Accounting 1B - Post Exam 2 Project 1. Jensen Company purchased a new machine on September 1‚ 2012‚ at a cost of $128‚000. The company estimated that the machine has a salvage value of $8‚000. The machine is expected to be used for 80‚000 working hours during its 8-year life. Instructions: Compute depreciation using the following methods in the year indicated. (a) Straight-line for 2012 and 2013‚ assuming a December 31 year-end. (b) Declining-balance using double the straight-line rate for
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1. Describe two examples of important things that financial planning skills can help you do‚ and explain why these things are important to you personally. Well‚ financial planning skills can help you do many important things. For starters it can give you a better foundation for the future. In other words it helps your stability‚ you don’t have to worry about where you rent money’s going to come from cause you are financially stable from that foundation you built. Lastly‚ it gives you freedom and
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CA 1-4: (a) Differentiate between Financial Accounting and Managerial Accounting. While financial accounting is the process that culminates in the preparation of financial reports on the enterprise for use by both internal (as managers) and external parties (as investors‚ creditors‚ unions‚ and government agencies)‚ managerial accounting is the process of identifying‚ measuring‚ analyzing‚ and communicating financial information needed by management to plan‚ control‚ and evaluate a company’s operations
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Lynn Christensen Student #0409328077 Financial Accounting Acct. 504 Professor Joyce Stiles Course Project - Kohl’s & JC Penney Submitted: August ‚ 2014 JC Penney’s: Since their founding by James Cash Penney in 1902‚ they have grown to be a major retailer‚ operating 1‚106 department stores in 49 states and Puerto Rico‚ as of January 29‚ 2011. J.C. Penney Corporation‚ Inc. was incorporated in Delaware in 1924 and J.C. Penney Company‚ Inc. was incorporated in Delaware in 2002‚ when the holding company
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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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are many rules and regulations that must be understood and followed. Professional accountants are morally and ethically required to work in the best interest of the public. If an accountant is professional and ethical‚ he or she would not falsify financial statements or tax returns to allow for higher profits for the accountants employer‚ customer‚ or even themselves. Accountants must understand that proving to be an ethical‚ professional accountant with great morals will actually prove to be profitable
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calculations automatically and to change single number and update all related numbers at the click of a mouse. As one of the most popular financial software‚ spreadsheet is widely applied in areas such as accounting‚ finance‚ marketing‚ taxation‚ engineering‚ educational‚ scientific and medical fields (Ballantine‚ 1991). In 2004‚ SimCorp USA Inc and the Financial Executives Consulting Group found that about 64 percent of domestic companies depend on spreadsheet. Many authors view spreadsheet as a very
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Solutions Ch 3 Balance Sheet 3.22 (Nestlé; asset recognition and measurement.) a. Both U.S. GAAP and IFRS would recognize Investment in Bond (noncurrent asset)‚ CHF800 million. Nestlé would record the bond at acquisition cost‚ not the amount it will receive at maturity. b. Both U.S. GAAP and IFRS would recognize Prepaid Insurance (current asset); CHF240 million would be recorded initially. At Nestlé’s year-end‚ the balance in the Prepaid Insurance account would reflect the two months usage of
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AC301: Intermediate Accounting II CPA Exam and Qualifications Wendy Roy 10/20/2014 I went and visited a few websites to understand completely California laws for the CPA‚ some of the websites I visited were; California Board of Accountancy‚ CalCPA‚ and This Way to CPA. These websites gave insight to the education standards that California requires before taking the exam. There are many different advantages to becoming a CPA board member‚ some of these advantages are; salary‚ demand‚
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Governmental Acct. Chapter 1 Homework 1-1) What justifies the different accounting & financial reporting practices of gvmt. & not-for-profit organizations as compared with business organizations? The fact that governments may have a monopoly on the services that they provide and the taxpayers must provide resources to them regardless of what they are‚ and efficiency is hard to measure as well as the quantity or quality of the services. 1-2) Describe the principal differences that distinguish
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