Accrual Method HSM/260 Melissa Vance 11/29/2012 There is one major difference between the accrual method of accounting and the cash basis of accounting and that is that in the accrual method‚ the amount that is entered into the books is one that has
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Accrual Method Nonprofit organizations are required to produce financial statements based on the accrual method of accounting. How is this different from the cash basis of accounting? With accrual accounting it is easy to recognize when revenues are earned and expenses are incurred. Under the cash accounting method an non profit agency would not have any revenues because everything is recorded on a cash in and cash out transactions under cash accounting. There is never any
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Accrual Method Accrual accounting is more accurate on the “timing” of reported revenue and expenses. In cash basis accounting for instance‚ when you have shipped out the goods out of your warehouse to the customer and they have receipt‚ but haven’t received the cash‚ you didn’t book the revenue. However‚ when it comes to Accrual‚ providing you satisfy the revenue recognition principles‚ you can already book the revenue. In accrual accounting you have non-cash items on the books for a particular
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Week 6 HSM 260 Due Day 7 Exercise 11.1 Followed by the family and child benefits being such a success in the previous seminars‚ the Advocates for Children agency is going to conduct another seminar. The agency is a private nonprofit agency. This seminar is going to be conducted in one day for the children and families within the area. The activities that will be conducted at the seminar will provide a profit to help support the agency. The seminar is planned to take place in a conference room
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Checkpoint: Accrual Method •Nonprofit organizations are required to produce financial statements based on the accrual method of accounting. How is this different from the cash basis of accounting? Why is accrual accounting important? Cash basis accounting‚ for example when you ship goods out of your business to customers and they have receipt but have not received the cash‚ means that you may have not booked the revenue. Accrual accounting is more accurate with the timing of reported revenue
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Forecasting HSM/260 January 17‚ 2014 Janice Gilstorff Forecasting Exercise 9.1 Forecasting is a guess of what the financial future holds (production output or sales). In the scenario in the book exercise 9.1 they want you to forecast what the 20X5 figures would be. It does give you some background information‚ such as the Human services expenses over the past four years. 20X1 [$5‚250‚000] 20X2 [$5‚500‚000] 20X3 [$6‚000‚000] 20X4
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Week Nine Final Project: Analyzing Financial Statements HSM 260 Current Ratio Table [ 1 ] | | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | Current Ratio | Current Assets | $104‚296.00 | 0.75 | $82‚058.00 | 0.87 | $302‚902.00 | 0.43 | | Current Liabilities | $139‚017.00 | | $93‚975.00 | | $699‚004.00 | | An organization’s current ratio shows how liquid the assets of the agency are by comparison to the short term debts that the agency must pay to continue its operations. This ratio is calculated
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Definition Scavenger Hunt HSM/260 1. GAAP: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. A collection of rules and procedures and conventions that are put together and defined as accepted accounting practice. This all includes the broad guidelines and the detailed procedures. http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=gaap 2. Basic Accounting Formula: Assets= Liabilities + Shareholders’ Equity. Assets: tangible and intangible assets of a business (cash‚ accounts receivable‚ inventory‚ fixed
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Capstone Checkpoint University of Phoenix HSM/270 Programs are often smaller pieces of a larger human services organization. How will the organization’s mission affect your program? Why it is important to make sure your program is oriented to the organization’s mission and purpose? The organization’s mission is the reason an organization exists and it serves as a roadmap on how the organization is ran. Other names an organization’s mission may be called by are: Purpose or corporate philosophy
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Exercise 10.1 1. The difference in service volume between the high and low time periods is calculated by subtracting the month with the lowest number of meals served from the month with the highest number of meals served. • 4‚900 – 3‚500 = 1‚400 2. The difference in costs between high and low months is calculated by subtracting the cost lowest month from the highest month. • 26‚000 – 20‚500 = 5‚500 3. Variable cost per meal is calculated by dividing the cost difference by the difference in service
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