2. Management Accounting
Focuses on the preparation of
reports for use of managers in
their decision-making.
Type of report generated:
Management reports
Purpose of information: Helps
management in decision making
Frequency of reports:
Whenever management asks for
a report.
Intended users: Internal users
only
Standards/Basis:None
Purposeofinformation:Helps
management indecision-
making
Frequencyofreports:Periodic
Intendedusers:Externaland
internalusers
Standards/Basis:NGAS
New Government Accounting
System (NGAS)
Itenhancesresponsibility
accounting.
Simplystated,responsibility
accountingrelatesfinancial
resultstoaparticular
responsibilitycenter.s
1.Declaration of General
AppropriationAct(GAA)
2.CommissiononAudit(COA)-
responsibleforkeepingofthe
government’sgeneralaccountsand
accountingbooks,anddisseminate
accountingrulesandregulationsto
beusedbyallagencies.
4.BureauofTreasury(BTr)-is
responsibleforthesafekeeping
ofthenationalfunds,
responsible for the
managementandcontrolofthe
disbursementsofsuchfunds.
Examinesandevaluatesfinancial
statements of a company
independently.
Typesofreportgenerated:Auditor’s
report
Purposeofinformation:Gives
credibilitytothe financial
statementsofacompany.
Deals with the promulgation of
accounting knowledge to various
interested parties that will aid them
in achieving their individual goals.
Type of generated report: None
Purpose of information: Educates
students in the field of accountancy.
Frequency of reports:
None
Intended users: Students
and members of the
academe.
Standards: None
1.Must be a high school graduate
2.Must have a college entrance
examination of above average or
depending on the specific rating set
by the school.
3.Aside from the college entrance
examination, must pass the separate
aptitude test specific for BS in
Accountancy
4. Must pass the interview conducted by
the college admission officer.
5. Some schools require a high school QPA
of 85% and above with no grade less than
80% in all subjects.
6. There are schools who require students
to have an 85% or higher average rating in
the National Secondary Assessment Test
(NSAT)
7. As set by CHED, all schools must
conduct an English Proficiency
examination to all BS in Accountancy
Applicants.
8. Admission for the Philippine
Educational Placement Test (PEPT) passers
mainly depends on the selection on the
school’s discretion since some colleges
and universities offer only selected
courses.
It is a comprehensive test composed
of seven subjects, each subject will
be taken within 3 hours so the exam
will be for 21 hours all in all.
A candidate should achieve a general
average of at least 75% with no
rating below 60% in any of the seven
subjects in order to pass the exam.
5.Academe:usesaccounting
informationprimarilyfor
academicpurposes.
Exampleofusers:Professors,
lecturers,students and
researchers.
Decisions made using
accounting information/
benefitsfromaccounting
information:usesaccounting
info.intheteachingof
accountancy; researches
loopholes and possible
improvementsinthefieldof
accountancy.
Decisions made using accounting
information/ benefits from
accounting information:Uses
financial information in making
decisions, allows management
to identify problems
immediately and to respond
accordingly.
2. Employees: persons in the
company aside from managers and
owners or stockholders; do not
have authority to implement
decisions.
Example of users: Laborers, field
workers, non-managerial
employees.
Decisions made using accounting
information/ benefits from
accounting information:check
if the business is profitable
enough to provide compensation
and other benefits.
3. Owners or stockholders: Existing
investors of the company;
concerned mostly with the profits
of the company.
Example of users: Founders of the
company, owners, stockholders,
partners, proprietors.
Decisions made using accounting
information/ benefits from
accounting information: mainly
concerned with the returns earned
from their investment; owners
taking active roles in the
operations of the business; also
make decisions.
1.SOLEPROPRIETORSHIP
Aformofbusinessorganization
withonlyoneowner.
Hasnoseparatelegal
existence
Cantakefictitiousnames.
Soleproprietorshipsarenot
separatejuridicalentities
distinctfromtheowners.
4.Ownershavealltheprofits
forthemselves-alltheprofits
generatedbyabusiness
operating as a sole
proprietorshipbelongtothe
owner.
DISADVANTAGES OF
PARTNERSHIP
1.Unlimited liability
2.Mutual agency
3.Limited life
OTHER FORMS OF A
PARTNERSHIP
1.Limited Partnership-at
least one partner has
unlimited liability and at
least one partner has
limited liability.
General partners-partners
having unlimited liability.
Limited partners-partners
having limited liability.
2. Limited Liability
Partnership-is a type of
partnership that aims to
protect innocent partners
FEATURES OF A CORPORATION
1.Separate legal existence-it
is treated by law as an
artificial being separate and
distinct from its owners.
2.Limited liability-the
personal assets of the
stockholders of a corporation
are protected from the
Claims of creditors and other
outside parties.
3. Transferable ownership
rights-it is represented by
stocks.
Stocks-is an intangible asset
evidencing a proportionate
share in the properties of a
corporation.
4.Virtually unlimited life-a
corporation shall exist for a
period not existing 50 years
from the date of its
formation.
5.Corporation management-
the management structure of
a corporation is more
complex than that of the
other forms of business
organizations.Stockholdersare
theownersofacorporation.
Boarddirectors-representsthe
interestofthestockholdersand
theyareresponsibleforcreating
operatingpoliciesforthecompany.
Stockholderscanalsobeamember
oftheboardofdirectors.
6. Government regulations-
corporations are subject to
stricter government regulation
than sole proprietorship and
partnerships.
7. Double Taxation-the income
of a corporation is taxed on the
corporate level and the
individual level.
8. Dividends-this are the
income distributed to
stockholders. Maybe in form of
cash, stock, or property.
ADVANTAGES OF CORPORATION
1.Ability to acquire additional
capital
2.Transferable ownership
rights.
3. Limited liability of
stockholders
4. Virtually unlimited life
5. Large pool of human capital.
DISADVANTAGES OF
CORPORATION
1. Heavily regulated by the
government
2. Double taxation
3. Not easy to form
4. More expensive to form than
sole proprietorships and
partnerships.
EXAMPLES OF ASSETS
3. Inventories-these products
are inventory which normally
held for sale by the store in its
normal operation.
4. Equipment
5. Land and building
6. Intangible assets-ex.
Software.
LIABILITIES
are one of the claims of
external parties from the entity.
Basically, they are the debts of
the entity to external creditors.
What the entity owes to its
creditors.
CAPITAL
-Representsthenet
investments of the
business.Thismeansthat
anycontributionofthe
ownerwhichincreasesthe
assetsofthebusinessor
decreasesitsliabilitieswill
increasecapitalaccount.
Initialinvestment.Manang
Rosiehasbeenwellknown
forherdeliciousvarietyof
barbecues.Assuch,she
decidedtoopenupa
baebecue storeinher
neigborhood.The store
would be a sole
proprietorshipbusiness.In
ordertodoso,sheinvested
P25,00asinitialcapital.
Purchase of
equipments.To actually
create her famous
barbecueshewouldneed
theproperequipmentto
cookit.Thus,shewentto
thelocalhardwarestore
andboughtthenecessary
equipmentsuchasgrills
andutensilsforP20,000.
b.NoncurrentAssets-allother
assetswhicharenotcurrent
basicallyfallintothedefinition
ofnoncurrentassets.Takenote
thattheydonotneedtohave
atleast12monthsremaining
before their expected
realization.
SPECIALJOURNAL
-Areusedtorecordtypicaland
similartypesoftransactions.
-Thenumberofspecialjournals
managedbyacompanyis
dependentonthetypesof
transactions that occur
frequently.
SALES JOURNAL
-Used in journalizing all sales of
merchandise on account
CASH RECEIPTS JOURNAL
-Used in journalizing all cash
received
PURCHASES JOURNAL
-Used in journalizing all purchases of
merchandise on account
CASH PAYMENTS JOURNAL
-Used in journalizing all cash paid.
A. SALES JOURNAL
1.Special journal title-the name of
the special journal-Sales journal
2.Special Journal Reference
number-reference no. of the
special journal that is used during
posting to the ledgers.
3.Date-the date at which
transaction occurred.
Examples of Source
Documents:
1.RECEIPT
Purpose:toevidencethe
receiptofcashforasale
Wheregeneratedby/whom:
outside,thesellerfirm
Examples of Source
Documents:
2. SALES INVOICE BILL
Purpose: to evidence a
purchase, and thus the
recording of a liability to the
seller.
Where generated by/whom:
outside, the seller firm
Examples of Source
Documents:
3. BANK STATEMENT
Purpose: to evidence the bank
charges for the period which
the firm would otherwise not
know about.
Where generated by/ whom:
outside, the depository bank.
Examples of Source
Documents:
4. TIME CARD
Purpose: to evidence the
number of hours worked by
employees, to be used as basis
for determining wages.
Where generated by/whom:
within, workers