INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING(LL) W/CENGAGENO
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Author: WAHLEN
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Chapter 4, Problem 7C
Analyzing Starbucks’s Accounting Policies
A company must include a summary of its accounting policies in the notes to its financial statements. Starbucks includes this summary as the first note to the consolidated financial statements shown in Appendix A.
Required:
- 1. Explain what is required to be disclosed about the accounting policies of a company.
- 2. Review the Starbucks note on its accounting policies and answer the following questions:
- a. What items are classified as cash equivalents?
- b. How are inventories valued, and what inventory costing method(s) is used?
- c. How are property, plant, and equipment stated, and what
depreciation method is used? - d. How much is the allowance for doubtful accounts at the end of 2013? What was the amount of gross receivables?
- e. When does the company test
goodwill for impairment? - f. What items do not appear on the
balance sheet as assets or liabilities because the company uses them under operating leases? - g. How does the company account for
treasury stock repurchases?
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