Fundamental Accounting Principles
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ISBN: 9781259916960
Author: Wild, John J., Shaw, Ken W.
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 3, Problem 2AA
Key figures for the recent two years of both Apple and Google follow.
Apple | ||||
$ millions | Current Year | Prior Year | Current Year | Prior Year |
Net income | .... $ 48,351 | $ 45,S37 | $ 12,662 | $19,478 |
Net sales | 229,234 |
215,639 | 110,855 | 90,272 |
Required
- Compute profit margins for (a) Apple and (&) Google for the two years of data reported above.
- In the current year, which company is more successful on the basis of profit margin?
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Fundamental Accounting Principles
Ch. 3 - Prob. 1DQCh. 3 - Why is the accrual basis of accounting generally...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3DQCh. 3 - What is a prepaid expense and where is it reported...Ch. 3 - What type of assets requires adjusting entries to...Ch. 3 - 6. What contra account is used when recording and...Ch. 3 - What is an accrued revenue? Give an example..Ch. 3 - 8. If a company initially records prepaid expenses...Ch. 3 - Review the balance sheet of Apple in Appendix À....Ch. 3 - Prob. 10DQ
Ch. 3 - Prob. 11DQCh. 3 - Prob. 12DQCh. 3 - Periodic reporting C1 Choose from the following...Ch. 3 - Prob. 2QSCh. 3 - Identifying accounting adjustments Classify the...Ch. 3 - Concepts 0f adjusting entries During the year, a...Ch. 3 - Prepaid (deferred) expenses adjustments Pl For...Ch. 3 - Prepaid (deferred) expenses adjustments For each...Ch. 3 - Prob. 7QSCh. 3 - Accumulated depreciation adjustments Pl For each...Ch. 3 - Adjusting for depreciation P1 For each separate...Ch. 3 - Unearned (deferred) revenues adjustments For each...Ch. 3 - Adjusting for unearned (deferred) revenues P2 For...Ch. 3 - Accrued expenses adjustments Pl For each separate...Ch. 3 - Prob. 13QSCh. 3 - Accrued revenues adjustments P4 For each separate...Ch. 3 - Recording and analysing adjusting entries A1...Ch. 3 - QS3-16
Determining effects of adjusting...Ch. 3 - Preparing an adjusted trial balance P5 Following...Ch. 3 - Prob. 18QSCh. 3 - Prob. 19QSCh. 3 - Prob. 20QSCh. 3 - Preparing adjusting entries P4 Garcia Company had...Ch. 3 - Preparing adjusting entries P4 Cal Consulting...Ch. 3 - Prob. 1ECh. 3 - Exercise 3.2 Classifying adjusting entries C3 In...Ch. 3 - Exercise 3-3 Adjusting and paying accrued wages P3...Ch. 3 - Prob. 4ECh. 3 - Exercise 3-5 Adjusting and paying accrued expenses...Ch. 3 - Exercise 3-6 Preparing adjusting entries P1 P2 P3...Ch. 3 - Exercise 3-7 Preparing adjusting entries P1 P3 P4...Ch. 3 - Exercise 3-8 Analyzing and preparing adjusting...Ch. 3 - Prob. 9ECh. 3 - Preparing financial statements from a trial...Ch. 3 - Prob. 11ECh. 3 - Exercise 3-11 Adjusting for prepaid recorded as...Ch. 3 - Prob. 13ECh. 3 - Exercise 3-14 Preparing adjusting entries P1 P2 P3...Ch. 3 - Problem 3-1A Identifying adjusting entries with...Ch. 3 - Problem 3-2B Preparing adjusting and subsequent...Ch. 3 - Problem 3-3A Preparing adjusting entries, adjusted...Ch. 3 - Problem 3-4A Interpreting unadjusted and adjusted...Ch. 3 - Problem 3-5A Preparing financial statements from...Ch. 3 - Problem 3-6A
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