tAccounting Basics Important Disclaimer Important Note: The text in this chapter is intended to clarify business-related concepts. It is not intended nor can it replace formal legal advice. Before taking any actions relating to your business, always consult your accountant or a business law/tax attorney. The Need for Accounting Every organization needs to maintain good records to track how much money they have, where it came from, and how they spend it. These records are maintained by using
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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. operates approximately 11,047 retail units under 69 banners in 27 countries. It has three segments: The Wal-Mart Stores, The Sam’s Club, and International. The Wal-Mart Stores segment includes 4,759 Discount Stores, Supercenters, and Neighborhood Markets in the United States, as well as Walmart.com. It offers apparel for women, girls, men, boys, and infants; domestics, fabrics, and notions; stationery and books; shoes; housewares; hardware; electronics; home furnishings;
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Principal Accounting Policies Wal-Mart has several policies and estimates used to measure its critical factors and risks. Inventory management is one of the most important key success factors in the retail industry. Wal-Mart uses the last-in, first-out (“LIFO”) method in valuing inventories at the lower of cost or market. When analyzing Wal-Mart’s key accounting policies one will find a significant accounting
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Absorption: the sharing out of the costs of a cost center amongst the products which use the cost center. Account: a record in a double entry system that is kept for each (or each class) of asset, liability, revenue and expense. Accounting equation: an expression of the equivalence, in total, of assets = liabilities + equity. Accounting period: that time period, typically one year, to which financial statements are related. Accounting policies: the specific accounting bases selected and followed
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As every business concern irrespective of its size, nature, and age needs an adequate concentration on its supply chain to carry out regular business operations and survive in the international competition. A supply chain is a system of organizations, people, technology, activities, information and resources involved in moving a product or service from supplier to customer. Supply chain activities transform natural resources, raw materials and components into a finished product
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Accounting Basics Important Disclaimer Important Note: The text in this chapter is intended to clarify business-related concepts. It is not intended nor can it replace formal legal advice. Before taking any actions relating to your business, always consult your accountant or a business law/tax attorney. The Need for Accounting Every organization needs to maintain good records to track how much money they have, where it came from, and how they spend it. These records are maintained by using
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|accumulated income |กำไรสะสม | | | | |account balance |ยอดดุลในบัญชี | | |
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1.) Wholesome, Inc. starts a pension plan for its 10 employees on 1/2/20A. All are 53, and will retire at age 65 (in 12 yrs) on 12/31/20J. All are expected to live 10 yrs past retirement. Each is given credit for 15 years prior service at inception of the plan. The plan calls for payments at the beginning of each retirement year. Wholesome will make a lump sum payment of $250,000 on 1/2/20A to partially fund the prior service cost of $453,246. Funding is to be set at a level payment each period
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CHAPTER 18 REPORTS ON AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Answers to Review Questions 18-1 An auditor is associated with financial statements when he or she has consented to the use of his or her name in a document such as an annual report. 18-2 Accounting changes can be categorized into changes that affect consistency and those that do not affect consistency. The word “consistency” refers to the application of accounting principles. If a change in accounting principle or in the method of its application
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Harnischfeger Corp. Case Harnischfeger Corp. is a large New York Stock Exchange company but with old-line, low-tech. This family-based old midwest company had a history for almost 100 years. When the recession hit the financial world during 1980-1981, Harnischfeger could hardly maintain its solid financial performance. Finally, it violated the bond covenants that significantly cause financial distress. In the year of 1984, a number of accounting policy changes were made by the new manager, Peter
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