The lecture last night discussed accrual accounting concepts such as timing issues‚ and the basics of adjusting entries. The discussion went into more detail on periodicity assumption and how accounting divides the economic life of a business into artificial time periods. These time periods are generally a month‚ a quarter‚ or a year‚ now whether it is a fiscal year or a calendar year that is determined by the company itself. The lecture then reviews the revenue recognition principle which expects
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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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References: Warren‚ C.‚ Reeve‚ J.‚ and Duchac‚ J (2007). Accounting. 23rd ed South-Western‚ cengage learning in thousands except share data | January 3‚ 2009 | December 29‚ in thousands except share data | December 29‚ 2007 | December30‚
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Accounting for Managers TOPIC A: AN INTRODUCTION TO ACCOUNTING Investors – Individual and groups provide initial capital. Creditors – Company which loans money to another company (Suppliers/Bank). Managers – Oversee the day-to-day operations. What is accounting? * Process of Recognising‚ measuring‚ recording (also known as transactions)‚ disclosing and attesting to information. *Information – Decision Making (Value Creation)‚ Control (Monitoring). Process of Accounting: Transactions
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of Effective Accounting Information Qualities of Effective Accounting Information Accounting information contains qualitative characteristics that make it useful to existing and potential investors‚ lenders‚ and other creditors for making decisions about an organization. A decision maker needs to determine which alternative provides the most useful information for decision-making purposes (Kieso‚ Weygandt‚ & Warfield‚ 2007). To make the information useful‚ effective accounting information
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n=18 i=6% factor = 30.90565 x 1.06 = 32.7599 Pmt(32.7599) = 200‚000 Pmt = $6‚105 a. $6‚471. b. $6‚105. c. $11‚111. d. $5‚924. Ch 7 p43. Why is the allowance method preferred over the direct write-off method of accounting for bad debts? (conceptual question) Balance
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Accounting Equation Paper ACC 300 Accounting Equation The accounting equation is the basis of double entry accounting. The equation places debits and credits on each side of the equation with a balance on each side being required. The debits are accounted for as assets‚ while the credits fall under liabilities and shareholder equity. (Kimmel‚ Weygandt‚ and Kieso‚ 2011) The equation looks like: Assets = Liabilities + Shareholder Equity. A system of journal entries that show a debit and credit for
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Table of Contents Case 1 Introduction Jill’s business is expanding while the up going GST prevent her from gaining more profits. The idea of replacing the labor with the help of new equipment will bring about an unprofitable break-even point. However Jill still insist on borrowing from bank to invest in the equipment regardless of the CVP analysis result‚ which raised some ethical issues. Analysis Question 1 Defining the stakeholders There are 5 major stakeholders arising
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output in the national income accounts (The market value of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the US) VALUE ADDED: Sales – Intermediate goods Intermediate GOOD: is a good used in production of another good. Some goods can be both final goods and intermediate goods. (EX: Final: Potatoes sold directly to consumers/ Intermediate: Potatoes used to produce potato chips) 2. Nominal and Real GDP Nominal: sum of quantities of final goods produced times their current price. Nominal
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between accrual-basis accounting and cash-basis accounting? The variation between accrual basis accounting and cash basis accounting‚ is how cash is documented. Cash basis is an accounting basis that is used when expenses and revenue are paid out or received. This is when the transaction will be recorded. In accrual-basis accounting‚ transactions are recorded when they actually happen. Payment does not need to be made for the transaction to be recognized in accrual-basis accounting unlike cash-basis
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