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What are the four basic financial statements? What is the primary purpose of each of
the four basic financial statements? In your opinion, which financial statement is the
most important? Explain why. How would the financial statements be useful to
managers and employees? How would the financial statements be useful to investors
and creditors?
What are debits and credits? How are debits and credits used to record business
transactions? Why do accountants debit asset accounts to increase them but credit
liability accounts to increase them? Why do accountants debit expenses to increase
them but credit revenues to increase them?
What is the revenue recognition principle? What is the expense recognition principle?
Why are they important to financial reporting?
What are adjusting entries and why are they necessary?
What are accruals? Provide examples of accruals. Why do accruals require adjusting
What do you think will be the most important of the skills learned when you are in an
accounting position?
Differentiate between accrual basis and cash basis of accounting.
Create Adjusting Entries.
What do you think will be the most important of the skills learned when you are in an
accounting position?
Differentiate between accrual basis and cash basis of accounting.
Create Adjusting Entries.
Question 1
Expenses decrease retained earnings.
Question 2
During 2014, Gibson Company assets decreased $50,000 and its liabilities
decreased $90,000. Its stockholders equity
Browse the Internet to acquire a copy of the most recent annual report for a publicly
traded company. Analyze the information contained in the companys balance sheet
and income statement to answer the following questions:
What are the companys total assets at the end of its most recent annual
period? Why is this important?
reporting
What are the steps in completing the accounting cycle? How do the different steps
affect the financial statements? What is the effect on the financial statements of
missing a step when completing the accounting cycle? What are the four closing
journal entries? Why are they necessary? What are reversing entries? Why are they
used? What are the pros and cons of using reversing entries? Why are reversing
entries optional?
What are the pros and cons of using reversing entries? Why are reversing entries
optional? What is the main purpose of a financial statement worksheet and its
benefits? How has automation aided the preparation, accuracy, and use of the
financial statement worksheet?
Question 1
The revenue recognition principle dictates that revenue is recognized in the period in
which the cash is received.
Question 2
The generally accepted accounting principle which dictates that revenue be
recognized in the accounting period in which the performance obligation is satisfied is
the
How would you calculate cost of goods sold? What items make up cost of goods
sold? How does beginning and ending inventory affect cost of goods sold?
What are the three different inventory cost flow assumptions commonly used in
commerce today and allowed by generally accepted accounting principles?
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What is the control environment? How does the control environment affect a
companys internal controls? What are the negative and positive elements of a control
environment?
IFRS 2-1: In what ways does the format of a statement of financial of position under
IFRS often differ from a balance sheet presented under GAAP?
IFRS 2-2: Do the IFRS and GAAP conceptual frameworks differ in terms of the
objective of financial reporting? Explain.
Discuss the objectives for ACC 290 Week Four. In the wake of accounting scandals
over the past several years, how has the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002 affected
the practice of accounting? What is the role of internal controls in complying with SOX
(2002)? Write a 350 to 500 word summary of your Learning Teams discussion.