7th Canadian Edition by Libby, Hodge,
Kanaan, Sterling Chapters 1 - 13, Complete
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Financial Statements and Business Decisions
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CHAPTER TWO he
Investing and Financing Decisions and the Accounting System
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Operating Decisions and the Accounting System
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Adjustments, Financial Statements, and the Closing Process
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Reporting and Interpreting Sales Revenue, Receivables, and Cash
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Reporting and Interpreting Cost of Sales and Inventory
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Reporting and Interpreting Long-Lived Assets
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Reporting and Interpreting Current Liabilities
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Reporting and Interpreting Non-current Liabilities
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Reporting and Interpreting Shareholders' Equity
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CHAPTER ELEVEN he
Statement of Cash Flows
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Communicating Accounting Information and Analyzing Financial Statements
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN he
Reporting and Interpreting Investments in Other Corporations
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1. Accounting is a system that collects and processes (analyzes, measures, and recor
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ds) financial information about an organization and reports that information todecisio
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n makers.
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2. Financial accounting involves preparation of the four basic financial statements andr
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elated disclosures for external decision makers. Managerial accounting involves the
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preparation of detailed plans, budgets, forecasts, and performance reports for intern
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al decision makers.
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3. Financial reports are used by both internal and external groups and individuals. Thein
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ternal groups are comprised of the various managers of the entity. The external group
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s include the owners, investors, creditors, governmental agencies, other interested p
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arties, and the public at large. he he he he he
4. Investors purchase all or part of a business and hope to gain by receiving part of what t
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he 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
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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 acc
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ounting entity is the organization for which financial data are to be collected. Typical a
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ccounting entities are a business, a church, a governmental unit, a university and oth
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er nonprofit organizations such as a hospital and a welfare organization. A business t
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ypically is defined and treated as a separate entity because the owners, creditors, inv
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estors, and other interested parties need to evaluate its performance and its potential
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6. Name of Statement he he Alternative Title he
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, (a) Income Statement
he (a) Statement of Earnings; Statement of
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Income; Statement of Operations
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(b) Balance Sheet he (b) Statement of Financial Position
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(c) Audit Report
he (c) Report of Independent Accountants
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