How should goodwill‚ properly recorded on the books‚ be written off in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles? Goodwill is recorded in the accounts only under the circumstances that is is acquired through a purchase of another business or combination of businesses. According to Generally Accepted Accounting Principle under these circumstances where goodwill is acquired through a purchase by another business that it is recognized as having indefinite
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Money market checking accounts c.Money market savings certificates d.Postdated checks 23.Travel advances should be reported as a.supplies. b.cash because they represent the equivalent of money. c.investments. d.none of these. 24.Which of the following items should not be included in the Cash caption on the balance sheet? a.Coins and currency in the cash register b.Checks from other parties presently in the cash register c.Amounts on deposit in checking account at the bank d.Postage
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Accounting‚ or accountancy‚ is the measurement‚ processing and communication of financial information about economic entities. Accounting‚ which has been called the "language of business"‚ measures the results of an organization ’s economic activities and conveys this information to a variety of users including investors‚ creditors‚ management‚ and regulators. Practitioners of accounting are known as accountants. Accounting can be divided into several fields including financial accounting‚ management
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1. A major advantage of the partnership form is that the personal assets of the partners are protected from creditors in case of legal action- False 2. A partnership is considered an “entity” for accounting purposes- True 3. “Mutual agency” means that one partner can legally bind all the other partners to a contract if it appears that he or she is acting appropriately- True 4. Partners are taxed on their drawings regardless of their share of the income. False 5. If a partnership agreement
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Classmates‚ According to (Oster‚ 2014)‚ "Percentage of receivables and percentage of sales are two accounting allowance methods used to reconcile customer accounts deemed noncollectable. When allowed by generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)‚ these two strategies are preferred over direct write-off of bad debt expenses. Percentage of receivables and percentage of sales provide a business with the ability to accurately estimate the expected bad debt losses they will have in each succeeding
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To: Carminho Building Products Ltd From: Rodrigues Accounting Dear Sir/Madam‚ We are submitting herewith our report entitled UK Subsidiary Expansion. The main purpose of this report is to help Carminho Building Products Ltd decide the potential and suitable site for the formation of a public listed subsidiary. This report will include United Kingdom’s current financial reporting environment and other information that Carminho Building Products Ltd would need in order to make a sound decision
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The formation of the debit and credit concept In this simplified form we can begin to see what the mathematician and Father of Accounting (Luca Pacioli) saw in 1494 when he codified the double-entry bookkeeping system. It is his codified system that outlined the rules for applying debits and credits when recording the financial transactions of a business in the double-entry bookkeeping system. Now remember that Luca’s book in 1494 was written and published in Latin and at a time when the concept
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2-1 BU8101 Accounting: A User Perspective Lecture 2 The Accounting Cycle Wednesday‚ 17 August 2011 Mrs. Ho Yin Kheng S3-01C-88 Nanyang Business School Nanyang Technological University Email: yklau@ntu.edu.sg Tel: 67905694 2-2 LO 2 Lecture Outline 1. Analyzing Business Transactions 2. Recording Process a. b. c. d. e. f. The Source Document The journal The accounts Debit and Credit rule Recording process illustrated Unadjusted trial balance 3. Adjusting entries
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Chapter 16 Managerial accounting concepts and principles 1) Direct costs are identified with and can be traced to a cost object. Indirect costs cannot be identified with or traced to a cost object. 2) Costs by function: A) Product costs consist of manufacturing costs: direct materials‚ direct labor and factory overhead. B) Period costs consist of selling and administrative expenses. 3) A) Prime costs which consist of direct materials and direct labor costs. B) Conversion costs which consist
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Master of Business Administration- MBA Semester 1 MB0041 – Financial and Management Accounting Q1. Accounting is one of the oldest‚ structured management information system. Give the meaning of accounting and book keeping? Explain the objectives of accounting? ANS. Meaning of Accounting- The systematic and comprehensive recording of financial transactions pertaining to a business. Accounting also refers to the process of summarizing‚ analyzing and reporting these transactions. The financial statements
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