• Q : Exchange of common stock....
    Accounting Basics :

    Why are noncash transactions, such as the exchange of common stock a building, included on a statement of cash flows? How are these noncash transactions disclosed?

  • Q : Computing the cost of merchandise sold....
    Accounting Basics :

    In calculating the cost of merchandise sold, does each of the following items increase or decrease that cost? (a) freight, (b) beginning merchandise inventory, (c) purchase discounts, (d) ending mer

  • Q : Potential investments....
    Accounting Basics :

    ABC company has the option to purchase additional equipment that will cost about $42,000, and this new equipment will produce the following savings in factory overhead costs over the next five years

  • Q : Production activities for sherman manufacturing....
    Accounting Basics :

    Prepare journal entries to record the following production activities for Sherman Manufacturing.

  • Q : Determining the amount of owner equity....
    Accounting Basics :

    The total liabilities of Hogan's Company on the balance sheet are $270,000; this amount is equal to three-fourths of the total assets. What is the amount of owners' equity?

  • Q : Required sales needed to achieve management target....
    Accounting Basics :

    Instructions: Calculate the required sales needed to achieve management's target net income of $68,610.

  • Q : Compute contribution margin-compute gross margin....
    Accounting Basics :

    Compute contribution margin. Compute gross margin. Compute operating income.  

  • Q : Stockholders liability to creditors of a corporation....
    Accounting Basics :

    Explain the stockholders' liability to creditors of a corporation. Why are most large businesses organized as corporations?

  • Q : Examples of management decisions....
    Accounting Basics :

    Provide three examples of management decisions which benefit from CVP analysis. If management chooses to reduce its selling price to match that of a competitor, how will the break-even point be affect

  • Q : Difference between fixed and variable costs....
    Accounting Basics :

    Understanding the difference between fixed and variable costs, what area of a health care facility or physician practice do you think would have a greater amount of variable costs than fixed?

  • Q : Example of a direct cost and indirect cost....
    Accounting Basics :

    Give an example of direct cost and indirect cost from your workplace or organization with which you're familiar. What is the difference? Discuss your answer. List references if you use a source oth

  • Q : Evaluating decision-making scenarios....
    Accounting Basics :

    Vintage Cellars manufactures a 1,000-bottle wine storage system which maintains optimum temperature (55-57 °F) and humidity (50-80%) for aging wines.

  • Q : Cash basis of accounting-accrual basis of accounting....
    Accounting Basics :

    Explain the difference between the cash basis of accounting and the accrual basis of accounting? Which one would you select for a company that has inventory and why?

  • Q : Matching principle-revenue recognition principle....
    Accounting Basics :

    What would be the effect of removing either the Matching Principle or Revenue Recognition Principle from the process? Employ a concrete example of how doing so might affect accounting in a given peri

  • Q : Conduct a dupont decomposition....
    Accounting Basics :

    Conduct a DuPont decomposition of Lucent's ROE for the 1998, 1999 and 2000 first (December) quarters. What factors contributed to differences in the Lucent's performance between those quarters?

  • Q : Case study of glaser health products....
    Accounting Basics :

    Glaser Health Products of Ranier Falls, Georgia, is organized functionally in 3 divisions: Operations, Sales, and Administrative. Purchasing, receiving, materials and production control, manufactur

  • Q : Major purpose of financial statements....
    Accounting Basics :

    What do you think is the main purpose of financial statements? Why? Discuss what type of information can be derived from the financial statements. Mention references if you employ a source other than

  • Q : Identifying product and period costs....
    Accounting Basics :

    Indicate whether each of the following costs is a product cost or a period (selling and administrative) cost.

  • Q : Balance field on the begin reconciliation window....
    Accounting Basics :

    When the beginning balance field on the Begin Reconciliation window does not match beginning balance on  bank statement, you should:

  • Q : Classify the types of expenses....
    Accounting Basics :

    Identify and classify the types of expenses associated with the operation of the selected organization. Review the income statement and balance sheet of the selected organization. What is your overa

  • Q : Depreciation and book value....
    Accounting Basics :

    Refer to the information and create a table showing depreciation and book value for each of four years assuming double declining balance depreciation.

  • Q : Journalize the disposal of equipment....
    Accounting Basics :

    Equipment acquired at the cost of $126,000 and has book value of $42,000. Journalize disposal of equipment under the following independent assumptions. Determine each assumption by letter.

  • Q : Define dependent and independent variables....
    Accounting Basics :

    How would you define dependent and independent variables? What is their significance in research? Explain with examples.

  • Q : Five demographic questions....
    Accounting Basics :

    Develop five demographic questions to measure gender, age, years of experience, level of education, and ethnicity. Identify the level of measurement used for each

  • Q : Importance of statistics in business decision making....
    Accounting Basics :

    Explain the importance of statistics in business decision making? Describe a business situation where statistics was used in making a decision.

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