Financial Statements Principles of Accounting/ACC280 Date Instructor Name Abstract Understanding what is happening financially in the company insights provides the financial information system of accounting. One must have knowledge of numbers when working in accounting. The three basic activities in accounting are identifies‚ records‚ and communicates. The four financial statements are income statements‚ retained earnings statement‚ balance sheet‚
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Individual Assignment Week Two Beauty Edgley ACC/280 Principles of Accounting Mr. Bobby Lon Nelson‚ CPA‚ MBA May 20th‚ 2010 Individual Assignment Week Two The answers from this exercise comes from the book Financial Accounting chapters 1‚2‚ and 7. E1-1 Urlacher Company performs the following accounting tasks during the year. Answer: __c___Analyzing and interpreting information. ____ r__Classifying economic events. ___c___Explaining uses‚ meaning‚ and limitations of data. ___r___Keeping
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Ratio‚ Vertical and Horizontal Analyses XXXXXXXXXX XACC/280 XXXXXXXXXX Ratio‚ Vertical and Horizontal Analyses The three tools of financial statements analysis are Horizontal (trend)‚ Vertical (common size)‚ and Ratio. The first financial statement analysis is horizontal which evaluates the performance of the company from one accounting period to the next. Horizontal analyses’ are conducted to assess any relative changes in different items over a specified time period. It also indicates
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Internal Controls XACC/280 4/21/2013 There are many rules companies must follow whenever documenting financial information or any other data which is gather during any business transactions. In order for said companies to report financial information internal controls have to be put in place as companies have to adhere to certain laws and regulations. Internal controls can be defined as a process which companies follow in order to ensure all financial reporting is done in a reliable and
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DQ 1 What would be the effect of removing either the Matching Principle or the Revenue Recognition Principle from the process? Use a concrete example of how doing so might affect accounting in a given period. From experience of handling financial records for various companies’‚ from start-ups to million dollar small business‚ I’ve found that removing these processes can lead to disaster. By eliminating them you are saving more work to do later‚ it doesn’t matter if it’s the end of the year
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Accounting Equation Paper Student Course Date Instructor Accounting Equation Paper The accounting equation which we know as Assets equals to Liabilities plus Equity for a sole proprietorship and for a corporation we know it as Assets equals to liabilities plus stockholders & equity. Assets are company owned‚ liabilities are what company owes and the difference between the both of them is the owner’s equity‚ these three things are what the companies
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The accounting equation is‚ Assets are equal to Liabilities plus Stockholders’ Equity. Assets are resources owned by a business. Liabilities are the debts and obligations of the business. Liabilities represent claims of creditors on the assets of a business. Stockholders’ equity represents the claims of owners on the assets of the business. This equity is divided into two parts: common stock and retained earnings. The balance sheet reports assets and claims to assets at one specific point in time
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Teeya Clarke MBA 621-Financial and Managerial Accounting July 11‚ 2015 Problem 2-3 Indicate the net effect on assets‚ liabilities and owners’ equity resulting from each of the following transactions: Assets=Liabilities+owners’ Equity 1. Capital stock was issued for $100‚000 cash This will increase assets by $100‚000 and increase equity by $100‚000 2. Bonds payable of $25‚000 were refunded with capital stock. The liabilities will be decreased by 25‚000 and increase equity by 25‚000 3. Depreciation
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Week One Exercise Assignment Basic Accounting Equations 1. Recognition of normal balances The following items appeared in the accounting records of Triguero ’s‚ a retail music store that also sponsors concerts. Classify each of the items as an asset‚ liability; revenue; or expense from the company ’s viewpoint. Also indicate the normal account balance of each item. a. Amounts paid to a mall for rent. b. Amounts to be paid in 10 days to suppliers. c. A new fax machine purchased for
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financial statements are based on the accounting equation. This equation presents the resources of a company and the claims to those resources. Assets are economic resources that are expected to produce a benefit in the Future Liabilities are outsider claims. They are debts that are payable to outsiders‚ called creditors. Owners’ equity (also called capital or stockholders equity for a corporation) represents the insider claims of a business. The accounting equation shows the relationship among assets
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