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    fall-out of Accounting Period concept. This concept requires that expenses incurred for a particular accounting period should be reckoned in the same period‚ irrespective of the fact whether these expenses have been paid in cash or not in that year. The same holds true for revenues‚ i.e.‚ revenues earned in a specific accounting period are construed as incomes of the same period‚ irrespective of their receipts. This concept is also known as the accrual theory of accounting or accrual accounting. This

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    UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST College of Business Administration-Manila UESONs’ PRE-MIDTERM EXAM -FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING 1&2- NAME: ___________________________ SECTION: ___________ CELL LEADER: ______________________ WS: ___ CG: ___ SS: ___ DIRECTION: Write your FINAL ANSWERS on the ANSWER SHEET provided. USE CAPITAL LETTERS. NO ERASURES! NO CHEATING! 1. | 26. | 51. | 76. | 2. | 27. | 52. | 77. | 3. | 28. | 53. | 78. | 4. | 29. | 54. | 79. | 5. | 30. | 55. |

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    Objectives * Provide our report on the examination of PTP’s financial statements by February 5‚ with year-end fieldwork to begin January 14‚ 2012 * Issue our management letter comments by February 10‚ 2012 Preliminary Analytical Review Briefly describe the results of your analytical procedures. Print this memo as an outline‚ then compose your answers as attachments in your wordprocessor. Describe any unusual or unexpected relationships that suggest risk of material misstatement? Percent

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    STATEMENTS d 3. Pro forma financial statements are: a. statements recapping the performance of a firm for the past five years. b. accounting statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. c. accounting statements filed with the Internal Revenue Service. d. projected accounting statements based on a sales forecast. e. the most-recently compiled accounting statements of a firm. PLUG VARIABLE e 4. The designated source of external financing required to make a pro forma balance sheet

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    between Biovail and the Distributer provided that title to‚ and risk of loss with respect to‚ the product would not have passed to the Distributer until the product was delivered to the Distributer’s facility. In this scenario‚ using generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) requirements‚ revenue cannot be recognized as the seller has not done everything required under the sales agreement. In this specific sales agreement‚ title and risk of the shipment remains the seller’s until received by the

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    Chapter 9 — Test 1 Note: Most questions can be placed in more than one of the four achievement categories. The achievement chart designation provided here indicates the category that is predominant within the question. 1. For each of the following‚ choose the most appropriate response. 1) A one-year insurance policy was purchased for $960 on July 1‚ 20-1. On December 31‚ 20-1‚ it had an unexpired value of: a. $240. b. $480. c. $560. d. $400. e. none of the above. 2) The accountant

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    Chapter 7 Accounting Information Systems Questions 1. What is the right side of an account called? 2. What is the left side of an account called? 3. An organizational scheme used to classify accounts as assets‚ liabilities‚ or owners’ equity is known as what? 4. What journal is used to record both the account(s) to be debited and the account(s) to be credited? 5. A collection of specific asset‚ liability and owners’ equity accounts in known as what? 6. What type

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    University of Dubuque School of Business BAC 241: Principles of Financial Accounting Homework Chapter 4: Completing Accounting Cycle Name: Due Thursday‚ October 04‚ 2012 in class 1. During 2013‚ Rumbo Corporation had cash and credit sales of $21‚760 and $15‚225‚ respectively. The company also collected accounts receivable of $9‚765 and incurred operating expenses of $27‚700‚ 80 percent of which were paid during the year. In addition‚ Rumbo paid $4‚500 for an 18-month advertising

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    1.. A company earned $3‚960 in net income for October. Its net sales for October were $22‚000. Its profit margin is: 1.8%. 18%. 180%. 556%. $18‚040 2. On June 30 of the current calendar year‚ Apricot Co. paid $8‚200 cash for management services to be performed over a two-year period. Apricot follows a policy of recording all prepaid expenses to asset accounts at the time of cash payment. The adjusting entry on December 31 for Apricot would include: A debit to an

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    Generally Accepted Auditing Principles Generally Accepted Auditing Principles There are many different types of audits including financial statements audit‚ the operational audit and the compliance audit. Either an internal auditor or an external auditor from another firm can conduct these various audits. “The American Accounting Association defines auditing as a systematic process of objectively obtaining and evaluating the accounts of financial records of a governmental‚ business‚

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