother, Shirley, raised Rodman in a
housing project. At 20, he was working as a janitor at the Dallas Airport for $5.0 an hour, but 3
year later he was arrested there for stealing fifty watches; the charges were dropped when the
‘authorities were able to recover the goods. Rodman had given them to friends.
‘Then, when he was 21, a local junior college basketball scout suggested that Rodman, who had
grown a good half-foot since high school, to try basketball, He tried and falled at first try but on.
second try at Southeastern Oklahoma State, he made All-American an. the grades required to
stay in school. Rodman was 25—ancient for a rookie—when he finally landed in the National
Basketball Association (NBA),
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‘Accounting has evolved, as Inthe case of medicine and law, In response tothe sci
and economic needs of society. As business and society Become more complex,
ing develops new concepts and twehnigues to mest the ever nereaing Needs
for financial information. without seh information, many complex economic
Sevelopments and social programs may nevar have been undertaken,
In & market economy, information helps decision-makers make informed choices
to make wel-informed decisions, resources ate allocted in a way that better
‘meets the needs and goal of those within the market.
‘Accounting i relevant in all walks of Ife, anit is absolutely essential inthe word of
business. Accounting isthe system that measures business activites, processes that
Information into reports and communicates the results to decision-makers. Accounting
reason, accounting elle the language
of business. The task of leering accountng i very similar tothe task of learning a new
language; thus, the need fortis book which teaches the Basics of Accounting in a very
conceptual manner
"No business could operate very long without knowing how much it wes earning and how
much it wat spending. Accounting provides the business with thse information and
scorekeepers of business
‘more. So, accountants canbe called
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“whether is making 2 profit of not, ane
sound understanding ofthis language bout 2 etter management of the
ning, education expenses, car
financial aspects of
amortization, business. loa taxes and investments are based oy the
Information syster hat we call accounting.
DEFINITIONS OF ACCOUNTING
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formation system that measures, processes and communicates
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the ort of recording, classifying and summar
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better understand our present and to forecast our future, Accounting
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thought, practices and
titutlons
response to changes inthe environment and societal needs. I also considers the eet
that ths evolution has worked on the e
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change the method of preducing commercl goods fom the handeaft method tothe
factory system. ith ths charge cama the problem of costing for 9 large volime of
products. The specialized Tels of cost accounting emerged to meet ths need forthe
Daly of vaous costs.
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resuted to the development of the corporate frm of organization, The: growth of
spurred the development of accounting. Corporate owners, the shareholders,
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