Will there be one set of accounting standards in use throughout the world in the next five years? Accounting around the world has become a huge focus in recent years due to the diversity of methods used in accounting and the difficulty of comparing US based firms and international firms. In the United States the guidelines that govern accounting are US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or GAAP. Recently the Securities Exchange Commission or SEC has begun the process of switching to the International
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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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FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING I COURSE DESCRIPTION/OBJECTIVES The primary aim of Financial Accounting is to provide students with an introduction to the process and function of financial reporting. Whilst a large proportion of the course is aimed at understanding accounting as a process‚ taking a preparers‟ perspective‚ we will also seek to develop an understanding of the importance of the role of accounting in today’s society. LEARNING OUTCOMES After studying this course the student will be able to understand:
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The Legendary Iqbal Khan ACTG4160: Advanced Financial Accounting! ! Inter-Corporate Investments‚ Business Combinations and Consolidations! ! Introduction! ! - Non-strategic investments can be FVTPL or FVTOCI while strategic investments range from significant influence to joint arrangements to controlled subsidiaries! - Investments under 20% are considered passive unless clearly demonstrated otherwise! - No strategic advantage in terms of ability to influence or control the investee!
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is an application of which accounting concept? A) B) C) D) 2) Going concern. Historical cost. Consistency. Prudence. Which statement relating to depreciation is true? A) The cash account is affected by charging depreciation B) Accumulated depreciation represents the portion of an asset’s cost that has been transferred to depreciation expense C) Accumulated depreciation is a contra-expense account D) Depreciation represents cash that can be used to replace assets when they wear out 3) As at
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Review sheet Test 2 Chapters 4 & 5 (33 Multiple choice) Chapter 4 ▪ Definitions or calculations presentation on financial statements- Net Sales‚ COGS‚ gross profit‚ selling and administrative expenses o Sale - sale discount = Net sales o Net sale – COGS = Gross profit o Sale discount + net sale= sale o Sale – net sale = sale dis o Net sale – gross profit= COGS New asset -> inventory Expense -> COGS Revenue -> sales Contra revenue (debit)
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updated account payable. This is to ensure the payment of bills is authorized by account payables not the finance clerk‚ who writes the checks. Implications (effects of the problem) a. There will be a manipulation of accounts and misuse of cash. b. Without a copy of PO‚ vendor‚ Receiving Department and AP cannot review and
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Problem 1 The Commonwealth Company uses a job-order cost system and applies manufacturing overhead cost to jobs using a predetermined overhead rate basedon the cost of materials used in production. At the beginning of the year‚ the following estimates were made as a basis for computing the predetermined overhead rate: manufacturing overhead cost‚$186‚000; direct materials cost‚$155‚000. The following transactions took place during the year (all purchases and services were acquired on account): a
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MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING Information for Decision-Making and Strategy Execution SIXTH EDITION Anthony A. Atkinson University of Waterloo Robert S. Kaplan Harvard University Ella Mae Matsumura University of Wisconsin–Madison S. Mark Young University of Southern California Boston Columbus Indianapolis New York San Francisco Upper Saddle River Amsterdam Cape Town Dubai London Madrid Milan Munich Paris Montreal Toronto Delhi Mexico City S~ Paulo Sydney Hong Kong Seoul Singapore
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History of Accounting The name that looms largest in early accounting history is Luca Pacioli‚ who in 1494 first described the system of double-entry bookkeeping used by Venetian merchants in his Summa de Arithmetica‚ Geometria‚ Proportioni et Proportionalita. Of course‚ businesses and governments had been recording business information long before the Venetians. But it was Pacioli who was the first to describe the system of debits and credits in journals and ledgers that is still the basis of today’s
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