‘An accounting report is essential a report which must be able to fulfil certain basic criteria' Explain? List the various types of accounting reports.
When a data is processed properly than it becomes information and when such related information is summarized to meet a particular need, it is called a report. The content and design of the report is expected to vary depending upon the level to which it is submitted and decision to make on the basis of the report. A report must be effective and efficient to the user and should substantiate the decision making process. Every accounting report must be able to fulfill the following criterion:
(i) Relevance
(ii) Timeliness
(iii) Accuracy
(iv) Completeness
(v) Summarization
Type of Accounting reports:
The accounting reports generated by the accounting software may be either routine reports or on the specific requirements of the user. E.g. the ledger is a routine report while a report on supplies of a particular item by a given party is an on-demand report. However,from a broader perspective, the Accounting related MIS reports may be of following reports:
(i) Summary Reports: Summarizes all activities of the organisation and present in the form of summary reports like profit and loss account and balance Sheet.
(ii) Demand Reports: This reports will be prepared only when the management requests them, e.g, Bad Debts Report for a given product ,Stock Valuation Report.
(iii) Customer /Supplier Reports: According to the specifications of the management it will be prepared. e.g. Top 10 Customers reports , Interest on customer Account / Invoices, Statement of Account, Customer Reminder Letters Outstanding /Open Delivery Order ,Purchase Analysis ,Vendor Analysis Report.
(iv) Exception Reports: According to the conditions or exception the report is prepared. e.g. Inventory Report in short supplies ,Stock Status Query ,Over stocked Status ,etc.
(v) Responsibility Reports: The MIS structure specifies the premises of management responsibilities. e.g the report on Cash Position is to be submitted by the head of finance and Accounts Departments.
State the relationship between information and decision.
Explain, using examples, the relationship between the organisational MIS and the other functional information system in an organisation. Describe how AIS receives and provides information to other functional MIS.
List the distinctive advantages of a computer system over a manual system.
State the various essential features of an accounting report.
Draw block diagram showing the main components of a computer.
Fill in the correct words :
1. The user oriented programmes designed and developed for performing certain specific tasks are called as ...........
2. Language syntax is checked by software called as ...........
3. The people who write programmes to implement the data processing system design are called as ...........
4. ........... is the brain of the computer.
5. ........... and ........... are two of the important requirements of an accounting report.
6. An example of responsibility report is ...........
Describe the various elements of a computer system and explain the distinctive features of a computer system and manual system.
‘An organisation is a collection of interdependent decision-making units that exists to pursue organisational objectives’. In the light of this statement, explain the relationship between information and decisions. Also explain the role of the Transaction Processing System in facilitating the decision-making process in business organisations.
What is Accounting Information System?
Name three components of a Transaction Processing System.
Name any two types of commonly used negotiable instruments.
Why is it necessary to record the adjusting entries in the preparation of final accounts?
State the meaning of incomplete records?
What is ‘Depreciation’?
Briefly state how the cash book is both journal and a ledger.
State the meaning of a trial balance?
State the four basic requirements of a database applications.
Define accounting.
Why is it necessary for accountants to assume that business entity will remain a going concern?
State the need for the preparation of bank reconciliation statement?
Which of the following is not an error of commission:
(a) Overcasting of sales book.
(b) Credit sales to Ramesh 5,000 credited to his account.
(c) Wrong balancing of machinery account.
(d) Cash sales not recorded in cash book.
What are the steps taken by an accountant to locate the errors in the trial balance?
'Accounting information should be comparable'. Do you agree with this statement? Give two reasons.
State whether the following statements are true or false:
Explain basic factors affecting the amount of depreciation.
What are ‘provisions’? How are they created? Give accounting treatment in case of provision for doubtful Debts.
If the rent of one month is still to be paid the adjustment entry will be :
(a) Debit outstanding rent account and Credit rent account.
(b) Debit profit and loss account and Credit rent account.
(c) Debit rent account and Credit profit and loss account.
(d) Debit rent account and Credit outstanding rent account.
Show the treatment of prepaid expenses depreciation, closing stock at the time of preparation of final accounts when:
(a) When given inside the trial balance?
(b) When given outside the trial balance?
The realisation concept determines when goods sent on credit to customers are to be included in the sales figure for the purpose of computing the profit or loss for the accounting period. Which of the following tends to be used in practice to determine when to include a transaction in the sales figure for the period. When the goods have been:
a. dispatched
b. invoiced
c. delivered
d. paid for Give reasons for your answer.
A sequence of actions taken to transform the data into decision useful information is called.......