Explain Accounting Period in Finance and Accounting

Mandalika
Updated on 12-Aug-2020 11:05:56

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Accounting period is a time frame in which, business financial activities are summarised. It can be yearly, mid-year or quarterly.Accounting period is useful to analyse company performance through its financial statements. A public held company must report to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on quarterly basis.If the 12-month accounting period ends other on December 31st then, that period is called fiscal year. Accounting period only limited to income statement and statement of cash flows.Advantages of accounting period are −Preparation of financial statements.Maintains business records.Valuation of business.Decision making.Evidence in legal matters.Limitations of accounting period are −It measures only things/events that have ... Read More

Accrual Concept in Accountancy

Mandalika
Updated on 12-Aug-2020 11:05:01

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In accrual concept, the transactions are recorded in the given time frame (accounting time). In this, transactions are recorded irrespective of payment made or not. Main idea is to recognise economic events by matching revenue and expenses.In this, some may pay for the goods to be delivered for the seller. In this type, the transactions are recorded in liability account for the seller. When the goods are delivered, the payment is then transferred into revenue account. Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and International financial reporting standards (IFRS) supports accrual concept.Reasons to use accrual concept are explained below −Complexity of business ... Read More

Dual Aspect Concept in Accounting and Finance

Mandalika
Updated on 12-Aug-2020 11:04:05

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Every transaction of a firm is recorded in two different accounts. This relates to double entry bookkeeping. That means dual aspects concept tells every transaction affects the business in at least two aspects which are equal and opposite in nature.In a single entry system, only one side of transaction are made. For example, if a sale is made to the customer only sale revenue is recorded, other side is not recorded (receipt/credit to the customer is not recorded). But, in double entry, both sale revenue and receipt/credit to the customer are recorded.Accounting equation −assets = liabilities + EquityAuditors will accept ... Read More

What is Payroll Accounting in Finance and Accounting

Mandalika
Updated on 12-Aug-2020 11:03:38

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Payroll accounting deals with calculations and distributions of employee’s compensations like salaries, bonuses, commissions, overtime pay. It also helps higher level management to make decisions about labour cost.Type of payroll accounting includes −Initial recordings − Records gross wages, employment taxes which are owed to governmentAccrued wages − Records wages owned to employees which are paid later. Readjustments are made after payments.Manual payments − Records when company pays manually for pay adjustments or employee terminations.Steps for payroll accounting includes −To hire employees.Prepare paperwork regarding payments of employees.Pay checks.Record payroll.Steps to record payroll in general ledger are −Record payroll expenses.Record payroll liabilities.Transition ... Read More

What is Capital Structure and Its Factors in Financial Management

Mandalika
Updated on 12-Aug-2020 11:02:17

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The main difference between capital structure and financial structure is that financial structure consists of left hand side of a company’s balance sheet, whereas capital structure consists of long term debt and shareholder’s fund.Capital structure is a part of financial structure. Capital structure does not include short term liabilities, but financial structure does.Importance of capital structure includes −Increase in value of a firm.Utilisation of available funds.Maximisation of return.Minimisation of cost of capital.Solvency/liquidity position.Flexibility.Controlling.Financial risk minimises.Factors determining capital structure are given below −Trading on equity.Degree of control.Flexibility of financial plan.Choice of investors.Capital market condition.Period of financing.Cost of financing.Stability of sales.Size of ... Read More

Define Capitalisation and Its Types in Financial Management

Mandalika
Updated on 12-Aug-2020 11:01:20

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Capitalisation is combination of owner’s capital and borrowed capital. That means, it tells about total fund invested in a company. Share capitals, debentures, loans etc.Capitalisation is generally classified as follows −Normal capitalisation.Over capitalisation.Under capitalisation.Over capitalisationIn this, profits are not enough to pay interest on debentures and dividends to shareholders over a period of time. That means, amount generated is used to raise capital than required capital, which results decline in rate of returns.Some of the causes for over capitalisation are as follows −High promotion cost.Purchase of assets at higher price.Liberal dividend policy.Over estimation.Inadequate provision for depreciation.Some of the effects of ... Read More

Plot a Function in R

Nizamuddin Siddiqui
Updated on 12-Aug-2020 10:05:20

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Plotting a function in R is not a difficult task. We can do it simply with curve function but if the function is very complex then it inside curve function might be difficult. It totally depends on the understand of the person who wants to plot the function, if he or she is well versed with the function then it won’t take much time, otherwise it becomes tedious.Example> curve(exp(x),from=0, to=10)Output> curve((x-1)/(x^2),from=0, to=20,ylab="y")Output> curve(((exp(x))^2)/(x),from=20, to=100,ylab="y")Output

Filter Column Values for Strings in R Data Frame Using dplyr

Nizamuddin Siddiqui
Updated on 12-Aug-2020 10:00:32

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Filtering data helps us to make desired groups of data than can be further used for analysis. In this way, accuracy can be achieved and computation becomes easy. Suppose, we have a homogeneous group then to partition that group based on some characteristics the filter function of dplyr package can be used.ExampleConsider the below data frame −> Subject Score df head(df, 20) Subject Score 1 Stats 88 2 Stats 20 3 Stats 49 4 Stats 31 5 Stats 83 6 Physics 29 7 Physics 43 8 Physics 73 9 Physics 28 10 Physics 74 11 Physics 93 12 Physics ... Read More

Find Unique Rows Based on Columns in R

Nizamuddin Siddiqui
Updated on 12-Aug-2020 09:55:01

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Especially when the experimental conditions are same then we expect some of the row values for some columns to be the same, it is also done on purpose while designing the experiments to check the fixed effect of variables. If we want to determine the unique rows then it can be done by using unique function in R.ExampleConsider the below data frame −> x1 x2 x3 df df x1 x2 x3  1 1 1 A  2 1 1 B  3 1 2 C  4 1 2 D  5 2 2 E  6 2 2 F  7 2 3 G  8 ... Read More

Remove Partial String After a Special Character in R

Nizamuddin Siddiqui
Updated on 12-Aug-2020 09:51:38

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Sometimes we don’t require the whole string to proceed with the analysis, especially when it complicates the analysis or making no sense. In such type of situations, the part of string which we feel that is not necessary can be removed from the complete string. For example, suppose we have a string ID:00001-1 but we don’t want -1 in this string then we can remove it and this can be done with the help of gsub function.Example> x1 gsub("\-.*", "", x1) [1] "ID:00001" "ID:00100" "ID:00201" "ID:014700" "ID:12045" "ID:00012" "ID:10078" > x2 gsub("\/.*", "", x2) [1] "ID:00001" "ID:00100" "ID:00201" "ID:014700" "ID:12045" ... Read More

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