Accounting 211- Ratio Project 23 November 2010 Home Depot has three basic strategies: assortment‚ price‚ and service. They carry the broadest range of merchandise priced below every competitor in every market where they compete. Lowe’s reported similar values when it came to their customers. They said that their top values are customer focused‚ respect‚ and passion for execution. In their letter to shareholders‚ Lowe’s said‚ “We know that providing great service is the driving force behind profitable
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Financial Accounting and Reporting Case: America Online 1. What accounting approach has AOL used in the past that it is now changing (related to the $385 million)? AOL‚ prior to October 1‚ 1996‚ recorded the expenditure related to subscribers acquisitions as an asset and amortized monthly over a period < 24 months. This was a strongly criticized approach. Furthermore‚ the accounting approach in the article is considered aggressive. In October 1996‚ they discontinued capitalizing customer acquisition
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Accounting Cycle Paper Every business small‚ medium or large uses an accounting cycle to collect and process transactions from events to prepare financial statements to interested parties. The accounting cycle consist of eight steps (1) analyzing transactions and other events‚ (2) journalizing‚ (3) posting; (4) preparing trail balance‚ (5) adjusting entries‚ (6) preparing adjusting trial balance; (7) preparing financial statements; and (8) closing process (Kieso‚ Weygandt‚ & Warfield‚ 2007‚ p. 93)
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Acknowledgement I would like to pay my sincere thanks to‚ University of Delhi‚ South Campus for endowing me with the precious insights needed for working out this Project. He has been very instrumental in communicating the core of this project study and thus without his direction‚ the very inception of this work would not have been possible. Q1. Whether a country’s capital market is debt –oriented or equity oriented has a significant impact on the financial reporting that develops in the
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QUESTION 1 a. Outline the objective and the principles of a theory that prescribes fair value accounting. Fair value accounting is to measure selected assets at fair value. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. The objective of fair value accounting is linked with the objective of ‘decision usefulness’ of general purpose financial reporting. That is‚ to provide relevant information that
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Accounting concepts and conventions [pic] Going concern This concept is the underlying assumption that any accountant makes when he prepares a set of accounts. That the business under consideration will remain in existence for the foreseeable future. In addition to being an old concept of accounting‚ it is now‚ for example‚ part of UK statute law: reference to it can be found in the Companies Act 1985. Without this concept‚ accounts would have to be drawn up on the ’winding up’ basis
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(a) | Qualitative characteristic being employed when companies in the same industry are using the same accounting principles. | Comparability | (b) | Quality of information that confirms users’ earlier expectations. | Feedback value | (c) | Imperative for providing comparisons of a company from period to period. | Consistency | (d) | Ignores the economic consequences of a standard or rule. | Neutrality | (e) | Requires a high degree of consensus among individuals on a given measurement.
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The full disclosure principle states that any future event that may or will occur‚ and thatwill have a material economic impact on the financial position of the business‚ should be disclosed to probable and potential readers of the statements. Such disclosures are most frequently made by footnotes. For example‚ a hotel should report the building of a new wing‚ or the future acquisition of another property. A restaurant facing a lawsuit from a customer who was injured by tripping over a frayed carpet
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Accounting Standards and Their Importance AS-1: DISCLOSURE OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES The following is the text of the Accounting Standard (AS) 1 issued by the Accounting Standards Board‚ the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India on ’Disclosure of Accounting Policies’. The Standard deals with the disclosure of significant accounting policies followed in preparing and presenting financial statements. AS-2: VALUATION OF INVENTORIES A primary issue in accounting for inventories is the determination
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check no. 389 for rent: check was written in the amount of $1‚320‚ but was recorded improperly in the accounting records as $1‚230. • Outstanding checks‚ $???? What is the total amount of outstanding checks at January 31? a. $1‚048 b. $868 c. $1‚900 d. $1‚720 5. Assuming a single journal entry is made to adjust Quinn Company’s accounting records at January 31‚ the journal entry includes: a. A debit to Rent Expense for $90.
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