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Solution Manual for Fundamentals of Financial
Accounting
6CE Fred Phillips, Robert Libby, Patricia Libby,
Brandy
Mackintosh Chapter 1-13

Chapter 1 Business Decisions and Financial Accounting
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1. Accounting is a system of analyzing, recording, and summarizing the results of a business‘s
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2. An advantage of operating as a sole proprietorship, rather than a corporation, is that it is easy to
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establish. Another advantage is that income from a sole proprietorship is taxed only once in the h
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ands of the individual proprietor (income from a corporation is taxed in the corporation and the
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n again in the hands of the individual proprietor). A disadvantage of operating as a sole proprieto
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rship, rather than a corporation, is that the individual proprietor can be held responsible for the
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debts of the business.
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3. Financial accounting focuses on preparing and using the financial statements that are made avail
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able to owners and external users such as customers, creditors, and potential investors who are
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interested in reading them. Managerial accounting focuses on other accounting reports that are
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not released to the general public, but instead are prepared and used by employees, supervisors,
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and managers who run the company.
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4. Financial reports are used by both internal and external groups and individuals. The internal gro
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ups are comprised of the various managers of the business. The external groups include invest
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ors, creditors, governmental agencies, other interested parties, and the public at large.
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5. The business itself, not the individual shareholders who own the business, is viewed as owning
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the assets and owing the liabilities on its balance sheet. A business‘s balance sheet includes t
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he assets, liabilities, and shareholders‘ equity of only that business and not the personal asse
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ts, liabilities, and equity of the shareholders. The financial statements of a company show th
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e results of the business
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activities of only that company. O8 O8 O8 O8




6. (a) Operating – O 8 O8




These activities are directly related to earning profits. They include buying supplies, making pro
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ducts, serving customers, cleaning the premises, advertising, renting a building, repairing equip
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ment, and obtaining insurance coverage. O8 O8 O8 O8




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These activities involve buying and selling productive resources with long lives (such as buildings
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, land, equipment, and tools), purchasing investments, and lending to others.
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Any borrowingfrom banks, repayingbank loans,receiving contributionsfrom shareholder
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s,orpayingdividendstoshareholdersareconsideredfinancingactivities.
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7. The heading of each of the four primary financial statements should include the following:
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8. (a) The purpose of the balance sheet is to report the financial position (assets, liabilities and
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shareholders‘ equity) of a business at a point in time. O8 O8 O8 O8 O8 O8 O8 O8 O8




(b) The purpose of the income statement is to present information about the revenues, expe
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nses, and net income of a business for a specified period of time.
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(c) The statement of retained earnings reports the way that net income and the distributio
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n of dividends affected the financial position of the company during the period.
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(d) The purpose of the statement of cash flows is to summarize how a business‘s operating,
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investing, and financing activities caused its cash balance to change over a particular period of time.
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9. The income statement, statement of retained earnings, and statement of cash flows would be dated
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―For the Year Ended December 31, 2020,‖ because they report the inflows and outflows of resource
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s during a period of time. In contrast, the balance sheet would be dated ―At December 31, 2020,‖ b
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ecause it represents the assets, liabilities and shareholders‘ equity at a specific date.
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10. Net income is the excess of total revenues over total expenses. A net loss occurs if total expe
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11. The accounting equation for the balance sheet is: Assets ¶ Liabilities ± Shareholders‘ Equity. A
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ssets are the economic resources controlled by the company.
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Oamounts owed by the business. Shareholders‘ equity is the owners‘ claims to the business. It
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includes amounts contributed to the business (by investors through purchasing the company‘s
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O shares) and the amounts earned and accumulated through profitable business operations.
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12. The equation for the income statement is Revenues –
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Expenses = Net Income. Revenues are increases in a company‘s resources, arising primarily
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from its operating activities. Expenses are decreases in a company‘s resources, arising pri
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marily from its operating activities. Net Income is O8 O8 O8 O8 O8 O8 O8


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equal to revenues minus expenses. (If expenses are greater than revenues, the company has a Net
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8Loss.)
13. The equation for the statement of retained earnings is: Beginning Retained Earnings + Net Income
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- Dividends = Ending Retained Earnings. It begins with beginning-of-the-
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year retained earnings which is the prior year‘s ending retained earnings reported on the prior yea
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r‘s balance sheet. The current year's net income reported on the income statement is added and th
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e current year's dividends are subtracted from this amount. The ending retained earnings amount
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is reported on the end-of-year balance sheet.
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14. The equation for the statement of cash flows is: Cash flows from operating activities + Cash flows
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from investing activities + Cash flows from financing activities = Change in cash for the period. C
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hange in cash for the period + Beginning cash balance = Ending cash balance. The net cash flows
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for the period represent the increase or decrease in cash that occurred during the period. Cash fl
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ows from operating activities are cash flows directly related to earning income (normal business
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activity). Cash flows from investing activities include cash flows that are related to the acquisiti
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on or sale of the company‘s long-
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O term assets. Cash flows from financing activities are directly related to the financing of the com
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pany.
15. Currently, the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA) is given the primary responsi
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bility for setting the detailed rules that become Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAA
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P) in Canada. (Internationally, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has the resp
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onsibility for setting accounting rules known as International Financial Reporting Standards (IF
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RS).)
16. The main goal of accounting rules is to ensure that companies produce useful financial informati
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on for present and potential investors, lenders, and other creditors in making decisions in their
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capacity as capital providers. Financial information must show relevance and faithful represen
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tation, as well as be comparable, verifiable, timely, and understandable.
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17. An ethical dilemma is a situation where following one moral principle would result in viola
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ting another. Three steps that should be considered when evaluating ethical dilemmas ar
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e:
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will be harmed (other employees, the company‘s reputation, owners, creditors, and the public in
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general).
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that which you would be proud to have reported in the news media. Often, there is no one righ
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t answer and hard choices will need to be made. Following strong ethical practices is a key part o
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f ensuring good financial reporting by businesses of all sizes.
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18. Accounting frauds and cases involving academic dishonesty are similar in many respects. Both involv
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e deceiving others in an attempt to influence their actions or decisions, often resulting in temporary
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O personal gain for the deceiver. For example, when an accounting fraud is committed, financial stat
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ement users may be misled into making decisions they wouldn‘t have made had the fraud not occur
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red (e.g., creditors might loan money to the company, investors might invest in the company, or sha
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reholders might reward top managers with big bonuses). When academic dishonesty is committed,
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instructors might assign a higher grade than is warranted by the student‘s individual contributio
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n. Another similarity is that, as a consequence of the deception, innocent bystanders may be advers
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ely affected by fraud and academic dishonesty. Fraud may require the company to charge higher pri
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ces to customers to cover costs incurred as a result of the fraud. Academic dishonesty may lead to st
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ricter grading standards, with significant deductions taken for inadequate documentation of sourc
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es referenced. A final similarity is that if fraud and academic dishonesty are ultimately uncovered,
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both are likely to lead to adverse long-
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O term consequences for the perpetrator. Fraudsters may be fined, imprisoned, and encounter an ab
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rupt end to their careers. Students who cheat may be penalized through lower course grades or exp
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ulsion, and might find it impossible to obtain academic references for employment applications.
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