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7th Canadian Edition by Libby, Hodge,
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Kanaan, Sterling Chapters 1 - 13, Complete
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,TABLE OF CONTENTS m m m
CHAPTER ONE m
Financial Statements and Business Decisions
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CHAPTER TWO m
Investing and Financing Decisions and the Accounting System
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CHAPTER THREE m
Operating Decisions and the Accounting System
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CHAPTER FOUR m
Adjustments, Financial Statements, and the Closing Process
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CHAPTER FIVE m
Reporting and Interpreting Sales Revenue, Receivables, and Cash
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CHAPTER SIX m
Reporting and Interpreting Cost of Sales and Inventory
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CHAPTER SEVEN m
Reporting and Interpreting Long-Lived Assets
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CHAPTER EIGHT m
Reporting and Interpreting Current Liabilities
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CHAPTER NINE m
Reporting and Interpreting Non-current Liabilities
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CHAPTER TEN m
Reporting and Interpreting Shareholders' Equity
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CHAPTER ELEVEN m
Statement of Cash Flows
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CHAPTER TWELVE m
Communicating Accounting Information and Analyzing Financial Statements
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN m
Reporting and Interpreting Investments in Other Corporations
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,CHAPTER ONE m
Financial Statements and Business Decisions m m m m
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS m m
1. Accounting is a system that collects and processes (analyzes, measures, and
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records) financial information about an organization and reports that information
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todecision makers.
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2. Financial accounting involves preparation of the four basic financial statements
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andrelated disclosures for external decision makers. Managerial accounting
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involves the preparation of detailed plans, budgets, forecasts, and performance
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reports for internal decision makers.
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3. Financial reports are used by both internal and external groups and individuals.
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Theinternal groups are comprised of the various managers of the entity. The
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external groups include the owners, investors, creditors, governmental agencies,
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other interested parties, and the public at large.
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4. Investors purchase all or part of a business and hope to gain by receiving part of
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what the company earns and/or selling the company in the future at a higher price
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than they paid. Creditors lend money to a company for a specific length of time
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andhope to gain by charging interest on the loan.
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5. In a society each organization can be defined as a separate accounting entity. An
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accounting entity is the organization for which financial data are to be collected.
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Typical accounting entities are a business, a church, a governmental unit, a
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university and other nonprofit organizations such as a hospital and a welfare
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organization. A business typically is defined and treated as a separate entity
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because the owners, creditors, investors, and other interested parties need to
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evaluate its performance and its potential separately from other entities and from
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itsowners.
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, 6. Name of Statement
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(a) Income Statement
m (a) Statement of Earnings; Statement of
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Income; Statement of Operations
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(b) Balance Sheet m (b) Statement of Financial Position
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(c) Audit Report
m (c) Report of Independent Accountants
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