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TESTBANK
Accounting Principles 14th Edition
by Jerry J. Weygandt, Paul D. Kimmel
Chapters 1 - 27, Complete

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1 Accounting in Action
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2 The Recording Process
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3 Adjusting the Accounts
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4 Completing the Accounting Cycle
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5 Accounting for Merchandising Operations
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6 Inventories
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7 Accounting Information Systems
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8 Fraud, Internal Control, and Cash
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9 Accounting for Receivables
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10 Plant Assets, Natural Resources, and Intangible Assets
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11 Current Liabilities and Payroll Accounting
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12 Accounting for Partnerships
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13 Corporations: Organization and Capital Stock Transactions
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14 Corporations: Dividends, Retained Earnings, and Income Re
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porting

,15 Long-Term Liabilities
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16 Investments
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17 Statement of Cash Flows
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18 Financial Analysis: The Big Picture
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19 Managerial Accounting
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20 Job Order Costing
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21 Process Costing
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22 Cost-Volume-Profit
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23 Incremental Analysis
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24 Budgetary Planning
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25 Budgetary Control and Responsibility Accounting
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26 Standard Costs and Balanced Scorecard
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27 Planning for Capital Investments
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, CHAPTER 1 a




ACCOUNTING IN ACTION a a




CHAPTER LEARNING OBJECTIVES
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1. Identifyatheaactivitiesaandausersaassociatedawithaaccounting.aAccountingaisaanainformationasystematha
taidentifies,arecords,aandacommunicatesatheaeconomicaeventsaofaanaorganizationatoainterestedausers.aTh
eamajorausersaandausesaofaaccountingaareaasafollows:a(a)aManagementausesaaccountingainformationatoap
lan,aorganize,aandarunatheabusiness.a(b)aInvestorsa(owners)adecideawhetheratoabuy,ahold,aorasellatheirafin
ancialainterestsaonatheabasisaofaaccountingadata.a(c)aCreditorsa(suppliersaandabankers)aevaluateathearisksa
ofagrantingacreditaoralendinga moneya onatheabasisaofaaccountingainformation.aOtheragroupsathatauseaac
countingainformationaareataxingaauthorities,aregulatoryaagencies,acustomers,aandalaboraunions.
2. Explainatheabuildingablocksaofaaccounting:aethics,aprinciples,aandaassumptions.aEthicsaareatheastandar
dsaofaconductabyawhichaactionsaareajudgedaasarightaorawrong.aEffectiveafinancialareportingadependsaonas
oundaethicalabehavior.
Generallyaacceptedaaccountingaprinciplesaareaaacommonasetaofastandardsausedabyaaccountants.aTheapri
maryaaccountingastandard-
settingabodyainatheaUnitedaStatesaisatheaFinancialaAccountingaStandardsaBoard.


3. Stateatheaaccountingaequation,aandadefineaitsacomponents.aTheabasica accountingaequationais:
Assetsa=aLiabilitiesa+aOwner'saEquity
Assetsa area resourcesa aa businessa owns.a Liabilitiesa area creditorshipa claimsa ona totala assets.aOwner'saequit
yaisatheaownershipaclaimaonatotalaassets.
Theaexpandedaaccountingaequationais:
Assetsa aLiabilitiesa+aOwner'saCapitala aOwner'saDrawingsa+aRevenuesa
Expenses
Investmentsabyaownersa(assetsatheaowneraputsaintoatheabusiness)aarearecordedainaaacategoryacalledaow
ner‘sacapital.aOwner‘sadrawingsaareatheawithdrawalaofaassetsabyatheaowneraforapersonalause.aRevenuesa
areatheagrossaincreaseainaowner‘saequityafromabusinessaactivitiesaforatheapurposeaofaearningaincome.aEx
pensesaareatheacostsaofaassetsaconsumedaoraservicesausedaina thea processa ofa earninga revenue.a Owner‘
sa equitya isa increaseda bya ana owner‘sa investmentsaandabyarevenuesafromabusinessaoperations.aOwner‘sa
equityaisadecreasedabyaanaowner‘sawithdrawalsaofaassetsaandabyaexpenses.
4. Analyzeatheaeffectsaofabusinessatransactionsaonatheaaccountingaequation.aEachabusinessatransactionam
ustahaveaaadualaeffectaonatheaaccountingaequation.aForaexample,aifaanaindividualaassetaincreases,atherea
mustabeaaacorrespondinga(1)adecreaseainaanotheraasset,aora(2)aincreaseainaaaspecificaliability,aora(3)aincre
aseainaowner'saequity.
5. Describeatheafourafinancialastatementsaandahowatheyaareaprepared.aAnaincomeastatementapresentsath
earevenuesaandaexpenses,aandaresultinganetaincomeaoraneta lossaforaaa specificaperiodaofatime.aAnaowner
'saequityastatementasummarizesatheachangesainaowner'saequityaforaaaspecificaperiodaofatime.aAabalanceas
heetareportsatheaassets,aliabilities,aandaowner'saequityaataaaspecificadate.aAastatementaofacashaflowsasum
marizesainformationaaboutatheacashainflowsa(receipts)aandaoutflowsa(payments)aforaaaspecificaperiodaofa
time.