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[From Caleb: Today, Adam Khoo shares about tracking your accounting figures to meet your business goals. Just last month, he wrote about why expats will rule Singapore and why money is the lifeblood of business. This post is written for business owners and aspirant. Start ups are usually drowned in the excitement of entreprenuer work….
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Even the most seasoned tutors may go out of sync sometimes. In 2008, the Singapore Examinations And Assessment Board removed multiple choice questions from POA Paper 1, replacing them with structured questions – to the misery of my then-students. This blog post contains the latest syllabus for Principles of Accounts at N’/O’ and A’ Levels….
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[Caleb Ho] Adam Khoo is Singapore’s most well-known personal development trainer and entrepreneur extraordinaire. A a self-made millionaire at age 26, Adam shares the secret of building multi-million dollar businesses. — A business without enough money is like a human being without blood or a jet plane without fuel. It is an essential resource your business needs…
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The Imprest System is a system for controlling petty cash. The person petty cashier is given an amount in advance of expenditure. This amount also known as the “float.” Under the Imprest system, the chief cashier replenishes the cash such that the petty cash box always has the same amount of float at the start…
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PURPOSE Accounting principles or concepts are set up to ensure all business standardise accounting definitions, assumptions and methods when recording transactions in the business Accounting concept Definition Frequently tested in Materiality Concept Requires the disclosure of information which is deemed to be material in accounting reports. Information is deemed to be material if it has…
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“I have many scars. Some of them are physical, but many more are scars on my soul. A bomb sent to kill me while I was in a maximum security prison has made me blind, yet now I see the world more clearly than I have ever seen it before. I have lived an incredible adventure. I watched as my brother, Pablo Escobar, became the most successful criminal in history, but also a hero to many of the people of Colombia. My brother was loved and he was feared. Hundreds of thousands of people marched in his funeral procession… ”
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Gross Profit is calculated by deducting the cost of goods sold from the net sales figure. The calculation of the gross profit takes place in the trading account. Net Profit – the excess of gross profit over expenditure. it is calculated in the profit and loss account by deducting all business expenditures from the gross…
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Accrual—accrual-basis recognition precedes (leads to) cash receipt/expenditure Revenue—recognition of revenue earned, but not received Expense—recognition of expense incurred, bill not paid Deferral—cash receipt/expenditure precedes (leads to) accrual-basis recognition Revenue—postponement of recognition of revenue; cash is received; but revenue is not earned Expense—postponement of recognition of expense; cash is paid; but expense is not incurred A deferral postpones…
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With effect from 1st August 2009, Singapore public accountants must adhere to an enhanced Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics. Following ICPAS Council’s approval on 19 May 2009 and in tandem with ACRA’s issuance of its enhanced code today for public accountants and effective from 1 August 2009, members of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants…
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Bank Loan or Bank Overdraft? What’s the difference? How does it affect my Profit and Loss Account and Balance Sheet?
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