A variety of depreciation methods are used to allocate the cost of an asset to all of the accounting periods benefited by the use of the asset. Your client has just purchased a piece of equipment for $100‚000. Explain the concept of depreciation. Which of the following depreciation methods would you recommend: straight-line depreciation‚ double declining balance method‚ or an alternative method? This concept is to "observe the service life of the equipment with a professional judgment and
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price‚ there will be a fall in the demand for Aussie goods (imports) in the overseas market and this will eventually hurt the exporters‚ as they will face a fall in sales. Let us now see what happens when Aussie $ depreciates‚ in this case depreciation will make Aussie $ relatively cheaper in the foreign exchange market i.e. people have to pay less of their home currency to buy Australian goods this makes Aussie goods (imports) being relatively cheap in the foreign market and will therefore result
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ACCTNG 3402 – Financial Accounting and Reporting II Assignment due February 13‚ 2013 Spring‚ 2013 Depreciation: Airplanes and Garbage Trucks Your answers to the questions below should be clear‚ well-written‚ free of grammar and spelling errors‚ double-spaced with margins of at least one inch on all sides‚ and word-processed. In preparing this assignment‚ you may discuss the issues with each other or with anyone else‚ but your written answers must be your own work. If you need to quote someone
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CHAPTER 11 DEPRECIATION‚ IMPAIRMENTS‚ AND DEPLETION TRUE-FALSE—Conceptual Answer T F T T F F T F F T T F T F T T F T F T No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20 Description Nature of depreciation. Nature of depreciation. Depreciation‚ depletion‚ and amortization. Definition of depreciation base. Factors involved in depreciation process. Definition of inadequacy. Objection to straight-line method. Units-of-production approach. Accelerated depreciation method
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| Case Study: Analysis of Microsoft’s Accounting Policies Introduction Microsoft’s business As the most widely recognized company in the world‚ Microsoft dominated the home computer operating system market with MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows‚ a graphical extension for MS-DOS in 1980s.The company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen and went public on March 13th‚ 1986 with the price of $25.75 per share. Since going public‚ the company’s performance kept being outstanding. Microsoft not
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AOL ASSIGNMENT There were two accounting policies used by AOL that were considered aggressive‚ as well as controversial. The first was to amortize its software development costs and the second was to capitalize subscriber acquisition costs. The lifetime‚ for amortization purposes‚ which AOL assigned to software development costs was five years. This was considered by many to be an exceptionally long time considering the pace at which technology was progressing during that period of time.
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industries. The strategic management process will be more emphasise in this report where its importance in the organisation play an important factor in order for the organisation to grow and expand. Malaysia Airlines (MAS) have been chosen as an organisation for this report. Malaysia Airlines is a commercial air travel organisation where they provide transportation service throughout the world‚ specifically 850 destinations in 150 countries. The organisation company profile will explain more about
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Manual 4. Asset Addition from Project 5. Asset Depreciation using Straight Line Depreciation Method 6. Asset Disposal 7. Each document: Asset Addition‚ Asset Depreciation‚ and Asset Disposal can generate their own accounting facts What should not be expected: 1. Asset Transfer 2. Asset Split 3. Asset Revaluation 4. Asset Financing 5. Asset Depreciation using other Depreciation method 6. Asset First Year Convention Method and Asset Depreciation Calculation Method are not yet developed.
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The Implications of the Sarbanes Oxley Act on the Accounting Profession Abstract On July 30‚ 2002‚ the Sarbanes Oxley Act (also known as SOX) was signed into law by President George W. Bush. The Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 is a federal law that set new or improved standards for all U.S. public company boards‚ management and public accounting firms. Covered in the eleven titles are additional corporate board responsibilities‚ auditing requirements and criminal penalties. This
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Accounting Policies are the specific policies and procedures used by a company to prepare its financial statements. These include any methods‚ measurement systems and procedures for presenting disclosures. Accounting policies differ from accounting principles in that the principles are the rules and the policies are a company’s way of adhering to the rules. Revenue Recognition: Revenue recognition determines the accounting period‚ in which revenues and expenses are recognized. General Mills
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