Accounting Basics: Introduction Accounting is a glorious but misunderstood field. The popular view is that it’s mostly mind-numbing number-crunching; it certainly has some of that‚ but it’s also a rich intellectual pursuit with an abundance of compelling and controversial issues. Accountants are often stereotyped as soulless drones laboring listlessly in the bowels of corporate bureaucracies. But many accountants will tell you that it’s people skills‚ not technical knowledge‚ that are crucial to
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ACCOUNTING EXAM 2 STUDY GUIDE Chapter 5 1. Know the following terms: merchandise inventory‚ sales‚ sales returns and allowances‚ sales discounts‚ net sales‚ cost of merchandise sold‚ gross profit‚ operating expenses‚ operating cycle‚ purchase discounts‚ purchase returns and allowances‚ FOB shipping point‚ FOB destination‚ and inventory shrinkage. 2. Be able to prepare a multiple step income statement. 3. Be able to prepare the journal entries for the seller and buyer including
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Accounting Information Systems Research Paper Abstract The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) was enacted into law in 2002 in the wake of corporation financial reporting scandals involving large publicly held companies. SOX instituted new strict financial regulations with the intent of improving accounting practices and protecting investors from corporate misconduct. SOX requires corporate executives to vouch for the accuracy of financial statements‚ and to institute
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February 7‚ 2012 TAX FILE MEMORANDUM TO: Professor FROM: Student SUBJECT: Murray Taxpayer Issues Regarding Damage Award Facts: Murray Taxpayer was previously employed by a company who was illegally dumping chemicals into a river. Murray had knowledge concerning these illegal activities of his employer and made an ethical decision to report this to the Environmental Protection Agency. Upon inspection‚ the Environmental Protection Agency determined that Murrays employer was in fact illegally
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| Appraised Value | Percent of Total | Apportioned Cost | Building | $514‚250 | 55% ($514‚250/$935‚000) | $495‚000 ($900‚000 x 55%) | Land | 271‚150 | 29% ($271‚150/$935‚000) | 261‚000 ($900‚000 x 29%) | Land Improvements | 65‚450 | 7% ($65‚450/$935‚000) | 63‚000 ($900‚000 x 7%) | Four Vehicles | 84‚150 | 9% ($84‚150/$935‚000) | 81‚000 ($900‚000 x 9%) | Totals | $935‚000 | 100% | $900‚000 | 1. Prepare a table to allocate the lump-sum purchase price to the separate assets purchased
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into the universe of the magical world of Tron‚ and race a supercharged Light cycle to defy all speeds set by alternative roller coaster.An individual will able to reach speeds of 120 miles per hour ; anyone can enjoy this ride. You will need the following information to defeat the evil Clue‚ you will need a new type of technology‚ a projectile called an identity disc‚which uses centripetal force to come back to an individual. A person will use this to fight off enemies while racing through each grid
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Comparing Accounting Software Programs to Manual Accounting Manual accounting uses several paper ledgers to record financial transactions. It is very time consuming to record each single transaction onto paper‚ being very cautious not to make an error. There are several ledgers for each part of the accounting system‚ such as accounts payable‚ accounts receivable‚ and revenue accounts. Combining these ledgers into one general ledger‚ provide the balance for each ledger. The general ledger
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Individual: Project Controls CMGT410 Chanda Sanders 2/23/15 Memorandum To: ABC Physicians Corp CC: Administrator‚ Office Managers/Assistants From: Date: 5/27/15 Re: EPIC EMR Project Controls Methodology to EMR Conversion Training was a success and we feel comfortable the users received an appropriate amount of training. OBJECTIVE-Successfully convert ABC Physician office(s) from medical paper charts to new electronic medical software called EPIC. Trainers made certain the staff received the
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Accounting and Finance Management Assignment 2 Semester: 3 Prepared by: Osoba Seun Student Number: Sc-Kl-00021763 Email Address: josher4real@yahoo.com Date submitted: 17/01/2014 Question 1 Sales Budget September ($) October ($) Budgeted sales (units) 9‚500 Selling price per unit $12 Total sales 90‚000 114‚000 Schedule of expected cash collections: October ($) Account
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1. Human resource is an example of (an): (Points : 2) Unit-level activity. Batch-level activity. Product-level activity. Organization-sustaining activity. 2. Which of the following is not a limitation of activity-based costing? (Points : 2) Maintaining an activity-based costing system is more costly than maintaining a traditional direct labor-based costing system. Changing from a traditional direct labor-based costing system to an activity-based
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