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ACC 201
Ch 1
140
Accounting
Undergraduate 1
12/12/2010

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Notes payable due within 60 days appears on
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Current liability on Balance Sheet
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amount company expects to collect from customer appears on ...
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the balance sheet under current assets
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Net income appears on which financial statement
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Income statement and statement of retained earnings
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The FASB is responsible for establishing...
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generally accepted rules of accounting
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financial statements are...
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the business documents that companies use to report their results of financial activities to various groups
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going concern  assumption of accounting...
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holds that the entity will remain in operation long enough to use its existing assets
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accounting equation
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assets=liabilities + stock holder equity
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Sole proprietorship characteristics 
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distinct entity, separate from its owner accounting
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equipment appears on...
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balance sheet, long term asset
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main source of cash comes from its main business comes from...
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operating activities on statement of cash flow
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three factors that influence accounting decisions...
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economic legal ethical
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accounting information is subject to the constraints of...
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materiality and cost
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receivables are...
Definition
assets
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valuation of assets on the balance sheet is based on...
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historical cost
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purchases of long term assets are examples of...
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investing activities
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the IFRS standards are..
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slowing merging with US standards of accounting
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an investor wants to view a companies financial position at the end of the period...where do they look?
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balance sheet
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corporations paid in capital includes...
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common stock
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which business are the owners legally distinct from the business
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coporation
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which business provides the least protection to bankers and other creditors...
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corporation
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expenses are...
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decreases in retained earnings resulting from operations...also are debits when they are paid
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these financial statements cover a period of time
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statement of cash flows and income statement
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statement that reports revenues and expenses for the period...
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income statement
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gross profit is reported on the...
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income statement
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where does cash received from sale of stock go on statement of cash flows...
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financing activity 
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the sum of outsider claims plus insider claims equals...
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total assets
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who controls the corporation
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stockholders
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example of selling, general, and administrated expense is..
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sales commission
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the relevant measure of the value of assets of a company that is going out of business is...
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current market value
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CHAPTER 2
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CHAPTER 2
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normal balance for revenue account..because revenues increase
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debit, assets
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a sale is made on account...asset created is ..
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account receivable
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accounting transactions are initially recorded to...
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a journal
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this account is increased by a debit...
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assets, expense, dividends
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increase in stock holders equity that result in delivering goods...
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revenues
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a record of all changes in a particular asset, liability, or stockholder equity during a period is called 
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an account
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company paid cash owed to a creditor...it decreased cash and...
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decreased liabilities 
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if the credit to record a purchase of supplies on account is not posted then...
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liabilities will be understated 
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balance showed 540,000 instead of 450,000...this is an example of
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transposition  
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this account is increased by a debit and has normal balance with a debit...
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an expense account and a asset
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if the credit to record a payment to accounts payable was not posted
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cash will be over stated
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what is the order for preparing financial statements
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journal, ledger, trial balance, financial statements
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prepaid expense appears on...
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 balance sheet
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CHAPTER 3
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CHAPTER 3
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in which months should revenue be recorded
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in the month the good is shipped to the customer
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when something is paid or received in advanced...
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deferral 
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real-estate company fails to accrue commission revenue..
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assets are understated and net income is under stated
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what effect does accrued revenue adjustment have on a company's net income...
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adjustments increase net income for the period
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the revenue principal requires that revenue is recorded when..
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a good is delivered to a customer
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an example of a temporary account is...
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rent expense 
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accumulated depreciation is...
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a contra asset with a normal credit balance
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what order are financial statements prepared
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income statement, statement of retained earnings, balance sheet
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what are indications that an error is made in the trial balance
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accumulated depreciation has a credit balance, service revenue has a debit balance, salary expense has a debit balance
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how does an accrued adjustment effect the financial statement
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increases expenses increases liabilities 
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adjusting entry in accrual accounting for income tax expense includes...
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credit to income tax payable
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CHAPTER 4
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CHAPTER 4
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a company's ___ has the primary responsibility for establishing and maintaining a company's system of internal control
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top management
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in which order are documents prepared for purchasing
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purchase order, receive payment, payment packet
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3 of the components of internal control are...
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monitoring controls, risk assessment, and control enviroment
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separation of duties and protection of assets are part of...
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control procedures 
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EFT on the bank statement is..
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added to the book balance
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book side of bank reconciliation includes...
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NSF checks, bank collections, and interest earned
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fraud triangle includes..
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motive, opportunity, rationalization
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CHAPTER 5
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CHAPTER 5
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most acceptable way to measure bad debts...
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allowance method
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examples of short term invenstments
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current, trading, and short-term
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balance for allowance for uncollectable accounts is considered prior to the year adjustments under...
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aging of receivables method
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quick ratio and number of days sales measures...
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a company's liquidity 
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unrealized loss on marketable security means...
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historical cost of security exceeds current market value 
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investments fall into 3 categories...
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investing, available for sale, held for sale
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age of receivables is...
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a balance sheet approach since it focuses on accounts receivable 
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CHAPTER 6
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CHAPTER 6
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when inventory prices increase, fifo costing method usually will yield a COGs that is...
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lower than the COGs method in LIFO method
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widely used method for estimating the value of ending inventory is..
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gross profit method
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when using lower of cost or market...market refers to...
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replacement cost
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when does the cost of inventory become an expense...
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when inventory is delivered to the customer
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if prices are rising and the company is using LIFO, large purchases at the end of the year will...
Definition
decrease income taxes paid
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disclosure principal requires that management prepare financial reports but do not...
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forecast expected future earnings to help investors decide whether or not to invest in the company
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what is the average cost method

 

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available for sale divided by units available for sale
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CHAPTER 7
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CHAPTER 7
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when computing depreciation for a plant asset, what must be estimated 


 

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useful life and residual value

 

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Goodwill can be...
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amortized and has and indefinite life
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the depreciation attempts to do what?
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match the revenues earned by the asset and cost of the asset
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when an asset is fully depreciated it will...
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have the book value equal the salvage value, the asset has reached the end of its useful life
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what type of an account is accumulated depreciation
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contra-asset 
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an example of capital expenditures are...
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taxes paid in conjunction with the purchase of office equipment
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what is amortization expense recorded as
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intangible assets with an finite life
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the process of allocating an asset's cost to expense over the period in which the asset is used is called...
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depreciation 
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what account does a capital expenditure add to...
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asset
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capital expenditures are not immediately expensed because...
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they increase the asset's capacity 
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an expenditure that increases an asset's capacity or extends its useful is called...
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capital expentidure 
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CHAPTER 8
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CHAPTER 8
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what does discounts on payable do...
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increases interest expense on the income statement
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total interest expense over the life of a bond is...
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total sum of payments plus total discount 
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what does amortizing the discount on bonds payable do
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increases the recorded amount for interest expense 
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if the bond was issued at a premium, what does the journal entry read...
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debit to interest expense, debit to premium on bonds payable, and credit to cash
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if the bond is issued at a discount...
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the interest expense increases until it reaches maturity
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company issues bonds payable that pay interest may 1st and nov 1st, what is the adjusting entry
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credit to discounts on bonds payable
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failure to accrue interest expense results in...
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overstatement of net income and understatement of liabilities 
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under effective interest method of amortization, interest expense each period is calculated by...
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carrying bonds multiplied by the effective interest rate for the appropriate time period
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a bond that matures in installments is...
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serial bond
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contingent liability be recorded if...
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if the account can be estimated or if the future event will occur
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CHAPTER 9
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CHAPTER 9
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Proportional distribution of a it's own stock to its stockholders is a...
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common stock
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on statement of cash flows, equity falls under..
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financing activities
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corporation issued a 5% dividend, the debit to retained earnings is an amount equal to..
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the market value at which the shares are issued
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reissuance of treasury stock above it's cost is on which parts of the statement of cash flows
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financing
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what does the purchase of treasury stock do to the accounts...
Definition
decreases assets and equity
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what is double taxation...
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corporation pays tax on earnings and the share holders pay taxes on dividends
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declaration and distribution of stock dividends does what to accounts...
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increases stock holders equity and decreases retained earnings
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how are stocks organized when stated on the balance sheet...
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preferred stock, common stock, retained earnings
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treasury stock plus stock outstanding equals the number of shares that...
Definition
have been authorized but not issued
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dividends in arrears on cumulative preferred stock are...
Definition
disclosed in notes on financial statements 
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numerator in the equation for rate of return on common equity...
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net income minus preferred dividends
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CHAPTER 10
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CHAPTER 10
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in the equity method for long term assets should never report what...

 

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unrealized gain

 

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If a company pays interest semi annually, the second journal entry looks like...
Definition
interest receivable and interest revenue
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the entry to eliminate the investment in the subsidiary account effects...
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total assets and total equity reported by the consolidated company
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a gain on sale of long term investment using the equity method is determined by comparing the cash received with ...
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the cost of the long term investment, adjusted for the investor's share of the investee's net income and cash dividend, while the investment is held by the comapny
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when foreign currency straightens from the day of the sale... the company should record what..
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foreign currency gain on transaction
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the amortization of a discount on bonds payable purchased as a long term investment does what...
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increases the amount on the  investment account
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 CHAPTER 11
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CHAPTER 11
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unrealized gains or losses on availible for sale are reported as...
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other comprehensive income, they aid in the determination of net income
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financial statement that reports changes in all categories of equity is called...
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statement of stock holders equity
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how do you calculate actual market value of a corporation..
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multiply shares outstanding by the current market share price
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how is the income statement organized
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income from continuing operations, discounted operations, extraordinary gains and losses 
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shipping more to customers than what they ordered is called...
Definition
channel stuffing
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statement of stock holders equity will not include what kind of transaction..
Definition

forgein currency gain

 

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prior period adjustment are added or subtracted from..
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beginning retained earnings
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company sold an unused building at a loss...which area would it fall under..
Definition
unrealized gain or loss
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earnings per share is calculated for...
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discounted operations
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which stock type does not effect the common stock account..
Definition
treasury
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CHAPTER 12
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CHAPTER 12
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increases and decreases in long term liabilities are reported under what section
Definition
financing activities 
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cash recipts from investing activities include..
Definition
sale of plant assets 
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on indirect method statement of cash flows, a gain on sale of assets is...
Definition
deducted from net income
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purchase of treasury stock would be recorded under which section of the statement of cash flows?
Definition
cash outflow under financing 
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statement of cash flow is created and shows increases and decreases in assets, what method was used...
Definition
indirect 
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using the indirect method, an increase in accounts payable during the period is...
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added to net income to determine net cash provided by financing activities 
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