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t Canadian Edition by Libby, Hodge, Kanaan,
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t Sterling Chapters 1 - 13, Complete
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,TABLE OF CONTENTS t t t
CHAPTER ONE t
Financial Statements and Business Decisions
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CHAPTER TWO t
Investing and Financing Decisions and the Accounting System
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CHAPTER THREE t
Operating Decisions and the Accounting System
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CHAPTER FOUR t
Adjustments, Financial Statements, and the Closing Process
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CHAPTER FIVE t
Reporting and Interpreting Sales Revenue, Receivables, and Cash
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Reporting and Interpreting Cost of Sales and Inventory
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CHAPTER SEVEN t
Reporting and Interpreting Long-Lived Assets
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CHAPTER EIGHT t
Reporting and Interpreting Current Liabilities
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CHAPTER NINE t
Reporting and Interpreting Non-current Liabilities
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CHAPTER TEN t
Reporting and Interpreting Shareholders' Equity
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CHAPTER ELEVEN t
Statement of Cash Flows
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CHAPTER TWELVE t
Communicating Accounting Information and Analyzing Financial Statements
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN t
Reporting and Interpreting Investments in Other Corporations
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Financial Statements and Business Decisions t t t t
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS t t
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 involves
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the preparation of detailed plans, budgets, forecasts, and performance reports for
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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 external
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groups include the owners, investors, creditors, governmental agencies, other
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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 what
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the company earns and/or selling the company in the future at a higher price than they
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paid. Creditors lend money to a company for a specific length of time andhope to gain
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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 because
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the owners, creditors, investors, and other interested parties need to evaluate its
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performance and its potential separately from other entities and from itsowners.
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6. Name of Statement t t Alternative Title t
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, (a) Income Statement
t (a) Statement of Earnings; Statement of
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Income; Statement of Operations
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(b) Balance Sheet
t (b) Statement of Financial Position
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(c) Audit Report
t (c) Report of Independent Accountants
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