ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 1. Examples are: (a) Payment of an accounts payable. (b) Collection of an accounts receivable from a customer. (c) Transfer of an accounts payable to a note payable. 2. Transactions (a)‚ (b)‚ (d) are considered business transactions and are recorded in the accounting records because a change in assets‚ liabilities‚ or owners’/stockholders’ equity has been effected as a result of a transfer of values from one party to another. Transactions (c) and (e) are not business
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CHAPTER 1 Scope and Meaning of Accounting Introduction Need and Role of Accounting Meaning of Book -keeping and Accountancy Book-keeping Accounting — Science or Art Definition and Explanation of Accounting Users of Accounting Scope/Branches of Accounting z Financial Accounting z Cost Accounting z Management Accounting Systems of Accounting Objectives/Advantages of Accounting Limitations Terminology often used — Some Basic TTerms erms Check Y our
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E2.5. Classifying Accounting Items a. Current asset b. Net revenue in the income statement: a deduction from revenue c. Net accounts receivable‚ a current asset: a deduction from gross receivables d. An expense in the income statement. But R&D is usually not a loss to shareholders; it is an investment in an asset. e. An expense in the income statement‚ part of operating income (and rarely an extraordinary item). If the restructuring charge is estimated‚ a liability is also
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Chapter 1 Financial Statements and Business Decisions EXERCISES E1–2 Req. 1 READ MORE STORE Balance Sheet As at December 31‚ 2008 |ASSETS | |LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY | | | | |Liabilities | | |Cash |$ 48‚900
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The Manager and Management Accounting Copyright © 2015 Pearson Education‚ Inc. All Rights Reserved 1. 2. 3. Distinguish financial accounting from management accounting Understand how management accountants help firms make strategic decisions Describe the set of business functions in the value chain and identify the dimensions of performance that customers are expecting of companies Copyright © 2015 Pearson Education‚ Inc. All Rights Reserved. 1-2 4. 5. 6. 7. Explain the five-step decision-making
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2011 Semester 2 Intermediate Financial Reporting Final Exam Solution. Accounting standards (5 MARKS) 1. Explain what gives Australian accounting standards authority and how is it enforced? The Corporations Act gives the standards the force of law. ASIC administer the Corps Act. and hence enforce the standards. Failure to comply with the standards can include legal proceedings‚ goal‚ financial penalties and prevention from acting as a manager or director of a company in the future. In addition
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CHAPTER 1 Introduction Practice Questions Problem 1.8. Suppose you own 5‚000 shares that are worth $25 each. How can put options be used to provide you with insurance against a decline in the value of your holding over the next four months? You should buy 50 put option contracts (each on 100 shares) with a strike price of $25 and an expiration date in four months. If at the end of four months the stock price proves to be less than $25‚ you can exercise the options and sell the shares
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Multiple Choice Questions 1. Which of the following entities would not require accounting information pertaining to their economic activities? a. Social clubs. b. Not-for-profit entities. c. State governments. D. All of these require accounting information. e. None of these requires accounting information. Difficulty: Easy 2. Which of the following is not an objective of financial reporting described in FASB Concepts Statement No. 1? a. To provide information about how management of
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CHAPTER 1 Introduction Practice Questions Problem 1.1 What is the difference between a long forward position and a short forward position? When a trader enters into a long forward contract‚ she is agreeing to buy the underlying asset for a certain price at a certain time in the future. When a trader enters into a short forward contract‚ she is agreeing to sell the underlying asset for a certain price at a certain time in the future. Problem 1.2. Explain carefully the difference
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Intermediate Accounting 1 (3367) -- Fall 2012 Research Assignment Questions Directions: Type your answer starting on the line after each question. 1. FASB Accounting Standards Codification FASC a. When did the FASC Codification become effective? The FASC became effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15‚ 2009 even though the authoritative version of the Codification was released on July 1‚ 2009. b. Did the FASC change prior GAAP? The FASC did not change prior
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