1. The basic purpose of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAPs) is to:
a. Minimize the possibility of the business becoming insolvent
b. Ensure the financial statements include the type of information that is best suited to every type of business decision
c. Provide a framework for financial reporting that is understood by both the preparers and the users of financial statements
d. Eliminate the need for professional judgment in preparing financial statements 2. The accounting principle of matching is best demonstrated by
a. not recognizing any expense unless some revenue is realized.
b. associating effort (expense) with accomplishment (revenue).
c. recognizing prepaid rent received as revenue.
d. establishing an Appropriation for
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At December 31, the amount of unused supplies on hand was determined by physical count to amount to $1,460. The proper adjusting entry would be:
a. Debit Office Supplies Expense $1,460 and credit Office Supplies $1,460
b. Debit Accounts Payable $3,310 and credit Office Supplies $3,310
c. Debit Office Supplies $1,460 and credit Office Supplies Expense $1,460
d. Debit Office Supplies Expense $1,850 and credit Office Supplies
$1,850
14. Which of the following statements about the closing process is correct:
a. Balances in Income Statement accounts are reduced to zero
b. The owner’s capital account is updated to reflect the period’s net income and owner withdrawals
c. Temporary accounts are given different treatment than real accounts
d. All of the above statements are correct
15. Under the cash basis of accounting, revenues are recorded
a. when they are earned and realized.
b. when they are earned and realizable.
c. when they are earned.
d. when they are realized.
16. Which of the following appears on the Income Statement of a merchandising company, but not on the income Statement of a business that renders only services?
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a. adverstising expense
b. rent revenue
c. gross profit
d. wages expense
17. Kangaroo Pizza reports net sales of $1,000,000, gross profit of $450,000, and net income of $80,000.
Sony have been known worldwide as a Japanese multinational company, its efforts trying to expanding business in United States, have made that Sony acquires CBS Records and Columbia Pictures. Thus, creating Sony Music and Sony Pictures, which represent Sony entertainment. This involved to the company in $1.2 billion of debt, and assigned goodwill assets for $3.8 billion.
The process requires Peyton Approved to discover how much inventory is sold and what the cost of goods will result in. The process requires the business to review three forms of merchandise inventory to determine which summary benefits the business’s operational behavior. One will discover when assuming that first inventory purchased by the store is the first to be sold, it is determined that the FIFO method displays the best financial outcome for the business. During the process of updating journal entries, one must enter the information proved appropriately into the T-accounts to add the balance under each record. Once the T-accounts for transactions and adjusted transactions are balanced, the next step is to enter the information provided on the balance sheet. The balance sheet will list Peyton Approved assets, liabilities and stockholders equity after added during the T-account process (Nobles, 2014). Once the balance sheet is completed the income statement, statement of retained earnings, and closing entries can be filled with the information proved. This will give the business a full review from journal entry to closing entries of the business for the six month accounting
3. On the basis of the responses to Question 1 and 2, what are the units of accounting in this arrangement?
1. A company’s ending accounts receivable balance and the period’s advertising expense would be found on which financial statements, respectively
Crystalline – term refers to the ordered, symmetrical, arrangement or the atoms that make up the structure
Classify each of the items as an asset, liability; revenue; or expense from the company's viewpoint. Also indicate the normal account balance of each item.
In Year 1, Brun Corp. properly accrued $10,000 for an income item on the basis of a reasonable estimate. In Year 2, Brun determined that the exact amount was $12,000. Which of the following statements is true?
It is important to explain some of the assumptions made in the pro forma statement, as they play a critical part in determining the forecasted revenues. Cost of sales was determined by the equation purchases + other outlays – change in inventory, other outlays = cost of sales. Other Expenses was calculated by adding depreciation costs and four months’ worth of interest, which came to $47,000
1. Describe the impact the three proposed accounting methods (full revenue recognition, deferral of revenue, and partial revenue recognition) would have on the company’s financial statements: 1) at the time of the sale, and 2) in future periods.
Question 3: Describe and show the journal entries illustrating how the company accounts for the transfer of its accounts receivable to financial institutions. Is this accounting treatment reasonable? What are the key assumptions made under this approach? Do you agree with these assumptions?
eight years. He has been well liked by all the staff and has many regular
b. The inventory write down recorded, as an expense by the company is $4.4 million. It is measured at lower of cost and net realizable value. Cost is measured by weighted average using standard cost method or
The goal of this program is to 1. Change a student’s behavior, 2. Change the behavior of the teacher, 3. Or a combinations of both. The behavior modification approaches are directed toward helping a teacher manage the behaviors in the children in the classroom.
1. The Allowance for uncollectible accounts currently has a credit balance of $900. After analyzing the accounts in the accounts receivable subsidiary ledger, the company's management estimates that uncollectible accounts will be $15,000. What will be the amount of uncollectible accounts expense reported on the income statement?