ISSUES IN ACCOUNTING EDUCATION Vol. 27‚ No. 2 2012 pp. 493–524 American Accounting Association DOI: 10.2308/iace-50124 How Adjusting Entries Affect the Quality of Financial Reporting: The Case of Frosty Co. Jason C. Porter ABSTRACT: Recent accounting scandals have emphasized the need to think beyond debits and credits. Accounting students must understand the effects of transactions on a company’s financial position‚ as well as the pressures and incentives they will someday face to misrepresent
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Kyle Jarman Group B Topic 4: Adjusting Entries What are the 4 different Adjusting Entries?: Adjusting entries are classified as either deferrals or accruals. Each class has two subcategories: Prepaid Expenses‚ Unearned Revenues‚ Accrued Revenues and Accrued Expenses. What accounting assumptions necessitate the use of adjusting entries?: Some events are not recorded daily because it is not efficient to do so. Some costs are not recorded during the accounting period because they expire
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QUIZ CHAPTER 3 ACTG 500 BE 161 Prepare adjusting entries for the following transactions. Omit explanations. 1. Depreciation on equipment is $800 for the accounting period. 2. There was no beginning balance of supplies and purchased $500 of office supplies during the period. At the end of the period $80 of supplies were on hand. 3. Prepaid rent had a $1‚000 normal balance prior to adjustment. By year end $600 was unexpired. Solution 161 |1 |Depreciation Expense
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Adjusting Entries – Examples Let’s work with some examples. We are working with a one year accounting period that ends on 12/31/X2. Let’s use a three step process. Step 1 – Analyze the transaction. Step 2 – Record in the journal. Step 3 – Post to the ledger. Example 1: On 12/31/X2 (before the adjusting process)‚ Supplies‚ an asset‚ has a balance of $2‚500. Employees take a physical account of the supplies on hand. That physical count reveals that $1‚200 of supplies remains. Step 1 ‐‐ The balance
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accounting better. I am also hoping that my supervisor will be proud of me‚ and continue asking me to mentor new people‚ and hopefully give me a raise or a promotion. To better understand accounting we need to know why adjusting entries are so important to a business. Adjusting journal entries are made at the end of each closing period to adjust the account balances. Most of the time‚ this is necessary in order to achieve a clean cut-off at the end of the accounting period‚ and to ensure the accounts are
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Adjusting Entries Yvenie Desire ACCT205-1203A-11 June 9‚ 2012 Adjusting Entries Welcome to the company and as an accounting clerk for the department you will be working a lot with the accounting department and with me. I will be mentoring you on certain aspect of accounting and what needs to be done. First we’ll get started with why adjusting entries are necessary. “Adjusting entries ensures that the correct amount of revenues and expenses are recorded in a specified time period.” (Editorial
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BASICS OF ADJUSTING ENTRIES Study Objectives—after studying the chapter‚ you should be able to: 1. Explain the time period assumption. 2. Explain the accrual basis of accounting. 3. Explain why adjusting entries are needed. 4. Identify the major types of adjusting entries. 5. Prepare adjusting entries for deferrals (prepayments). 6. Prepare adjusting entries for accruals. 7. Describe the nature and purpose of an adjusted trial balance. 8. Prepare adjusting entries for the
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Ethical Issue in Business – Pfizer‚ Examined Staci Holt PHL/323 Cassandra Giles Sunday‚ August 1‚ 2010 Ethical Issue in Business - Pfizer‚ Examined Pfizer‚ Inc (Pfizer hereafter) is an international pharmaceutical firm with $45.2 billion in profits in previous years and has an estimated allotment for research and development around $7.9 billion (Pagnattaro‚ 2005). Currently involved in a legal battle originating from allegations that the company unethically pursued clinical trials in an
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Ethical Issues in the Medical Field There are many ethical issues that could arise throughout working in the medical field. Daily‚ medical practitioners are put into extremely complicated and stressful situations‚ where they need to make a major decision regarding someone’s life or treatment. There are many ethical issues that could arise throughout working in the medical field. Daily‚ medical practitioners are put into extremely complicated and stressful situations‚ where they need to make
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Ethical Issues Organizations today are faced with many issues. A major challenge is dealing with and determining a code of ethics. Ethics involves the study of moral issues and choices (Kinicki‚ 2009). Many organizations today are faced with unethical behavior that occurs throughout the company. Ethical and unethical conduct is the product of a complex combination of influences (Kinicki‚ 2009). They stem from the individual who has their own personality and values out to the internal organizational
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