Which area of accounting needs a computerized accounting information system the most—payroll, tax, or preparing financial statements?

What is the effect on the accounting equation when a business pays the balance due on accounts payable?

Assume you are a senior accountant and have been assigned the responsibility for making the entries to close the books for the year. You have prepared the following four entries and presented them to your boss, the chief financial officer of the company, along with the company CEO, in the weekly staff meeting: As the CEO was reviewing your work, he asked the question, What do these entries mean? Can we learn anything about the company from reviewing them? Provide an explanation to give to the CEO about what the entries reveal about the companys operations this year.

Assume you are a newly-hired accountant for a local manufacturing firm. You have enjoyed working for the company and are looking forward to your first experience participating in the preparation of the companys financial statements for the year-ending December 31, the end of the companys fiscal year. As you are preparing your assigned journal entries, your supervisor approaches you and asks to speak with you. Your supervisor is concerned because, based on her preliminary estimates, the company will fall just shy of its financial targets for the year. If the estimates are true, this means that all 176 employees of the company will not receive year-end bonuses, which represent a significant portion of their pay. One of the entries that you will prepare involves the upcoming bond interest payment that will be paid on January 15 of the next year. Your supervisor has calculated that, if the journal entry is dated on January 1 of the following year rather than on December 31 of the current year, the company will likely meet its financial goals thereby allowing all employees to receive year-end bonuses. Your supervisor asks you if you will consider dating the journal entry on January 1 instead of December 31 of the current year. Assess the implications of the various stake holders and explain what your answer will be.

The step-by-step process to record business activities and events to keep financial records up to date is ________. A. day-to-day cycle B. accounting cycle C. general ledger D. journal

How does the time period assumption affect an accountant's analysis of business transactions ?

In this section, you are asked to review and comment on the one of the business cycles provided. Complete steps 1 and 2 prior to preparing your response: 1. Choose from one of the following cycles: Payroll or Purchasing. 2. Review the list of main activities in the cycle you chose (a summary of main activities is listed for each cycle) from the table below. Payroll Activities 1. Hiring Employees 2. Authorizing Payroll Changes Purchasing Activities 1. Requisitioning goods and services 2. Preparing purchase orders

How would the chart of accounts help an accounting staff in the preparation of the accounting records of the business?

Evaluate the company’s latest annual financial statements (balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement) and comment on the company's financial performance and position. In your response, use the requirements of IAS 1 as a guide.b) Identify and discuss key accounting principles and standards applied in the company’s financial reporting process indicating their reasons for choosing these and how they were applied. Comment briefly on the appropriateness of the choices made given the company’s industry, location and type (e.g. MNC, regional conglomerate, etc.)c) Critically analyze any significant accounting policies and estimates disclosed in the notes to the financial statements. In your answer, indicate whether the company complied with the accounting standards and conventions.