Attitude: How one feels about something in general (I have a positive attitude towards basketball). Balance theory: the theory that people try to maintain balance among their beliefs‚ cognitions‚ and sentiments. Cognitive dissonance theory: the theory that inconsistencies between a person’s thoughts‚ sentiments‚ and actions create an aversive emotional state (dissonance) that leads to efforts to restore consistency. Effort justification: the tendency to reduce dissonance by finding reasons for
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Solutions for Chapter 2 True/False Questions 2-1 F 2-2 F 2-3 T 2-4 F 2-5 T 2-6 T 2-7 F 2-8 T 2-9 F 2-10 T 2-11 T 2-12 F Multiple Choice Questions 2-13 B 2-14 B 2-15 B 2-16 E 2-17 D 2-18 C 2-19 C 2-20 D 2-21 A 2-22 D 2-23 E 2-24 B Review and Short Case Questions 2-25 Fraud is an intentional act involving the use of deception that results in a material misstatement of the financial statements. Two types of misstatements are relevant to auditors’ consideration
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chapter 6: Planning capacity Capacity the maximum rate of output of a process or a system. Acquisition of new capacity requires extensive planning‚ and often involves significant expenditure of resources and time. Capacity decisions must be made in light of several long-term issues such as the firm’s economies and diseconomies of scale‚ capacity cushions‚ timing and sizing strategies‚ and trade-offs between customer service and capacity utilization. Planning capacity across the organization
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What is Cost & Management Accounting Reporting Systems? Cost Accounting Reporting System deals with the process of tracking‚ measuring‚ recording and classifying the appropriate allocation of expenditure (financial and non-financial) for the determination of the cost of product or service in an organization and for the presentation of suitably arranged data for the purpose of control and guidance of management (Horngren et al‚ 2010). Costs are measured in terms of Direct Costs‚ Indirect Costs and Overhead/Absorbed
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Chapter 24 Completing the Audit Review Questions There are four presentation and disclosure-related audit objectives: 24-1 PRESENTATION AND DISCLOSURE-RELATED AUDIT OBJECTIVES Occurrence and rights and obligations Completeness Accuracy and valuation Classification and understandability DESCRIPTION Account-related information as described in the footnotes exists and represents the rights and obligations of the company. All required disclosures are included in the financial statement
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Chapter Overview CHAPTER 1 Accounting and the Business Environment The chapter begins with an explanation of the term “accounting” and its importance to the business world. The text discusses how accounting information is needed by various decision makers—individuals‚ businesses‚ investors‚ creditors‚ government regulatory agencies‚ taxing authorities‚ non-profit organizations‚ and others. Financial and management accounting are compared. A brief history of accounting and the role of ethics in
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CHAPTER 2 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK UNDERLYING FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING IFRS questions are available at the end of this chapter. TRUe-FALSe—Conceptual Answer No. Description F 1. Nature of conceptual framework. T 2. Conceptual framework definition. F 3. Levels of conceptual framework. T 4 International conceptual framework. F 5. Statements of Financial Accounting Concepts. T 6. Decision usefulness.Objective of financial reporting. F 7. Financial statement users. T 8. Relevance and
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Chapter 1 Case 1-6 During the early 2000s‚ the roles of accounting and the auditing profession changed and several accounting scandals were uncovered. A. What conditions caused accounting and the auditing profession role to change during this time? In the mid 80s‚ the AICPA lift on the ban on advertising caused revenue generation to become more critical to partner’s compensation. The profit structure of CPA firms changed‚ and in 1999‚ revenues for management consulting accounted for more
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Acc 301 T/TR 8-9:15 Codification Paper #6 A) 605-15-25-1 25-1 If an entity sells its product but gives the buyer the right to return the product‚ revenue from the sales transaction shall be recognized at time of sale only if all of the following conditions are met: a. The seller’s price to the buyer is substantially fixed or determinable at the date of sale. b. The buyer has paid the seller‚ or the buyer is obligated to pay the seller and the obligation is not contingent on resale of the
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manufacturers or wholesalers and sells them to consumers. Cost of goods sold: The expense of buying and preparing merchandise. Gross profit: Net sales of a product – Cost of goods sold Net income for merchandiser: Net sales – cost of goods sold – other expenses Merchandiser Income Statement: -Net sales -Cost of goods sold -Gross profit -Expenses -Net income Merchandise Inventory: An asset reported on the balance sheet and contains the cost of products purchased for sale. Products that a company owns
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