The Accounting Cycle Accounting Cycle is an accounting process that involve a series of procedures in collection‚ processing‚ and communication of financial information. There are 7 basis steps of accounting cycle which comprise of source documents‚ prima entry‚ ledger‚ draft trial balances & financial statement‚ adjustments‚ adjusted trial balance & financial statement and closing entries. At first source documents‚ are things like invoice‚ credit note‚ debit note‚ cash bill
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Requirement: Compute the amount of allowance for uncollectible accounts to be reported in the balance sheet of V company: Estimated Uncollected Accounts Details Total Amount ($) Percentage Considered Uncollectible (%) Allowance for Doubtful Debts Accounts ($) A B C D 0 – 30 Days Past Due 60‚000 5% 3‚000 31 – 60 Days Past Due 4‚000 10% 400 Over 60 Days Past 2‚000 70% 1‚400 Total 66‚000 4‚800 Therefore‚ the amount of allowance for uncollectible accounts to be reported in the balance sheet of V Company
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COLLEGEOF BUSINESS SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTANCY COURSE CODE : BKAL1013 COURSE : BUSINESS ACCOUNTING PRE-REQUISITE : NONE 1.0 COURSE SYNOPSIS This course is designed specifically for students from non-accounting disciplines. It is divided into two sections‚ i.e. financial accounting and management accounting. Students will be exposed to accounting concepts‚ principles and assumptions. They would be able to assess and apply the information provided
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SEARS CASE STUDY by Robert A.G. Monks and Nell Minow -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction The great advantage of publicly held companies is that they bring together capital and managerial expertise‚ to the benefit of both groups. An investor need not know anything about making or marketing chairs in order to invest in a chair factory. A gifted producer or seller of chairs need not have capital in order to start a business. When
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business. This may be on account of a number of reasons like defects in goods‚ quality not matching the requirement for which the buyer purchased it‚ the buyer not needing the stock‚ etc. This happens both in case of goods purchased as well as goods sold by the organisation. Where the goods sold are being returned we call it "Sales Returns" and where goods purchased are being returned we call it "Purchase Returns" The transactions of return of goods are also accounting transactions and have to
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ACCOUNTING COMPETENCY EXAM SAMPLE EXAM 1. The accounting process does not include: a. b. c. 2. d. e. labor unions all of the above statement of owner’s equity income statement balance sheet d. e. both b and c all of the above This account does not appear on the income statement: a. b. c. 6. lenders prospective owners customers Expenses can be found in the: a. b. c. 5. balance sheet balance sheet and journals balance sheet and income statement
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The Chart of Accounts The increases and decreases in accounting element as affected by a business transaction are recorded in a device called account name‚ account title or account. Each accounting element is composed of several accounts which describe the related economic transactions and events. To maintain uniform account name‚ the business must have a listing of all the accounts it uses to record economic transactions. This listing of all accounts is called “Chart of Accounts.” The Chart of
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Centre Number Candidate Number Name CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS General Certificate of Education Advanced Subsidiary Level and Advanced Level ACCOUNTING Paper 2 Structured Questions 9706/02 May/June 2003 1 hour 30 minutes Candidates answer on the Question Paper. No Additional Materials are required. READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your Centre number‚ candidate number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen in the spaces provided on the Question Paper
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Running head: SEARS CORE COMPETENCIES EXAMINED Sears Core Competencies Examined July 8‚ 2012 Sears Core Competencies Examined All companies have core competencies that they use to differentiate their company‚ product‚ or service from the competition‚ Sears is no exception. Also‚ it is common for a company’s core competencies to change‚ as their industry progresses through phases and shifts its emphasis between product and process innovations (Regis University‚ 2011)‚ Sears is no exception. Yet
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Kmart and Sears: Still Stuck In The Middle? On January 22‚ 2002‚ Kmart Corporation became the largest retailer in U.S. history to seek bankruptcy protection. Kmart management said that they would outline a plan for repaying Kmart’s creditors‚ reducing its size‚ and restructuring its business so that it could leave court protection as a viable competitor in discount mass-marketretailing. Emerging from bankruptcy in May 2003‚ Kmart still lacked a business strategy to succeed in an extremely competitive
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