reporting).” This is a rather broad question and an impossible one to answer using the evidence in the empirical accounting literature in capital markets alone. Accounting is only one mechanism in financial reporting and corporate governance and it evolved to fit in with other mechanisms‚ to be part of a general reporting‚ financing and governance equilibrium. The evidence in the international accounting literature is consistent with such an equilibrium (e.g.‚ Ball‚ Kothari and Robin‚ 2000). Evaluating the
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3.1 Trial balance 3.1.1 The source and structure of trial balance A trial balance is a list with two columns‚ which are debit and credit. It is important to every company that they need to check the errors that maybe made during enter the transactions into general accounts. If the principles of the double entry have been correctly applied to the recording of transactions in ledger accounts‚ the total of debit balances will equal to the total of credit balances. So the total of the debit column should
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The Income Statement accounts (with normal account balances) from the Adjusted Trial Balance of MJM Co. at 12/31/08 is as follows: Sales 1‚500‚000 Cost of Goods Sold 600‚000 Selling Administrative Expense 300‚000 Interest Revenue 180‚000 Gain on the Sale of Equipment 270‚000 Loss on the Sale of IBM Stock 300‚000 Loss from Discontinued Division Operations 750‚000 Gain on the Sale of the Discontinued Division 900‚000 Extraordinary Gain from Tornado Insurance 1‚050‚000 Income Tax Expense (at 30% Rate)
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10 430 Sept. 30 515 Sept. 30 85 515 Depreciation Expense Sept 30 288 Sept. 30 288 b) Yasunari Kawabata D.D.S. Trial Balance September 30‚ 2012 Debit Credit Cash 12‚133 Accounts Receivable 6‚950 Supplies On hand 612 Furniture & Equipment 17‚280 Accumulated Depreciation 288 Accounts Payable 13‚680
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Chapter 1 – Nature and regulation of companies RQ 9. Outline the differences between shares and debentures. Ordinary shares attract no fixed rate of dividend‚ carry voting rights and may participate in surplus assets and profits of the company – they represent ownership of x% of the company. Ordinary shares are classified as equity. The company may issue shares either fully paid or partly paid (s. 254A). If partly paid shares are issued‚ the shareholder is liable to pay calls on the shares
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ZZZZ Best company is one of the biggest examples of Accounting Frauds. The founder of ZZZZ best was Barry Minkow. He was a very smart young entrepreneur when he started the company. He was involved in credit card forgeries prior to starting his own carpet cleaning business “ZZZZ Best Company”. Minkow began his business with small carpet cleaning jobs and he became a multimillionaire in a very short period of time. Minkow met a person named Tom Padgett at Los Angeles Health club. This was the beginning
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Accounting Basics f or S t u d e n t s Ba sic a ccou nting le ss ons an d qu es tio ns fo r high s cho ol a nd c ollege s tude nts By Michael Celender Accounting Basics for Students Copyright © 2010 Michael Celender. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means‚ including but not limited to digital copying and printing‚ without the express written permission of the author. The author‚ Michael Celender‚ has made his best effort
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3-1 THE ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEM 3-2 Financial Accounting‚ Seventh Edition 3 Accounting Accounting Transactions Transactions Event (1). On October 1‚ cash of $10‚000 is invested in Sierra Corporation by investors in exchange for $10‚000 of common stock. 1. +10‚000 3-3 +10‚000 LO 1 Analyze the effect of business transactions on the basic accounting equation. Accounting Accounting Transactions Transactions Event (2). On October 1‚ Sierra borrowed $5‚000 from Castle Bank by signing
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1) The standards and rules that are recognized as a general guide for financial reporting are called __________. D. generally accepted accounting principles 2) What is value chain management best defined as? A. All activities associated with providing a product or service 3) These are selected account balances on December 31‚ 2008. Land (location of the corporation’s office building) $150‚000 Land (held for future use) 225‚000 Corporate Office Building 900
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Starbucks Access the Internet to acquire a copy of the most recent annual report for the publicly traded company used to complete the Financial Reporting Problem‚ Part 1 assignment due in Week Six. Analyze the information contained in the company’s balance sheet and income statement to answer the following questions: •Are the assets included under the company’s current assets listed in the proper order? Explain your answer. The current assets should be listed in the order of liquidity. The
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