Fundamentalsof Financial Accounting 7th
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FredPhillips,RobertLibby,All Chapters1-13
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CHAPTER 1: Business Decisions and Financial Accounting CHAPTER
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2: The Balance Sheet
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CHAPTER 3: The Income Statement
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CHAPTER4:Adjustments,FinancialStatements,andFinancialResults CHAPTER
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5:Fraud,InternalControl,andCash
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CHAPTER 6: Merchandising Operations and the Multi-step Income Statement CHAPTER
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d 7: Inventory and Cost ofGoods Sold
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CHAPTER 8: Receivables, Bad Debt Expense, and Interest Revenue CHAPTER 9:
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Long-LivedTangibleandIntangibleAssets
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CHAPTER 10: Liabilities d d
CHAPTER11:Shareholders'Equity d d d
d CHAPTER 12: Statement of Cash Flows
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CHAPTER 13: Measuring and Evaluating Financial Performance
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BusinessDecisionsandFinancialAccounting d d d d
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1. Accounting isa system of analyzing, recording,and summarizing theresultsofa d d d d d d d d d d d d
business‘sactivities andthenreporting themtodecision makers.
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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 hands
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of the individual proprietor (income from a corporation is taxed in the corporation and then againinthe
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handsoftheindividualproprietor).Adisadvantage ofoperatingasasoleproprietorship, rather than a
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corporation, is that the individual proprietor can be held responsible forthedebtsofthebusiness.
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3. Financial accounting focuses on preparing and usingthe financial statements that are made
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availabletoownersand externaluserssuchascustomers, creditors,andpotential investorswho are
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interested inreadingthem. Managerialaccountingfocuses onother accounting reportsthat arenot
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releasedtothegeneralpublic,butinsteadareprepared andusedbyemployees,supervisors, and
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managers who run the company.
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4. Financial reports are used byboth internal and externalgroups and individuals. The internal
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groupsarecomprised of thevarious managersofthebusiness.Theexternal groupsinclude
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investors,creditors,governmentalagencies,otherinterestedparties,and thepublicatlarge.
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5. Thebusinessitself,nottheindividualshareholderswhoownthebusiness,isviewedas owningthe assets
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andowingtheliabilities onitsbalancesheet.Abusiness‘sbalance sheetincludestheassets, liabilities,and
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shareholders‘equityofonlythatbusinessand notthepersonalassets,liabilities,and equityofthe
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shareholders. Thefinancial statementsofacompanyshowtheresultsofthebusiness activitiesofonly
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thatcompany.
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6. (a) Operating–Theseactivitiesaredirectlyrelatedtoearningprofits. Theyinclude buyingsupplies,
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making products, serving customers, cleaning the premises, advertising, renting a building, repairing
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equipment, and obtaining insurance coverage.
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, (b) Investing–Theseactivitiesinvolvebuyingandsellingproductiveresources withlong lives(such as d d d d d d d d d d d d d d
buildings,land,equipment,andtools),purchasing investments,andlending toothers.
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(c) Financing – Anyborrowing from banks,repaying bank loans, receiving contributions from d d d d d d d d d d d
shareholders, or paying dividends to shareholders are considered financing activities.
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7. Theheadingof eachofthefour primaryfinancialstatementsshould includethefollowing:
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(a) Name of the business d d d
(b) Name of the statement d d d
(c) Date of the statement, or theperiod of time d d d d d d d d
8. (a) Thepurpose ofthebalance sheetis toreportthefinancialposition (assets, liabilities and
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shareholders‘equity)ofabusinessatapointintime.
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(b) The purpose of the income statement is to present information about the revenues, expenses, and
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netincomeofabusinessforaspecifiedperiodoftime.
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(c) Thestatement of retained earnings reports the waythat netincome andthe distributionof
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dividendsaffectedthefinancialpositionofthecompanyduringtheperiod.
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(d) Thepurpose ofthe statement of cashflowsistosummarize howabusiness‘s operating, investing,
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and financing activities caused its cashbalance tochangeover a particular period of time.
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9. The income statement, statement of retained earnings, and statement of cash flows would bedated
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―For the Year Ended December 31, 2020,‖ because they report the inflows and outflows of resources
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during a period of time. In contrast, the balance sheet would be dated―AtDecember 31,2020,‖
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becauseitrepresentstheassets,liabilitiesand shareholders‘ equityat a specific date.
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10. Net incomeistheexcessoftotalrevenuesovertotalexpenses. Anet lossoccurs iftotal expenses exceed
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totalrevenues.
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11. Theaccounting equation for thebalance sheet is: Assets = Liabilities + Shareholders‘ Equity. Assets
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are the economic resources controlled by the company.
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amountsowedbythebusiness. Shareholders‘equityistheowners‘claimstothe business.It includes
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amounts contributedtothebusiness(byinvestors through purchasing thecompany‘s shares) and the
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amounts earned and accumulated through profitablebusiness operations.
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12. Theequationfortheincome statementisRevenues–Expenses=NetIncome. Revenuesare increases
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inacompany‘sresources,arisingprimarilyfromitsoperating activities. Expensesare decreasesina
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company‘sresources,arisingprimarilyfromits operatingactivities.NetIncomeis equaltorevenues
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minusexpenses. (Ifexpensesare greaterthanrevenues,thecompanyhasa NetLoss.)
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