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                                                                            lOMoAR cPSD| 58562220 Financial Accounting    IFRS 4th Edition  Weygandt ● Kimmel ● Kieso      lOMoAR cPSD| 58562220 Chapter 1  Accounting in Action      lOMoAR cPSD| 58562220     Chapter Preview   
Good decision-making depends on good information. 
Whatever your pursuits or occupation, the need for financial 
information is inescapable. You cannot earn a living, spend money, 
buy on credit, make an investment, or pay taxes without receiving,      lOMoAR cPSD| 58562220    
using, or dispensing financial information. Good decision-making  depends on good information.   
Copyright ©2019 John Wiley & Son, Inc.      lOMoAR cPSD| 58562220     Chapter Outline      lOMoAR cPSD| 58562220           lOMoAR cPSD| 58562220     Learning Objective 1 
Identify the activities and users 
associated with accounting.  
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Accounting Activities and Users  Three Activities 
Accounting consists of three basic activities—it identifies, records, and 
communicates the economic events of an organization to interested users.     
Note: The accounting process includes the bookkeeping function. 
Bookkeeping involves only the recording step.      lOMoAR cPSD| 58562220    
Accounting Activities and Users  Internal Users