Conceptual Framework and Accounting Standards
Conceptual Framework and Accounting Standards
Production – is a process by
which resources are
DEFINITION OF ACCOUNTING transformed into finished
- Accounting is the process of goods
identifying, measuring, and b. Casualty – is an
communicating economic unanticipated loss from
information to permit informed disasters
judgments and decision by users of
the information (American Institute B. Measuring
of Accountants) o Involves assigning numbers,
normally in monetary terms
A. Identifying to the economic transactions
o is the process of analyzing and events
events and transactions to o Historical cost, fair value,
determine whether or not present value, realizable
they will be recognized value, current cost,
o Recognition – refers to the inflationary cost
process of including the
effects of an accountable C. Communicating
event in the statement of o Process of transforming
financial position or the economic data into useful
statement of comprehensive accounting information for
income through a journal dissemination to user
entry o Recording – process of
o Accountable event (economic systematically committing
activity) – is one that affects intro writing the identifies
the assets, liabilities, equity, and measure accountable
income, and expenses of an events in the journal through
entity journal entries
o Non-accountable events – are o Classifying – involves
not recognized in the books grouping of similar and
but as disclosure only, if they interrelated items into their
have accounting relevance respective classes through
(recorded through a posting in the ledger
memorandum entry) o Summarizing – putting
Types of events or transactions together or expressing in
A. External events – events that involve condensed forms the
the entity and an external party recorded and classifies
a. Exchange – is the reciprocal transaction and events
giving and receiving of
economic benefits or BASIC PURPOSE OF ACCOUNTING
discharging economic - Provide quantitative information
obligations primarily financial in nature that is
b. Non-reciprocal transfer – is a useful for making economic
one-way transaction wherein decisions
one part gives without - Economic entities – use accounting
something in return data to:
c. External events other than o record economic activities
transfer – involves changes o process data
in economic o disseminate information
resources/obligations intended to be useful in
without transfers making economic decisions
B. Internal Events – events that do not
involve an external party ECONOMIC ENTITIES
- Separately identifiable combination B. Art – because accounting required
of persons and property that uses or the use of creative skills and
control economic resources to judgment
achieve certain goals or objectives C. Information system – because it
identifies and measures economic
A. Non-for-profit entity activities, processes information into
o One that carries out some financial reports, and communicate
socially desirable needs of these to decision makers
the community or its D. Language of business – because it
members and whose is fundamental to the
activities are not directed communication of financial
towards making profit information
B. Business Entity
o One that operated primarily CREATIVE AND CRITICAL THINKING
for profit A. Creative thinking – involves the use
of imagination and insight to solve
ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES problems by finding new
- Affect economic resources (assets) relationships among items of
and obligations (liabilities) and information
consequently the equity of the B. Critical thinking – involves the
economic entity logical analysis of issues using
- Production and consumption, inductive or deductive reasoning to
exchange, income distribution, test new relationships to determine
savings and investments their effectiveness