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Flowchart Symbols Defined: Business Process Map and Flow Chart Symbols and their Meanings Flowchart Symbols and Their Meanings By Nicholas Hebb The following is a basic overview, with descriptions and meanings, of the most common flowchart symbols - also commonly called flowchart shapes, flow diagram symbols or process mapping symbols, depending upon what type of diagram you're creating. The table below lists the flowchart symbol drawing, the name of the flowchart symbol in Microsoft Office (with aliases in parentheses), and a short description of where and how the flowchart symbol is used.

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Public Company Accounting Oversight Board The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB, commonly pronounced "peekaboo") is a private-sector, nonprofit corporation created by the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 to oversee the audits of public companies and other issuers in order to protect the interests of investors and further the public interest in the preparation of informative, accurate and independent audit reports. Since 2010, the PCAOB also oversees the audits of broker-dealers, including compliance reports filed pursuant to federal securities laws, to promote investor protection. All PCAOB rules and standards must be approved by the U.S.Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In creating the PCAOB, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act required that auditors of U.S. public companies be subject to external and independent oversight for the first time in history.

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Analyzing Financial Statements This topic could be and is a full semester course at some business schools. It is a deep and rich topic that I can’t cover in one single blog post. But it is also a relatively narrow skill set at its most developed levels. If you are going to be a public equity analyst, you need to understand this stuff cold and this post will not get you there. But if you are an entrepreneur being handed financial statements from your bookkeeper or accountant or controller, then you need to be able to understand them and I’d like this post to help you do that.

Standards/Auditing/Pages/AU380.aspx (.06 - .16) Matters to Be Communicated (.17) Effective Date Source: SAS No. 61; SAS No. 89; SAS No. 90. See section 9380 for interpretations of this section. Effective for audits of financial statements for periods beginning on or after January 1, 1989, unless otherwise indicated. Virtually Homemade: 5 Top Ethnic Food Blogs These are five of my favorite and most original food blogs featuring regional and global cuisine. It's completely subjective (not based on stats or Alexa scores), however I am sure you will enjoy reading and viewing each one. All the original pictures featured are taken from the blog. Sweet Life - sweetlifebake.com Sweet Life, written by Vianney Rodriguez, is a captivating and unbelievable collection of Mexican recipes. Living in San Diego, I have become extremely fond of authentic Mexican food and Vianney helps guide me to traditional yet innovative fare.

Record Keeping and the Accounting Process Accounting is a process-oriented task that follows a prescribed series of steps in order to keep track of, and record, the balances of the various accounts. When a business makes a transaction, the effect of that transaction is recorded in the accounting system. According to the fundamental accounting equation, each transaction will affect at least two accounts and the balances in those accounts will change. Accounting is the process of keeping track of those changes and recording and then reporting them. The Accounting Process

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