September 10‚ 2013 The Ins and Outs of Accounting The primary focus of this text is to educate and inform readers about what it is like to live and function in the world of Accounting. Although we deal with numbers every day of our lives we often overlook what all goes into becoming a skilled Accountant. The significance of accounting plays a vast role in the financial health of an organization‚ its failure and or growth and development‚ the stock market‚ and the financial future of our lives
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-216- Xilinx‚ Inc.—Stock-based Compensation Xilinx‚ Inc. designs‚ develops‚ and markets complete programmable logic solutions‚ including advanced integrated circuits‚ software design tools‚ predefined system functions delivered as intellectual property cores‚ customer training‚ field engineering and technical support. Customers are electronic equipment manufacturers primarily in the telecommunications‚ networking‚ computing‚ industrial‚ and consumer markets. Products are sold globally through
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The Geritol Solution What is the basis for Martin’s premise that seeding the ocean with iron would help combat global warming? The idea of stimulating plankton growth with iron grew out of the fertile mind of the late John H. Martin‚ an oceanographer at Moss Landing. Martin sought originally to explain a long-standing mystery concerning barren waters in the Antarctic‚ subarctic‚ and equatorial Pacific Oceans. With the abundant concentrations of nutritious nitrate and phosphorus in
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costs Labor costs of assembly-line workers $110‚000 – Direct labor Sales commissions $35‚000 – Period costs Factory supplies used $13‚000 – Direct materials Salaries paid to sales clerks $50‚000 – Period costs (b) Explain the basic difference in accounting for product costs and period costs. Product costs are manufacturing costs‚ direct components‚ direct labor and manufacturing overhead‚ do not become expenditures until the company sells inventory. Period costs are non-manufacturing costs‚ including
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Question 1. (AQA June 2003 Intermediate Paper 1) The diagram represents a solid made from 9 small cubes (a) On the grid below‚ draw the solid from direction A [2 marks] (b) On the grid below‚ draw the solid from direction B [2 marks] Question 2 (AQA November 2003 Intermediate Paper 1) The diagram shows a solid shape made from 8 cubes. [2 marks] Complete the plan view of the solid on the grid below. Question 3 (AQA November 2005 Intermediate Paper 1) This 3-D solid is
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Accounting Convergence: Advantages and Disadvantages Winston Churchill once said that “there is nothing wrong with change‚ if it is in the right direction” (Thinkexist.com) . Today‚ the accounting profession and standards in the United States is facing one of the biggest changes it has seen in a long time: the convergence of its Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Is this a step in the right direction for the United States
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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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