The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) is an independent‚ private-sector body that develops and approves International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The IASB was formed in 2001 to replace the International Accounting Standards Committee. Its mission is “to develop a single set of high quality‚ understandable‚ enforceable and globally accepted International Financial Reporting Standards”. The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is a private‚ not-for-profit organization whose
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Accounting Principles Questions for IT Students (Second Semester – 2007/2008) For each of the following questions‚ indicate the single best answer: 1. A basic assumption of accounting that requires activities of an entity be kept separate from the activities of its owner is referred to as the a. stand alone concept. b. monetary unit assumption. c. economic entity assumption. d. corporate form of ownership 2. All of the financial statements are for a period of time except the a. income
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Summary Purposes of the Balance Sheet 1. A balance sheet‚ or statement of financial position‚ summarizes the financial position of a company at a particular date by reporting the economic resources (assets)‚ the economic obligations (liabilities)‚ and equity. It reports a company’s resource structure (major classes and amounts of assets) and its financial structure (major classes and amounts of liabilities and equity). It is a detailed explanation of the basic accounting equation: Assets = Liabilities
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Merck Consolidated Balance Sheet | | | | | | € million | ------------------------------------------------- Note | ------------------------------------------------- Dec. 31‚ 2012 | ------------------------------------------------- Dec. 31‚ 2011 | ------------------------------------------------- Jan. 1‚ 2011 | 1 | Previous year’s figures have been adjusted‚ see Note [5] | | Current assets | ------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------
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1. Q:Collect Balance Sheet of five different companies. Try to analyse it in your own words. Analysis can be in terms of change in profit‚ asset‚ liabilities. Etc ZYNGA [pic] The First comapny we’ll be looking at is Zynga. Let’s jump right into it. Across the board‚ the Total Current Assets is less than the previous year‚ more more than other earlier years. This could indicate that the company may have liquidized some of their assests within the year. Total Assests is greater than the
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Balance sheets: the basics A balance sheet is a financial statement at a given point in time. It provides a snapshot summary of what a business owns or is owed. It states what assets the business ownes and what it owes – liabilities‚ at a particular date. The balance sheet is uded to show how the business is being funded and how those funds are being used. The balance sheet is used in three ways: • for reporting purposes (limited company’s annual accounts) • help interested
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can be repaired each hour by a qualified person. Joe bills out labor at $45 per hour‚ but he stipulates that the minimum charge for appliance repair estimates is $30 plus parts. What is the marginal revenue product of a qualified repair person? 3 appliance repairs per hour times $30 = $90 marginal revenue product. What is the maximum hourly wage that he would pay an employee? Therefore‚ since we bring in an additional $90 per hour by hiring one more repair person‚ the maximum wage we would pay
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TRUE-FALSE STATEMENTS 8. Closing entries are not needed if the business plans to continue operating in the future and issue financial statements each year. 9. The dividends account is closed to the Income Summary account in order to properly determine net income (or loss) for the period. 10. After closing entries have been journalized and posted‚ all temporary accounts in the ledger should have zero balances. 11. Closing revenue and expense accounts to the
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are properly stated at the lower of cost or market. 2. Inventories included in the balance sheet are present in the warehouse on the balance sheet date. 3. Inventory quantities include all products‚ materials‚ and supplies on hand. 4. Liens on the inventories are properly disclosed in notes to the financial statements. 5. The client has legal title to the inventories. 6. The financial statements disclose the amounts of raw materials‚ work in progress‚ and finished goods. 7. Inventories
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Tammany Grennell Farm Income Statement (Sales/Delivery Method) ------------------------------------------------- Year Ending December 31‚ 2009 Sales Revenue $522‚000 Less Expenses Cost of Sales 92‚340 Wages 72‚500 Insurance 4‚500 Taxes 32‚500 Depreciation 28‚500 Other 45‚000 Total Expenses 275‚340 ------------------------------------------------- Net Income $246‚660 Grennell Farm Balance Sheet (Sales/Delivery Method)
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