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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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CHAPTER+|1:+|Financial+|Statements+|and+|Business+|Decisions
Focus+|Company:+|Le-Nature’s+|Inc.
CHAPTER+|2:+|Investing+|and+|Financing+|Decisions+|and+|the+|Accounting+|System
Focus+|Company:+|Chipotle+|Mexican+|Grill
CHAPTER+|3:+|Operating+|Decisions+|and+|the+|Accounting+|System
Focus+|Company:+|Chipotle+|Mexican+|Grill
CHAPTER+|4:+|Adjustments,+|Financial+|Statements,+|and+|the+|Closing+|Process
Focus+|Company:+|Chipotle+|Mexican+|Grill
CHAPTER+|5:+|Communicating+|and+|Analyzing+|Accounting+|Information
Focus+|Company:+|Apple+|Inc.
CHAPTER+|6:+|Reporting+|and+|Interpreting+|Sales+|Revenue,+|Receivables,+|and+|Cash
Focus+|Company:+|Skechers+|U.S.A.
CHAPTER+|7:+|Reporting+|and+|Interpreting+|Cost+|of+|Goods+|Sold+|and+|Inventory
Focus+|Company:+|Harley-Davidson,+|Inc.
CHAPTER+|8:+|Reporting+|and+|Interpreting+|Property,+|Plant,+|and+|Equipment;+|Intangibles;+|and+|Natural
Resources
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Focus+|Company:+|FedEx+|Corporation
CHAPTER+|9:+|Reporting+|and+|Interpreting+|Liabilities
Focus+|Company:+|Starbucks
CHAPTER+|10:+|Reporting+|and+|Interpreting+|Bond+|Securities
Focus+|Company:+|Amazon
CHAPTER+|11:+|Reporting+|and+|Interpreting+|Stockholders’+|Equity
Focus+|Company:+|Microsoft
CHAPTER+|12:+|Statement+|of+|Cash+|Flows
Focus+|Company:+|National+|Beverage+|Corporation
CHAPTER+|13:+|Analyzing+|Financial+|Statements
Focus+|Company:+|The+|Home+|Depot
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Financial Statements and Business Decisions
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
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1. Accounting+|is+|a+|system+|that+|collects+|and+|processes+|(analyzes,+|measures,+|and+|re
cords)+|financial+|information+|about+|an+|organization+|and+|reports+|that+|information+|to+|
decision+|makers.
2. Financial+|accounting+|involves+|preparation+|of+|the+|four+|basic+|financial+|statements+|a
nd+r| elated+|disclosures+|for+|external+|decision+|makers.+|Managerial+|accounting+|involv
es+|the+|preparation+|of+|detailed+|plans,+|budgets,+|forecasts,+|and+|performance+|reports
+|for+|internal+| decision+|makers.
3. Financial+|reports+|are+|used+|by+|both+|internal+|and+|external+|groups+|and+|individuals.+|T
he+i| nternal+|groups+|are+|comprised+|of+|the+|various+|managers+|of+|the+|entity.+|The+|exter
nal+|groups+|include+|the+|owners,+|investors,+|creditors,+|governmental+|agencies,+|other
+|interested+|parties,+|and+|the+|public+|at+|large.
4. Investors+|purchase+|all+|or+|part+|of+|a+|business+|and+|hope+|to+|gain+|by+|receiving+|part+|
of+|what+|the+|company+|earns+|and/or+|selling+| their+|ownership+|interest+|in+|the+|compa
ny+|in+|the+|future+|at+|a+|higher+|price+|than+|they+|paid.+|Creditors+|lend+|money+|to+|a+|com
pany+|for+a| +|specific+|length+|of+|time+|and+|hope+|to+|gain+|by+|charging+|interest+|on+|the+|lo
an.
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5. In+|a+|society,+|each+|organization+|can+|be+|defined+|as+|a+|separate+|accounting+|entity.+|A
n+|accounting+|entity+|is+|the+|organization+|for+|which+|financial+|data+|are+|to+|be+|collected
.+|Typical+|accounting+|entities+|are+|a+|business,+|a+|church,+|a+|governmental+|unit,+|a+|uni
versity+|and+|other+|nonprofit+|organizations+|such+|as+|a+|hospital+|and+|a+|welfare+|organi
zation.+|A+|business+|typically+|is+|defined+|and+|treated+|as+|a+|separate+|entity+|because+|t
he+|owners,+|creditors,+|investors,+|and+|other+|interested+|parties+|need+|to+|evaluate+|its+|
performance+|and+|its+|potential+|separately+|from+|other+|entities+|and+|from+|its+o | wners.
6. Name+|of+|Statement Alternative+|Title
(a) Income+|Statement (a)+| Statement+|of+|Earnings;+|Statement+|of
Income;+|Statement+|of+|Operations
(b) Balance+|Sheet (b)+|Statement+|of+|Financial+|Position
(c) Cash+|Flow+|Statement (c)+ | Statement+|of+|Cash+|Flows
7. The+|heading+|of+|each+|of+|the+|four+|required+|financial+|statements+|should+|include+|t
he+f| ollowing:
(a) Name+|of+|the+|entity
(b) Name+|of+|the+|statement
(c) Date+|of+|the+|statement,+|or+|the+|period+|of+|time
(d) Unit+|of+|measure
8. (a)
The+|purpose+|of+|the+|income+|statement+|is+|to+|present+|information+|about+|the+|
revenues,+|expenses,+|and+|the+| net+|income+|of+|an+|entity+|for+|a+|specified+|period
+| of+
t| ime.
(b) The+|purpose+|of+|the+|balance+|sheet+|is+|to+|report+|the+|financial+|position+|of+|an+|en
tity+a| t+|a+|given+|date,+|that+|is,+|to+|report+|information+|about+|the+|assets,+| liabilities+|
and+|stockholders’+|equity+|of+|the+|entity+|as+|of+|a+|specific+|date.
(c) The+|purpose+|of+|the+|statement+|of+|cash+|flows+|is+|to+|present+|information+|about+|t
he+f| low+|of+|cash+|into+|the+|entity+|(sources),+|the+|flow+|of+|cash+|out+|of+|the+|entity+|(u
ses),+|and+|the+|net+|increase+|or+|decrease+|in+|cash+|during+|the+|period.
(d) The+|statement+|of+|stockholders’+|equity+|reports+|the+|changes+|in+|each+|of+|the+|c
ompany’s+|stockholders’+|equity+|accounts+|during+| the+|accounting+|period,+|inclu
ding+|issue+|and+|repurchase+|of+|stock+|and+|the+|way+|that+|net+|income+|and+|distri
bution+|of+|dividends+|affected+|the+|retained+|earnings+|of+|the+|company+|during+t| h
at+|period.
9. The+|income+|statement+|and+|the+|statement+|of+|cash+|flows+|are+|dated+|―For+|the+|Ye
ar+|Ended+|December+|31‖+|because+|they+|report+|the+|inflows+|and+|outflows+|of+|resou
rces+|during+|a+|period+|of+|time.+|In+|contrast,+|the+|balance+|sheet+|is+|dated+|―At+|Decem
ber+|31‖+b| ecause+|it+|represents+|the+|resources,+|obligations,+|and+|stockholders’+|equi
ty+|at+|a+|specific+|date.