Individual Summary Question One ACC-290 March 3rd 2014 Individual Summary Question One It is commonly known that most commercial and general accounting principles use accrual based accounting over cash based accounting. Accrual based accounting is more advanced than cash based accounting so that is why most accountants chose this over the latter. Cash based accounting is when revenues are recognized when cash is received and when expenses are recognized when cash is paid. Cash based accounting
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1. Sources of GAAP and basic framework and concepts ........................................................... 3 2. Reporting net income ................................................................................................... 14 3. Income statement: Income from continuing operations ................................................................................ 17 Discontinued operations ...............................................................................
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Five Reflection Summary ACC/290 Principles of Accounting Date Teacher Week Five Reflection Summary Team B In recent years there have been many highly publicized financial accounting scandals. Enron‚ WorldCom‚ and AIG are a few of the well- known corporate companies that have been involved in financial reporting scandals. United Sates regulators and lawmakers made known their concerns of mistrust in corporate accounting‚ because of unethical financial reporting. In 2002 Congress formed
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Financial Reporting Problem‚ Part 2: Nike ACC/290 Financial Reporting Problem‚ Part 2: Nike When determining the overall financial strength of a company‚ businesses rely on their current assets to show value. Current assets are defined as assets that can or will be converted into cash quickly. The value of the asset’s will vary and may be used at any time as collateral for loans or other investment business development plans. Current assets will include‚ of course‚ cash and cash equivalents
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effective financial records. For example‚ in cash basis‚ income is recognized as soon as it is received. Unlike accrual basis which recognizes revenue as soon as the service has been invoiced. Accrual basis allows a company to forecast its projected income‚ because this method looks at services rendered or sold products as revenue once it has been completed not when money is received. Cash basis doesn’t recognize income until payment is made. This means‚ depending on the companies reporting cycle
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The Regulation of Financial Reporting Contents Part 1 Financial Statement Analysis of JD Wetherspoon plc Executive summary.............................................................................4 1.1 Company profile................................................................................4 1.2 History and development...................................................................4 Introduction....................................
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Juliana Borges Connie Robin Gibson XACC/290 June 9‚ 2013 BE5-1: A. $181‚500 B. $41‚200 C. $38‚000 D. $17‚900 E. $8‚500 F. $63‚400 BE5-2: Pocras Company buys merchandise on account from Wedell Company. The selling price of the goods is $900 and the cost of the goods sold is $590. Both companies use perpetual inventory systems. Journalize the transactions on the books of both companies. Pocras Company: Accounts Receivable: Debit = $900‚ Credit = $900. Cost of Goods Sold: Debit = $590
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Comparing IFRS to GAAP Essay ACC/290 November 24‚ 2014 Comparing IFRS to GAAP Paper Although the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) have a lot of similar guidelines and expectations‚ they also differ in many ways. The IFRS employs more of a “principles based” accounting standards whereas GAAP utilizes more of a “rules based” approach. Even though there are differences between terminology‚ revenue recognition‚ gains and/or losses
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Discuss the effect of the Statement of Principles for Financial Reporting on current UK financial reporting practice. The ASC was set up in the 1970’s‚ where at the time there was no clear statement of accounting principles‚ accept that the accounts should be prudent; consistent; follow the accrual accounting procedures and be based on the assumption that the entity would remain a going concern. Up until 1990 standards were set by the ASC; a body made up of six professional accounting bodies
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What is financial reporting? The traditional function of financial reporting was to provide business owners with information about the companies that they owned and operated. Once the delegation of managerial responsibilities to hired personnel became a common practice‚ financial reporting began to focus on stewardship—that is‚ on the managers’ accountability to the owners. Its purpose then was to document how effectively the owners’ assets were managed‚ in terms of both capital preservation and
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