8/2/2012 Objective of Lecture 2 CLASSIFICATION OF ACCOUNTS & ACCOUNTING EQUATION • By end of lecture 2‚ all students should be able to:(a) Understand the five categories of accounts and able to classify them into the respective categories (b) Understand the accounting equation and the relationship between assets‚ liabilities and owner’s equity. Classifications of accounts • • 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. An account is used to record all information regarding an item. The five major
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A. What is the difference between accrual-basis accounting and cash-basis accounting? The difference between the two types of accounting is when revenues and expenses are recorded. In cash basis accounting revenues are recorded when cash is actually received and expenses are recorded when the expenses are actually paid. B. Why would politicians prefer the cash basis over the accrual basis? The accrual basis system deals with deprecation of the value of equipment‚ land and such. Politicians would
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I. Introduction Corporate earnings management has been much in the news lately. For example‚ Business Week has recently run two cover stories‚ one titled “Who Can You Trust?” (October 5‚ 1998) and the other titled “The Numbers Game” (May 14‚ 2001)‚ that suggest that the credibility of earnings reports is being eroded by earnings management. Arthur Levitt‚ Jr.‚ chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)‚ commented in 1998: “Too many corporate managers‚ auditors‚ and analysts
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discussed in this chapter with those faced by a buyer of an automobile. 1. Remoteness of information. It’s difficult for a user to obtain much information about either an automobile manufacturer or the automobile itself without incurring considerable cost. The automobile buyer does have
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International Journals Review Jstore.org Journal Review #1 Accounting Measures of Corporate Liquidity‚ leverage and costs of financial distress. Teresa a john Synopsis: When the cost of financial distress is high in a firm that firm may maintain a large amount of its total asset as liquid asset and be careful on taking debt. This journal has talked about the relation on the financial distress the cost of corporate liquid policy and the leverage policy of the firm. Liquid asset constitute
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101-00128 Oct 2014 Accounting Accounting is the recording‚ measurement‚ and interpretation of financial information (Business 286). This financial information is used to evaluate the organization’s operations. To carry out these interpretations of financial information a public or private accountant is able to do this. To become a public accountant you must earn your CPA (certified public accountant) by passing a test and means you are certified by the state in which you provide accounting services where
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materials. Rudolf Diesel Company’s inventory records show the following data: Units Unit Cost Inventory‚ January 1 5‚000 $9.00 Purchases: June 18 4‚500 8.00 November 8 3‚000 7.00 A physical inventory on December 31 shows 3‚000 units on hand. Under the FIFO method‚ the December 31 inventory is $21‚750. $21‚000. $27‚000. $24‚000. Rudolf Diesel Company’s inventory records show the following data: Units Unit Cost Inventory‚ January 1 5‚000 $9.00 Purchases: June 18 4‚500 8.00 November 8 3‚000 7.00 A physical
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ACC206: Principles of Accounting II Final Paper Instructor: Emmett Denham March 25‚ 2013 ABC Company could reach $3 million in annual sales within 3 years if the company used shingle scrap material to build cedar dollhouses. The new product would add additional costs but would project an aggressive growth in revenue for the company. In the following reports I will show you how beneficial the cedar dollhouses would be to ABC Company. [ABC Company] | Cash Flow Satement | | | | Date:
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HISTORY OF ACCOUNTING LEARNING OUTCOMES Understand the history of accounting dating from prehistoric times to written record keeping. Identify the seven preconditions for the emergence of systematic book keeping. Know Luca Pacioll contributions in introducing double entry book keeping. Accounting is a tool‚ invented by humankind‚ to fulfill needs of society. Unlike the explorers of the past who discovered new lands‚ accounting cannot in any true sense be said to have been discovered
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Chapter 4: Costs and Cost Minimization Multiple Choice 1. Suppose you are a star basketball player at a major university in your sophomore year. You are sought after by several NBA teams. Which of the following choices best characterizes your opportunity cost if you choose to drop out of college and enter the NBA? a) The value of your college scholarship that you have given up. b) The skills that two more years of playing at your college would have given you along with their additional value
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