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Canadian Edition by Libby, Hodge, Kanaan,
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Sterling Chapters 1 - 13, Complete
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,TABLE OF CONTENTS c c c
CHAPTER ONE c
Financial Statements and Business Decisions
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CHAPTER TWO c
Investing and Financing Decisions and the Accounting System
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CHAPTER THREE c
Operating Decisions and the Accounting System
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CHAPTER FOUR c
Adjustments, Financial Statements, and the Closing Process
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CHAPTER FIVE c
Reporting and Interpreting Sales Revenue, Receivables, and Cash
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CHAPTER SIX c
Reporting and Interpreting Cost of Sales and Inventory
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CHAPTER SEVEN c
Reporting and Interpreting Long-Lived Assets
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CHAPTER EIGHT c
Reporting and Interpreting Current Liabilities
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CHAPTER NINE c
Reporting and Interpreting Non-current Liabilities
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CHAPTER TEN c
Reporting and Interpreting Shareholders' Equity
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CHAPTER ELEVEN c
Statement of Cash Flows
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CHAPTER TWELVE c
Communicating Accounting Information and Analyzing Financial Statements
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN c
Reporting and Interpreting Investments in Other Corporations
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,CHAPTER ONE c
Financial Statements and Business Decisions c c c c
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS c c
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 by
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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. Typical
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accounting entities are a business, a church, a governmental unit, a university and
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other nonprofit organizations such as a hospital and a welfare organization. A business
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typically is defined and treated as a separate entity because the owners, creditors,
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investors, and other interested parties need to evaluate its performance and its
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potential separately from other entities and from itsowners.
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6. Name of Statement c c Alternative Title c
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, (a) Income Statement
c (a) Statement of Earnings; Statement of
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Income; Statement of Operations
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(b) Balance Sheet
c (b) Statement of Financial Position
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(c) Audit Report
c (c) Report of Independent Accountants
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