a) The bank unveiled a plan to tackle community concerns so that it would be seen in a more positive light. Because banks offer services which are so essential (providing an opportunity to exploit customers)‚ they deal with high levels of customers and generally make large profits. Also‚ interest rates naturally fluctuate between high and low levels (controlled by the government to manage inflation - not the individual banks). For these reasons they have developed a generally bad reputation with
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Billy’s Beats Inc. Billy’s Beats Inc. (Billy’s)‚ an SEC registrant‚ is a new audit client with a fiscal year-end of December 31‚ 2012. Billy’s manufactures musical instruments. Billy’s acquired Little Drummer Boy Inc. (Little Drummer) in 2012 for $575 million in cash. Significant assets acquired included property‚ plant‚ and equipment totaling $865 million and other assets totaling $145 million. The useful lives assigned to the property‚ plant‚ and equipment acquired were 30 years for the plant
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Are the following assets? If so‚ whose assets‚ and why? (a) Members of the Australian hockey team (b) A 9-month lease agreement to rent a business office (c) Expenditure on research and development (d) An unsigned‚ documented contractual agreement to build specialised equipment for a client (e) A building bequeathed to a firm (f) A 5-year option to acquire property‚ where the option was purchased by the company a year ago (a) Human resources arguably meet the definition of assets of the
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Case One: Cool Beans Rouses Corp. (Rouses) is a calendar year-end company. On February 1‚ 2014‚ Rouses announced that it was acquiring 80 percent of the outstanding common stock of Best Beans Ever Corp. (Best Beans Ever) in a business combination. On the acquisition date‚ Rouses paid $40 million in cash and issued two million shares of Rouses common stock to the selling shareholders of Best Beans Ever. All of the outstanding stock options granted to employees of Best Beans Ever will be replaced
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Patent costs treatment and impairment testing on patents Ying Wampler Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University ACCT540 Dr. Racic Patent costs treatment and impairment testing on patents Patent costs treatment and impairment testing on patents Introduction XYZ Research Company was incorporated in 2010 and their business mainly focuses on developing new technology for interplanetary exploration. Due to the nature of their business‚ the majority of their business costs are
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Case 04-3 : Home Computer‚ Inc. Kamontip Sakdivorapong ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Home computer‚ Inc. has 3 business segments: Computer manufacturing‚ printer manufacturing and retail store. (1) computer manufacturing: Home computer will discontinue its video monitor operations at Seattle plant and establish a replacement in Sacramento. Other component parts will continue to be manufactured at the Seattle
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Assets 2 (Intangible Assets) Based on Week 4 Due Week 5 (due 25th March) NOTE: Provide references for your answers and quote where you have written something that is word-for-word from a source Textbook Questions (15 marks): Challenging Question 29 (5 marks) Inglis Ltd has a number of taxi licences that are shown in the financial statements at cost. Can these licences be revalued to fair value and‚ if so‚ do they also need to be subject to periodic amortisation? Yes‚ if these taxi licenses
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ADVANCED FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING 260 INTANGIBLE ASSETS QUIZ QUESTIONS 1. List two assets which would not meet the ‘identifiable’ aspect of the definition of an intangible asset. (2 Marks) 2. Intangible assets acquired via a separate acquisition are always recognised. Why? (2 Marks) 3. How is an intangible asset acquired as part of a business combination measured for initial recognition? Why? (2 Marks) 4. List two ways that fair value could be determined for intangible assets acquired as part
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The balance sheet approach’s main goal is to properly value assets and liabilities. The assets are most commonly valued by the amount of money they can receive by selling that asset for or how much they spent for the asset. The determination of the accounting method depends on the nature of the underlying item and how the firm intends to use it. Earnings is a function of the change in net assets. The income statement approach’s main goal‚ on the other hand‚ is to determine revenues‚ expenses‚ and
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ACCT 551 – Intermediate Accounting - II Week – 1 Assignment Chapter 12 E 12-4 Presented below is selected information for Palmiero Company. 1.Palmiero purchased a patent from Vania Co. for $1‚500‚000 on January 1‚ 2010. The patent is being amortized over its remaining legal life of 10 years‚ expiring on January 1‚ 2020. During 2012‚ Palmiero determined that the economic benefits of the patent would not last longer than 6 years from the date of acquisition. What
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