Accounting decisions Case: Accounting at MacCloud winery Methodological note We want to distinguish between Economic “facts/data” – No need to discuss them – Taken for granted Accounting “issues” – The topic of our discussion – We will follow the order of the case questions Accounting at McCloud Winery The MacCloud winery 5 acres of land One building Accounting at McCloud Winery 1: The building Worth $32‚000 Leased for 10 years for $5‚000 per year How
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Midterm Exam Accounting at MacCloud Winery 1. The leased building will be accounted as an asset and the agreement to pay lease rentals be recorded as a lease liability. Accordingly‚ the depreciation expense attributable to space used in manufacturing/processing wines will be accounted as inventory
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Case study on MacCloud Winery Questions 1. Applying the principles of accrual accounting‚ how should Mike treat the expenditures for the land‚ vines‚ vine planting‚ fertilizing‚ water? Be specific regarding the treatment over time‚ including amounts‚ and the rationale for the treatments. Answer: Following the key accrual accounting concepts: Conversation‚ Realization and Matching‚ we think Mike should treat the expenditures as follows: |No. |Item Description |Treatment
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wynne@accaglobal.com tel: +44 207 396 5778 Abstract • IFAC Public Sector Committee issued their standard on the cash basis of accounting and the ASB (UK) issued its draft interpretation for public benefit entities (not-for-profit organisations) earlier this year. In each case the private sector model of accounts was followed closely. • What is the experience in the UK of producing full accrual based accounts for public sector organisations? Have the increased value of these accounts been realised in practice
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lecture last night discussed accrual accounting concepts such as timing issues‚ and the basics of adjusting entries. The discussion went into more detail on periodicity assumption and how accounting divides the economic life of a business into artificial time periods. These time periods are generally a month‚ a quarter‚ or a year‚ now whether it is a fiscal year or a calendar year that is determined by the company itself. The lecture then reviews the revenue recognition principle which expects companies
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| | |$ 32 000‚00 |- | |- |$ 32 000‚00 | |$ 32 000‚00 |$ 32 000‚00 | Figure 1 The book value the building is $ 32‚000 MacCloud Winery assumes use of the building for 10 years ( term of the lease )‚ so by this period will be linearly amortized value of the building ($ 32‚000: 10 years = $ 3200) in the form of remission of fixed assets‚ which then will be transferred to the account
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Week Three CheckPoint: Accrual and Cash Accounting XACC/290 August 11‚ 2013 Week Three CheckPoint: Accrual and Cash Accounting Accrual and cash-based accounting offer two different styles of tracking the flow of money in a business. Each serves a purpose and to understand this idea one must first realize the how one varies from the other. Accrual-based accounting can be described as any transaction that changes a company’s financial statement is recorded in the accounting period the transaction
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Cash account and accrual accounting are two separate methods that are similar in many aspects except when it comes to debits and credits. Cash accounting is also known to be called cash basis accounting. This approach allows for the recognition of income at the time it is received. That means that invoiced income is not counted as an asset until payment for the invoice has been received and vice versa for debits and expenses. Accrual accounting does not recognize any income until it is actually earned
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|ADJUSTMENT FOR ACCRUALS AND PREPAYMENTS | |Learning outcome | |Explain the foundations of accruals and prepayments‚ including the nature of the resulting change in the income statement. | |Show the entries for accruals and prepayments in the journal‚ ledger and final accounts.
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simply repeating previous posts and agreeing. Discuss the pros and cons of accural accounting versus cash accounting methods. All discussion forums must require at a minimum: 1-Research (at least 2 citations) 2-Critical Thinking 3-Opportunity for dissent. Accrual Accounting versus Cash Accounting Ok‚ if we are to attain our career goals we need to understand these two methods of accounting. This topic is very important in almost any field that one chooses to fashion their
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