3 Adjusting Accounts and Preparing Financial Statements QUESTIONS 1. The cash basis of accounting reports revenues when cash is received while the accrual basis reports revenues when they are earned. The cash basis reports expenses when cash is paid while the accrual basis reports expenses when they are incurred (and matched with revenues they generated). 2. The accrual basis of accounting generally provides a better indication of company performance and financial condition than does
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correct picture on the firm’s financial performance and financial position. We have to recognize all transaction occurring in that accounting period‚ irrespective of whether cash has been received or paid. The ultimate objective of adjusting entries is to ensure that the revenues (income) earned in the accounting period are matched by all costs incurred for that same accounting period (Monash College‚ 2011). Prepayment There are two types of adjusting entries‚ prepayments and accruals. Prepayment is
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Grimwald Glenshaw‚ CFO Pumpjack Petrol‚ Ltd. 18111 Nordhoff Street Northridge‚ CA 91340 Dear Mr. Glenshaw: Upon your request‚ I have researched the codifications on how to account for the future dismantling cost of the oil platform and for downward adjustments to the expected cost. The asset retirement obligation (ARO) of $2‚158‚925 for the platform must be recognized on its acquisition date in 2014 and discounted to its fair value of $999‚999. However‚ if there is a downward adjustment of
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ACC 556 – Financial Accounting for Managers Chapter 1 Homework Due Week 1 and worth 10 points Directions: Answer the following four questions on a separate document. Explain how you reached the answer or show your work if a mathematical calculation is needed‚ or both. Submit your homework assignment using the homework assignment link in the course shell. E1-1 Here is a list of words or phrases discussed in this chapter: 1. 2. 3. Corporation Creditor Accounts receivable 4. 5. 6. Partnership Stockholder
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Guide to UNIX Using Linux Fourth Edition Chapter 1 Solutions Answers to the Chapter 1 Review Questions 1. Your boss drops by your office in a hurry to ask you to attend a meeting at 10:30 on Friday morning and you can’t find a pen to make a note as a reminder. What Linux command can you use to make a quick note to store in a file called Meeting? Answer: b. cat > Meeting 2. Before you make the note in Question 1‚ you decide to determine Friday’s date‚ so that you can include
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Chapter 4 : Account Titles and Preparation of Financial Statements | Article 14 : The balance sheet items shallbe categorized as follows: 1. Assets. (1) Current assets. (2) Funds and long-term investments. (3) Property‚ plant and equipment. (4) Depletable assets. (5) Intangible assets.
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Cost Classification Introduction: In this assignment I will be discussing how costs incurred in any organization may be classified in a number of different ways for a number of different purposes. I will also be looking to find companies that use a variety of different costing techniques and methods. I will also be discussing the comparisons between marginal and absorption costing and how the concept of activity based costing can also be compared with these. To complete the assignment I will
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Accounting for non-accounting students eighth edition John R. Dyson ACCOUNTING FOR NON-ACCOUNTING STUDENTS Visit the Accounting for Non-Accounting Students‚ eighth edition Companion Website at www.pearsoned.co.uk/dyson to find valuable student learning material including: G G G G Multiple choice questions to help test your learning Extra question material Links to relevant sites on the web Glossary explaining key terms mentioned in the book We work with leading authors to develop
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Each and every person has the potential and free choice to pursue a career as an entrepreneur. ANS: T PTS: 1 NAT: AACSB Reflective Thinking | Motivation Concepts KEY: pg 29 2. The generation of the 21st century may become known as generation E because they are becoming the most entrepreneurial generation since the Industrial Revolution. ANS: T PTS: 1 NAT: AACSB Reflective Thinking | Motivation Concepts KEY: pg 29 3. Determining a person’s “entrepreneurial
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Structure Setting and Adjustment | Definition | A pay structure is a collection of pay rates or pay ranges.Structure setting and adjustment is the process of developing‚ adjusting‚ and maintaining a pay structure. | Purpose | Pay structures are used to help organizations: * maintain pay levels that are competitive with the external labor market‚ * maintain internal pay relationships among jobs‚ * recognize and reward differences in level of responsibility‚ skill‚ and performance‚ and
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