ANSWERS 1 a) 1 b) 1 c) 1 d) 1 e) 1 f) This transaction has no effect on the balance sheet since this is only an order‚ no financial value. 1 g) 1 h) 1 i) 1 j) 2 a) a] b] c] d] e] f] g] h] j] k] l] 2 b)
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CHAPTER 2 The Recording Process ASSIGNMENT CLASSIFICATION TABLE Study Objectives 1. Explain what an account is and how it helps in the recording process. Define debits and credits and explain their use in recording business transactions. Identify the basic steps in the recording process. Explain what a journal is and how it helps in the recording process. Explain what a ledger is and how it helps in the recording process. Explain what posting is and how it helps in the recording process. Prepare
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Week 2: Topic 1: Financial Accounting Theory & the Reporting Environment GHTHH Chapter 2 5. Researchers who develop positive theories and researchers who develop normative theories often do not share the same views about the roles of their respective approaches to theory construction. (a) How do positive and normative theories differ? (b) Can positive theories assist normative theories‚ or vice versa? If yes‚ give an example. If not‚ why not? Normative accounting research makes policy recommendations
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Inventory Cost of Goods Sold $40‚000 $16‚000 $20‚000 $50‚000 Inventory Turnover 12) handling of incoming checks oversight of the internal control systems 2.78 Control activities Monitoring 13) An Audit Opinion is an evaluation of the company’s financial statements performed by an independent accountant or auditor. 14) Credit Sales Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Estimated Uncollectibles $235‚000 $7‚250 7% Estimated Uncollectible Accounts $16‚450 15) Bestway‚ Inc. Credit Sales Allowance for
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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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Financial statements are a necessity when it comes to businesses. They are used by both internal managers as well as outside users and provide information about the entire company. Managerial accounting is primarily used by individuals within a company or organization. The main purpose of financial accounting is to prepare financial reports that provide information about an organization’s performance to external parties like creditors‚ investors and tax authorities (Hilton‚ 2006). There are several
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7101AFE Financial Accounting Theory and Practice Tutorial Questions for Tutorials 1- 6: Semester 1 2015 TUTORIAL 1 - Semester 1 2015 Deegan Topic 1: Introduction to financial accounting theory QUESTION 1 – Question 1.2: If you developed a theory to explain how a person’s cultural background influences how they prepare financial statements‚ would you have developed a positive theory or a normative theory? The first of all‚ it is important to understand the mean by a ‘theory’. According to Contemporary
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Michigan university | Is It Fair to Blame Fair Value Accounting for the Financial Crisis? | By Robert C. Pozen | | Luma Raha | 10/12/2011 | The article from the Harvard Business Review‚ "Is it Fair to Blame Fair Value Accounting for the Financial Crisis?" ‚ author Robert Pozen stipulates that the fair value accounting principles did not cause the financial crisis of 2008‚ but certainly aggravated it by common misconceptions about accounting standards. The article defines mark-to-market
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MEANING OF ACCOUNTING: Accounting is the process of recording‚ classifying‚ summarizing‚ analyzing and interpreting the financial transactions of the business for the benefit of management and those parties who are interested in business such as shareholders‚ creditors‚ bankers‚ customers‚ employees and government. Thus‚ it is concerned with financial reporting and decision making aspects of the business. The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Committee on Terminology proposed in
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title: An investigation report on accounting and financial control Submission date: 21st September 2012 Submitted by: Ahmed Shahir ATHE registration number: Table of contents Introduction 2 Purpose and requirements for keeping financial records 3 Techniques for recording financial information 3 Legal and organisational requirements of financial purpose 4 Usefulness of financial statements to stakeholders 5 Difference
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