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P1 Unit 1 Business Environment

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i – A stakeholder can be an external or internal figure who affects or is affected by any actions, objectives or policies put into place by a business. For example, a creditor or owner. An internal stakeholder would be someone within the business who's affected by decisions made, such as an employee rather than an external stakeholder who would be someone on the outside of the business who is interested in it’s success. A stakeholder will require useful financial information about the business, as well as information about their future position and how things may change, for example any changes to employment or income that may be imminent. ii – In terms of useful information, the cost of collating information using a financial statement should …show more content…

It is a liability as it's not owned by the company, it is owed to another company and as it does not belong to them, could not be used to pay off any debts if required. Another example of a non-current liability would be a loan or overdraft as these are long-term liabilities not paid off within the 12-month period. (363)

1b) i – One specific transaction can be captured in the accounting information as input, process and output such as a supplier invoice. This supplier invoice would be initially recorded onto the company’s books when it reaches them, this would be the input. After this, it will be included in the summary of the general ledger accounts after being processed by double entry accounting, this would be the process. Finally, it will be displayed in financial statements such as the balance sheet and this would be the output. ii – An audit trail contains relevant details within source documents. It provides step-by-step transactional data from a source document to the final financial report. The audit trail can act as evidence to any investors of how accurate information on a financial statement is, by providing proof of proper record keeping by an accountant within a

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