costs Labor costs of assembly-line workers $110‚000 – Direct labor Sales commissions $35‚000 – Period costs Factory supplies used $13‚000 – Direct materials Salaries paid to sales clerks $50‚000 – Period costs (b) Explain the basic difference in accounting for product costs and period costs. Product costs are manufacturing costs‚ direct components‚ direct labor and manufacturing overhead‚ do not become expenditures until the company sells inventory. Period costs are non-manufacturing costs‚ including
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(a) Briefly explain what prompted some countries over the world to strongly advocate harmonization of accounting. The important reasons which necessitate harmonization of accounting practices are well contained in the observation made by Saudagaran. “While the initial efforts at harmonization were mainly championed by political bodies and professional accounting organizations‚ current pressures to harmonize are driven by investor groups who use financial statements‚ multinational companies which
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statements concerning stock-based compensation. • Explain the financial statement tax effects of stock-based compensation. Refer to the 2007 financial statements of Xilinx‚ Inc.‚ and Note 3‚ Stock-Based Compensation. Note: following Xilinx’s convention‚ the case refers to the year ended March 31‚ 2007‚ as “fiscal 2007” and to the year ended April 1‚ 2006‚ as “fiscal 2006.” Concepts a. Consider the information on Employee Stock Option Plans (beginning on page 50 of Xilinx’s annual report). i. ii. Explain
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Chapter 8 Non-Current Liabilities Assessment Questions AS-1 ( 1 ) Name the typical forms of non-current debt. A typical and common form of non-current debt is a term loan from a bank. Another form of ______________________________________________________________________________ non-current debt is bonds. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ AS-2 ( 1 ) What is a bond
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The 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
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Comparing Accounting Software Programs to Manual Accounting Manual accounting uses several paper ledgers to record financial transactions. It is very time consuming to record each single transaction onto paper‚ being very cautious not to make an error. There are several ledgers for each part of the accounting system‚ such as accounts payable‚ accounts receivable‚ and revenue accounts. Combining these ledgers into one general ledger‚ provide the balance for each ledger. The general ledger
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References: Warren‚ C.‚ Reeve‚ J.‚ and Duchac‚ J (2007). Accounting. 23rd ed South-Western‚ cengage learning in thousands except share data | January 3‚ 2009 | December 29‚ in thousands except share data | December 29‚ 2007 | December30‚
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Accounting for Managers TOPIC A: AN INTRODUCTION TO ACCOUNTING Investors – Individual and groups provide initial capital. Creditors – Company which loans money to another company (Suppliers/Bank). Managers – Oversee the day-to-day operations. What is accounting? * Process of Recognising‚ measuring‚ recording (also known as transactions)‚ disclosing and attesting to information. *Information – Decision Making (Value Creation)‚ Control (Monitoring). Process of Accounting: Transactions
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cancer cases occur in people older than 50. * In many cases colon cancer has no obvious symptoms. However‚ in some cases‚ a good warning sign is rectal bleeding. * In Canada about 25 people die of colon cancer every day. Facts about Colon cancer * Colon cancer is taking 655‚000 deaths worldwide per year‚ and it is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in Canada. * Age increases the risk of developing colon cancer. About 90 percent of all colon cancer cases occur
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Chapter 8 Activity-Based Costing: A Tool to Aid Decision Making Solutions to Questions 8-1 Activity-based costing differs from traditional costing systems in a number of ways. In activity-based costing‚ nonmanufacturing as well as manufacturing costs may be assigned to products. And‚ some manufacturing costs—including the costs of idle capacity—may be excluded from product costs. An activity-based costing system typically includes a number of activity cost pools‚ each of which has its
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