Robert Libby, Patricia Libby, Complete Chapters 1 – 13
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, TABLE OF CONTENTS YC YC
CHAPTER 1: Financial Statements and Business Decisions
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CHAPTER 2: Investing and Financing Decisions and the Accounting System
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CHAPTER 3: Operating Decisions and the Accounting System
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CHAPTER 4: Adjustments, Financial Statements, and the Closing Process
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CHAPTER 5: Communicating and Analyzing Accounting Information
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CHAPTER 6: Reporting and Interpreting Sales Revenue, Receivables, and Cash
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CHAPTER 7: Reporting and Interpreting Cost of Goods Sold and Inventory
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CHAPTER 8: Reporting and Interpreting Property, Plant, and Equipment; Intangibles; and Natural Res
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ources
CHAPTER 9: Reporting and Interpreting Liabilities
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CHAPTER 10: Reporting and Interpreting Bond Securities
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CHAPTER 11: Reporting and Interpreting Stockholders' Equity
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CHAPTER 12: Statement of Cash Flows
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CHAPTER 13: Analyzing Financial Statements
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, Chapter 1 Financial Statements andBusiness YC YC YC YC YC
Decisions
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1. Accounting is a system that collects and processes (analyzes, measures, and records) fina
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ncial information about an organization and reports that information to decision makers.
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2. Financial accounting involves preparation of the four basic financial statements and relate
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d disclosures for external decision makers. Managerial accounting involves the preparatio
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n of detailed plans, budgets, forecasts, and performance reports for internal decision make
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rs.
3. Financial reports are used by both internal and external groups and individuals. The inte
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rnal groups are comprised of the various managers of the entity. The external groups incl
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ude the owners, investors, creditors, governmental agencies, other interested parties, an
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d 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 th
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e company earns and/or selling their ownership interest in the company in the future at a
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higher price than they paid. Creditors lend money to a company for a specific length of t
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ime and hope 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 accountin
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g entity is the organization for which financial data are to be collected. Typical accounting
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entities are a business, a church, a governmental unit, a university and other nonprofit orga
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nizations such as a hospital and a welfare organization. A business typically is defined and
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treated as a separate entity because the owners, creditors, investors, and other interested p
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arties need to evaluate its performance and its potential separately from other entities and f
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rom its owners. YC YC
6. Name of Statement YC YC Alternative Title YC
(a) Income Statement YC (a) Statement of Earnings; Statement of
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Income; Statement of Operations YC YC YC
(b) Balance Sheet YC (b) Statement of Financial Position
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(c) Cash Flow Statement YC YC (c) Statement of Cash Flows
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7. The heading of each of the four required financial statements should include the follo
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wing:
(a) Name of the entity YC YC YC
(b) Name of the statement YC YC YC
(c) Date of the statement, or the period of time
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(d) Unit of measure YC YC
8. (a)
The purpose of the income statement is to present information about the r
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evenues, expenses, and the net income of an entity for a specified period of time.
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(b) The purpose of the balance sheet is to report the financial position of an entity at a giv
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en date, that is, to report information about the assets, liabilities and stockholders’ eq
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uity of the entity as of a specific date.
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(c) The purpose of the statement of cash flows is to present information about the flow o
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f cash into the entity (sources), the flow of cash out of the entity (uses), and the net i
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ncrease or decrease in cash during the period. YC YC YC YC YC YC YC
(d) The statement of stockholders’ equity reports the changes in each of the company’
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s stockholders’ equity accounts during the accounting period, including issue and
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repurchase of stock and the way that net income and distribution of dividends affe YC YC YC YC YC YC YC YC YC Y C YC YC YC
cted the retained earnings of the company during that period.
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9. The income statement and the statement of cash flows are dated ―For the Year Ende
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d December 31‖ because they report the inflows and outflows of resources during a p
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eriod of time. In contrast, the balance sheet is dated ―At December 31‖ because it rep
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resents the resources, obligations, and stockholders’ equity at a specific date.
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