their results may be prepared. Book-keeping and accounting are not synonymous terms‚ but are very different from each other. Book-keeping is concerned only with the recording of financial transactions in a systematic manner. Book-keeping is of clerical nature‚ whereas accounting relates to an advanced stage. Accounting includes recording‚ classifying‚ summarizing‚ analyzing and interpreting the financial data. Define accounting equation approach for book-keeping In order to keep books in balance
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Chapter 18: Practice questions 1-1 The total manufacturing cost per unit increases as total production volume increases. 1-2 Total variable costs change in response to changes in the volume of production. 1-3 The mixed cost per unit is constant throughout the relevant range of activity. 1-4 Fixed costs per unit decrease as production levels decrease. 1-5 A method used to separate mixed costs into fixed and variable components is called the high-low method. 1-6 The variable
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Enron used multiple strategic partners to help cover up their accounting schemes. Houston law firm Vinson & Elkins’ top client was Enron. The law firm wrote opinion letters supporting the legality of the deals Enron was making even though they were illegal. Additionally‚ Arthur Andersen LLP was Enron’s auditor. More than 100 employees at Arthur Andersen were dedicated to Enron’s account. The firm was a major business partner of Enron and some Arthur Andersen executives accepted jobs with Enron. Some
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$45‚000 and the current ratio is 4:1. What are current liabilities? A. $ 10‚000 B. $ 11‚250 C. $ 15‚000 D. $ 17‚400 E. $ 180‚000 6. Wolfpack‚ Inc. collected $6‚250 on account. The effect of the transaction on the accounting equation is to: A. Increase revenue and decrease expenses. B. Have no effect on total assets. C. Decrease assets and decrease liabilities. D. Increase assets and increase stockholder’s equity. E. Both A
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and Society Instructor Scott Axton 2 May 2013 ABSTRACT Some states have yet to join those states that have put in effect the Three Strike Law. Even though many states have implemented the Three Strike Law it still has many setbacks. California has the strictest laws on the Three Strike Law. While experts thought this would be a good idea it causes issues like overcrowding in prisons and a much bigger budget plan. Proposition 36 was voted to reform the Three Strike Law to reduce sentences
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risk Audit risk: risk that auditor has not uncovered a material misstatement in the financial statements Potential accounts at risk: Provision for compensation claims/litigation Inventory Accounts receivable Accounts payable Brand name PRACTICE EXAM 2‚ QUESTION 3‚ PART 1 (PP.240-241) Identify 5 business factors and explain their impact on risk of material misstatement Also identify account balance most affected. Business factor (i) Listed on stock exchange Explanation of impact Risk -
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Case Brief: Sutter v. Hutchings Case Name‚ Citation & Court: Sutter v. Hutchings‚ 254 Ga. 194‚ 327 S.E.2d 717‚ Georgia Supreme Court‚ decided 1985. Parties & Procedural History: Trial Court level: Plaintiff Sutter sues Defendant Hutchings. Defendant filed summary judgment motion‚ and court granted judgment in favor of Defendant. Plaintiff appealed. First appeal: Ga. Court of Appeals affirmed judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appeals again to Ga. Supreme Court. Facts: Mrs
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Practice Exam 2 1. Short Stay Surgery uses a job costing system for all patients who have surgery. The clinic uses a normal costing system with operating hours as the allocation base. For the month of March‚ estimated total operating hours in the surgery suits were 3‚200 hours. The estimated overhead costs for the suites were $640‚000. Patient Sarah Handy was in surgery for 2.5 hours. Other costs related to Handy’s surgery include: Patient medicine $ 50
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Health Care Cost Accounting A capitation payment arrangement can be an effective means to control healthcare costs because it allows both the insurer and the employer to predict costs for healthcare services more accurately. When a capitation payment method is used‚ the financial risk of caring for the patient is transferred to the medical delivery system. If the healthcare delivery system does not have a cost accounting system or the ability to develop cost information on each payer and service
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Development of A General Accounting Theory – A Scientific Approach? Accounting Theory Development can be defined as ‘a piecemeal process of trial and error in response to changing social and economic forces’. (Underdown and Taylor‚ 1985‚ p2). Therefore‚ it is clear that a general frame of reference is needed‚ however not one that would upset the ‘accounting system’. Accounting theory cannot be narrowed to a certain approach‚ which is the definitive article. In fact‚ accountancy is one
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