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    Financial Accounting

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    of $10‚000. Depreciation for year 1 $57‚144 Depreciation for year 2 $40‚818 Asset #4—Furniture manufacturing equipment—Henry purchased furniture making equipment on February 1‚ 2011 for $500‚000. The equipment is expected to last ten years‚ have a salvage value of $30‚000 and be depreciated using the double-declining-balance method. Depreciation for year 1 $9‚400 Depreciation for year 2 $752 Asset #5—Assembly Line—Henry purchased an assembly line on January 15‚ 2011 for $400‚000.

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    Practice Problems Module 3         Module 3 Practice Problems & Solutions   Introduction to Financial Accounting in the 21st Century © Gaber‚ Hayes & Porporato 2011     1   Practice Problems Module 3         PROBLEM 1 – MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 1. In recording transactions‚ (a) The word debit means to increase and the word credit means to decrease. (b) Assets‚ expenses‚ and owners’ drawing accounts are debited for

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    CHAPTER 2 THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING 2.1 INTRODUCTION The previous chapter defined the research problem and stated the main hypothesis for the study‚ namely that management accountants may not be able to contribute fully to the strategic management process in the future‚ as the skills required and displayed by management accountants do not meet the needs of the changing business environment. This hypothesis also indicates a growing gap between current tertiary

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    Af2108 Financial Accounting

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    Dr. Sunny Sun‚ Poly U.‚ Only for use in AF2108 Financial Accounting‚ Second Semester 2010/2011. AMY LAU JUN HAN HAIER: MANAGEMENT CONTROL ON A TACTICAL LEVEL The Haier Group started out as a refrigerator manufacturer in China in 1984 with imported refrigerator production technology from the German Liberhaier company. In the following two decades‚ Haier grew to become one of the world’s leading white goods home appliance manufacturers and was constantly regarded as an aspiring‚ fast growth

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    What Is Accounting

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    According to Weetman (2006 p25) ‘accounting is the process of identifying‚ measuring and communicating financial information about an entity to permit informed judgements and decisions by users of the information.’ If we extract the suffix of the word‚ we are left with the word ‘account’. To account for something is to take something into consideration. In terms of finance‚ accounting for something can be seen as baring it in mind when compiling financial information. Synony mously‚ taking something

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    Does Fair Value Accounting for Non-Financial Assets Pass the Market Test? Hans B. Christensen and Valeri V. Nikolaev The University of Chicago Booth School of Business 5807 South Woodlawn Avenue Chicago‚ IL 60637 Abstract: The choice between fair value and historical cost accounting is the subject of longstanding controversy among accounting academics and regulators. Nevertheless‚ the market based evidence on this subject is very limited. We study the choice of fair value versus historical

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    of an organized system to replace the existing hodgepodge of record-keeping. QUESTION 2 Islamic accounting can be defined as the “accounting process” which provides appropriates information (not necessarily limited to financial data) to stakeholders of entity which will enable them to ensure that the entity is continuously operating within Islamic Sharia’ ah while “conventional” accounting can be defined to be the identification‚ recording‚ classification‚ interpreting and communications economic

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    Financial Analysis and Interpretation | Kier Group Plc vs. Barratt Developments Plc | | This report is about the financial analysis and interpretation of two construction companies. Analysis and comparison is based upon 4 broad areas: financial performance‚ financial position‚ corporate governance and corporate social and environmental reporting. | | Mr Gajender‚ Student ID- 1025087 | 3/14/2013 | Word Count- 4‚116 | Table of Contents 1. Introduction4 1.1 Introduction to Companies4

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    Financial Accounting Summary

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    Financial Accounting Summary Financial Accounting – Summary Notes Financial Accounting – Summary Notes 1 Financial Statement Basics 3 Understanding of the 3 financial statements – (balance sheet‚ income statement and statement of cash flows). What does each financial statement represent? 3 What is the structure of each statement? 3 What is the link between the three statements? 4 Understanding of the basic mechanics of financial accounting – (debits‚ credits‚ transaction journal entries‚ adjusting

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    assets B. Subsidiary C. Service departments D. Exclusive cash generating unit 7. Assume that employees confessed to a P500‚000 inventory theft but are not able to make restitution. How should this material fraud be shown in the company’s financial statements? A. Classified as loss and shown as a separate line item in the statement of comprehensive income. B. Initially classified as an account receivable because the employees are responsible for the goods. Because they cannot pay‚ the loss

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