under-billed its fulfillment partners during earlier reporting periods (Q3 2008 and earlier) and moved the income to future reporting periods (Q4 2008, Q1 2009, Q2 2009, and Q3 2009). Basically, Overstock.com took the income that they should have reported in earlier reporting periods (Q3 2008 and before) and moved it to future reporting periods (Q4 2008 and later). This action materially overstated their financial performance in later reporting periods. “Overstock.com admitted that they “incorrectly
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LIFO to be accepted as costing method? I. Introduction In the United States, the SEC is expected to eventually mandate the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). U.S. standards setters have been working toward this eventuality through a process of convergence. The SEC issued a statement in early 2010 that updated its timeline and indicated that companies could be required to adopt IFRS as early as 2015 (see SEC, "Commission Statement in Support of Convergence and Global
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accounting is the system that focuses on the output of organization and then work backwards when allocating costs between costs of goods sold and inventories, with no separate accounting for work in progress. According to ACCA article, in back flush accounting costs are not associated with units until they are completed or sold. Back flush accounting is also called delayed costing, as costs are not allocated to production until after events have occurred. From view by other author, back flush accounting
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CHAPTER 3 CONSOLIDATION SUBSEQUENT TO DATE OF ACQUISITION QUESTION SOLUTIONS 3-1. An 80 percent ownership requires the preparation of consolidated financial statements. Regardless of the method used to account for the investment on the parent’s financial records, the investment income or dividend income is replaced on the consolidated income statement by the subsidiary’s revenue and expense accounts. The equity method is required if the parent prepares separate financial statements. Search term
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FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING (Williams et al.) Suggested Answers for “Your Turn” cases Chapter 1 You as a Creditor As a creditor, you are interested in the borrower’s ability to repay the $10,000 that she borrows, plus an additional amount for the use of your bank’s money for the time the loan is outstanding. Information that would assist you in making a decision regarding the creditworthiness of the potential borrower would include employment and income information, other expenses that she must
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reasonable explanation and may very well indicate that CB management’s actions or inactions are not to blame for decline. It is encouraging that percentage decreases in Cost of Goods Sold and Selling Expenses, 14.5% and 14.9%, respectively, approximated the 15% decrease in Net Sales indicating no significant change in marginal cost of production and sales. That total General and Administrative Expenses increased by 1.2% is not any cause for concern since, according to the information contained
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CHAPTER 17 Advanced Issues in Revenue Recognition CONTENT ANALYSIS OF END-OF-CHAPTER ASSIGNMENTS NUMBER TOPIC CONTENT LO ADAPTED DIFFICULTY TIME EST. AACSB AICPA BLOOM’S Q17-1 Revenue Recognition Recognition of revenue when the earnings process is not complete 1 ! Easy 5 Analytic Measurement Comprehension Q17-2 Revenue Recognition
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For over 70 years, US taxpayers have been able to value the cost of their inventories using the last-in, first-out inventory method of accounting (LIFO). In general, to use LIFO for federal income tax purposes, taxpayers must also use LIFO for financial reporting purposes (herein referred to as the LIFO conformity requirement). The use of LIFO for financial reporting purposes is not permitted under International Financial Reporting Standards as promulgated by the International Accounting Standards
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reported at fixed intervals (monthly, quarterly,yearly) in general-purpose financial statements. Managerial accounting information is designed to meet the specific needs of a company’s management. 2. a) line is directly involved in providing goods or services to the customers of the company. Staff provides services, assistance, and advice to the department with line or other staff responsibilities, staff has no direct authority over a line department. b) Sale s Dept. has line and Personnel Dept
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The Role of Accounting Accounting is often called “the language of business.” Why? Because it communicates so much of the information that owners, managers, and investors need to evaluate a company’s financial performance. These people are all stakeholders in the business—they’re interested in its activities because they’re affected by them. In fact, the purpose of accounting is to help stakeholders make better business decisions by providing them with financial information. Obviously, you wouldn’t
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