Professor Duren June 11‚ 2013 Financial Accounting Question #3 3. What are the essential features of the allowance method of accounting for bad debts? The allowance method tries to match the written off account with the period in which the sale was made. There are three essential accounting features to the allowance method: 1. Uncollected debt for accounts receivable are matched against revenues within the same accounting period in which they are recorded
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Week Four Team Reflection Tara Bolton‚ Misty Lambou‚ Kenneth Maxwell‚ Jeanette Platt ACC/422 November 26‚ 2012 Instructor: Don Minyard Week Four Team Reflection During Week Four Team D discussed the objectives learned in Week Three. In the following paragraphs‚ Team D will provide examples of the effect of using different depreciation methods and its effects of decision-making by the management. Team D will also analyze why reporting intangible assets are challenging for accountants. Depreciation
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Case Overview Alegent Health (AH) conducted six large group interventions or “decision accelerators” (DA) to generate innovative strategies for the six clinical service areas. Researchers at USC’s Center for effective organizations contracted with AH to assess the impact of the interventions and help the organization learn how to leverage further change. The implementation
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E9-1 The following expenditures relating to plant assets were made by Spaulding Company during the first 2 months of 2011. 1. Paid $5‚000 of accrued taxes at time plant site was acquired. 2. Paid $200 insurance to cover possible accident loss on new factory machinery while the machinery was in transit. 3. Paid $850 sales taxes on new delivery truck. 4. Paid $17‚500 for parking lots and driveways on new plant site. 5. Paid $250 to have company name and advertising slogan painted on new
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1. Based on historical data‚ you have estimated the following probability distributions for the returns on two individual securities (SMALL and BIG) and the value-weighted market portfolio: State probability Small Big Market Expansion 0.30 25% 8% 12% Normal 0.5 15% 6% 10% Recession 0.20 0% 2% 3% a) Calculate the expected return and standard deviation of return for Small‚ Big and the market portfolio b) Calculate the covariance between Small and Big; between Small
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Juliana Borges Connie Robin Gibson XACC/290 June 9‚ 2013 BE5-1: A. $181‚500 B. $41‚200 C. $38‚000 D. $17‚900 E. $8‚500 F. $63‚400 BE5-2: Pocras Company buys merchandise on account from Wedell Company. The selling price of the goods is $900 and the cost of the goods sold is $590. Both companies use perpetual inventory systems. Journalize the transactions on the books of both companies. Pocras Company: Accounts Receivable: Debit = $900‚ Credit = $900. Cost of Goods Sold: Debit = $590
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controls has always been important‚ in today’s world it is mandatory. The accounting scandals‚ such as Enron and WorldCom and the early 2000’s led to the passage of the Sabanes-Oxley Act (SOX). SOX aimed to give the investing public confidence in the financial statements of company’s by offering guidelines and spelling out regulations that publicly traded companies must adhere to. There are two sections of SOX that are of particular interest regarding a company’s internal controls. They are sections
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U1-40 (30 min) Benefit-cost analysis—add a project a. and b. | Income Statement | New contract changes | Dollar impact of new contract | Income with new contract | Sales revenue | $ 1‚500‚000 | $ 200‚000 | $ 200‚000 | $ 1‚700‚000 | Costs | | | | | Labor | 700‚000 | 175‚000 | 175‚000 | 875‚000 | Equipment lease | 104‚000 | 12% | 12‚480 | 116‚480 | Rent | 120‚000 |
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Team D Reflection During Week Two of ACC/291 Team D’s objective was to discuss the week’s topics as outlined in the syllabus. Additionally‚ team members were to discuss any challenges or problems with the topics that may have been experienced. Below is a summary of Team D’s discussion for Week Two. Objective 2.1 Differentiate among accounts payable‚ notes payable and accrued expenses. The team’s objective was first to differentiate and explain accounts payable‚ notes payable and accrued expenses
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entries entails‚ and the logistics of preparing an adjusted trial balance. These two methods are somewhat alike but do have a couple differences. Both methods have been tested and proven to be effective ways for companies to maintain effective financial records. For example‚ in cash basis‚ income is recognized as soon as it is received. Unlike accrual basis which recognizes revenue as soon as the service has been invoiced. Accrual basis allows a company to forecast its projected income‚ because
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