HI5001 Accounting for Business Decisions Due Date: 29 May 2012‚ 12 p.m. Total Mark: 20 points General Rules and Requirements: The report should be prepared in a group (minimum 3 students in a group and maximum 4). Reports must be confined to 2‚500 words. A title page‚ table of contents (based on your report headings)‚ introduction‚ body of the report‚ conclusion and list of the references actually cited should be included in your assignment paper. Font type should be Times
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Accounting Principles The general rules and concepts that govern the Accounting filed are referred to as the Principles of Accounting. The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) using the groundwork of principles and guidelines has formulated these rules. They lay the foundation for sound and ethical accounting practices. The GAAP (Generally accepted accounting principles or "GAAP") consists of three important sets of rules: • The underlying accounting principles • The rules and standards
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QUESTIONS FOR MID-TERM EXAM 1. All the users of interested parties (users of information) have equal possibility/rights/power to get company’s financial information. Do you agree with this statement (give you arguments)? How financial statements are useful to the various interested parties (users of information)? Financial accounting’s aim is to allow all the users of interested parties to understand firm’s situations in global and synthetic way. The financial statement produce information
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not-for-profit organizations can operate at an accounting profit but still be considered a not-for-profit organization? Over the year’‚ not-for-profit organizations have had many changes in rules and regulations set forth for not-for-profit organizations to abide by. There are three major financial statements involved with not-for-profit organizations and one voluntary financial statement‚ plus four key governmental and federal agencies involved with not-for-profit accounting. There are some key differences between
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ACCT 110 Study Guide_Ch. 11 (Sv) Learning Objectives [1] Distinguish between a standard‚ a budget and variance. [2] State the formulas for determining direct materials and direct labor variances. [3] State the formula for determining the total manufacturing overhead variance. II. Standard and variance Standard is the norm (e.g. standard number of years to get a college degree; standard number of hours to get a good night’s sleep; standard amount of time spent to pass CPA‚ etc).
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Accounting Diversity Although accounting standards and practices are the same across the board in their orgin‚ the Accounting and taxation structures of different countries around the world make them vary between countries. Different countries apply different accounting practices. This accounting diversity is the reason that one company may seem profitable while another seemstobe operating at a loss. This difference between global accounting practices can head to poor business decision-making
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Intro to accounting Business Activites Financing Investing Operating Types of Financing Equity investors: Stockholders Hope to receive dividends or increase in stock price—no guarantees! Public versus private company Debt investors: Creditors of the business Expect principal and interest payments SEC (Securites and exchange commission) Established in 1933 Requires of public companies: Form 10-K (annually) Form 10-Q (quarterly) Audited financial statements (annually) by an “independent
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Edita Mercado Su Jane Acct 301 FASB Codification Assignment 3/13/2013 Professional Research: FASB Codification A. Identify relevant Codification section that addresses transfers of receivables. The relevant codification section that addresses transfers of receivables is the following: FASB ASC 860-10-05-15. C. Provide definitions for the following: 1) Transfer: The conveyance of a noncash financial asset by and to someone other than the issuer of that
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Problem 4.4A Preparing Adjusting Entries from a Trial Balance The Off-Campus Theater adjusts its accounts every month. Below is the company’s unadjusted trial balance dated July 31‚ 2002. Additional information is provided for use in preparing the company’s adjusting entries for the month of July. (Bear in mind that adjusting entries have already been made for the first seven months of 2002‚ but not for July.) OFF-CAMPUS THEATER Unadjusted Trial Balance July 31‚ 2002 Cash $ 16
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Pr. 23-128—Statement of cash flows (indirect method). The net changes in the balance sheet accounts of Keating Corporation for the year 2011 are shown below. Account Debit Credit Cash $ 82‚000 Short-term investments $121‚000 Accounts receivable 83‚200 Allowance for doubtful accounts 13‚300 Inventory 74‚200 Prepaid expenses 17‚800 Investment in subsidiary (equity method) 20‚000 Plant and equipment 210‚000 Accumulated depreciation
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