22 Accounting Changes and Error Analysis 22-1 Accounting Changes and Error Analysis Accounting Changes Error Analysis Changes in accounting policy Changes in accounting estimate Balance sheet errors Income statement errors Balance sheet and income statement effects Change in reporting entity Correction of errors Summary Motivations for change of method 22-2 Comprehensive example Preparation of statements with error corrections Changes in Accounting Principle
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|Does depreciation generate actual cash flow in a company and if so how? | |In: Business Accounting and Bookkeeping [Edit categories] | [pic]CFA Designation Certified Financial Accountant Designation www.socfa.org [pic] [Improve] [pic] Answer Depreciation does not generate cash flow. If a million dollar piece of equipment is purchased‚ an accountant
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Part 1 (a) True. (b) False General-purpose financial reports helps users who lack the ability to demand all the financial information they need from an entity and therefore must rely‚ at least partly‚ on the information in financial reports. (c) False Standard-setting that is based on personal conceptual frameworks will lead to different conclusions about identical or similar issues. Another‚ and past decisions may not be indicative of future ones. (d) False Information that is decision-useful
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Chapter 1 CA1-1 (FASB and Standard-Setting) Presented below are four statements which you are to identify as true or false. If false‚ explain why the statement is false. 1. GAAP is the term used to indicate the whole body of FASB authoritative literature. 2. Any company claiming compliance with GAAP must comply with most standards and interpretations but does not have to follow the disclosure requirements. 3. The primary governmental body that has influence over the FASB is the SEC. 4. The FASB
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therefore‚ is not subject to depreciation. Land improvements have limited lives and are subject to depreciation. 4. Often the lump-sum or basket purchase includes assets with different lives that must be depreciated separately. Sometimes the purchase may include land‚ which is never depreciated. 5. The Accumulated Depreciation—Machinery account is a contra asset account with a credit balance that cannot be used to buy anything. The balance of the Accumulated Depreciation—Machinery account reflects
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Question 1 Imperial Luxurious is a business providing marketing design services. On 1 March 2011 the following balances were extracted from the books: £ Capital 150 000 Premises 120 000 Fixtures and fittings 24 000 Provisions for depreciation on: premises 5 000 fixtures and fittings 6 000 Debtors 17 500 Creditors 8 500 Bank 8 000 For the month of March the following summarised transactions occurred: • Credit sales of £28 000 were invoiced to
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ADM 2342N Winter 2013 QUIZ NO. 1 [marked out of 28 marks for convenience: worth 5% of the course mark) Intermediate Financial Accounting I Student Name: _______________________ Question No. 1 (5.5 marks) Required For each of the 11 statements listed below‚ indicate the name of the underlying assumption‚ measurement convention or accounting constraint that is most closely associated with the statement involved. Each answer is worth 0.5 mark. Underlying assumption‚ measurement convention or accounting
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events like selling goods and services‚ which occur when running a business. b. involve the buying or selling of land‚ buildings‚ equipment‚ and other longer-term investments. c. only involve financial exchanges. d. All of these. Accumulated depreciation: a. is an expense account. b. is a liability account. c. is a regular asset account. d. is an asset contra-account. At the end of last year‚ the company’s assets totaled $860‚000 and its liabilities totaled $740‚000. During the current
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by leasing assets. In a recessionary economy‚ purchase and lease defaults are rampant. In your opinion‚ what are the effects of defaulted capital leases to the lessor‚ lessee and economy as a whole? Should FASB consider rewriting capital lease allowances‚ even on a temporary basis‚ until the economy recovers? Give an example to support your opinion. When companies default on a capital lease‚ the economy is hurt as a whole. Both the lessor and lessee are hurt financially. The lessor has to cover
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CASE 7-2. Joan Holtz(C) Joan Holtz said to the accounting instructor‚” The general principal for arriving at the amount of a fixed assets that is to be capitalized is reasonably clear‚ but there certainly are a great many problems in applying this principle to specific situation. QUESTION 1: 1. Suppose that the Bruce Manufacturing Company used its own maintenance crew to build an additional wing on its existing factory building. What would be the proper accounting treatment for the following
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