bills. An electric utility company can estimate with reasonable certainty the expected revenue in a given period by taking into consideration some of the following: customer habits, average historical trends, demand and supply forecasts, and environmental changes. The electric utility industry effectively uses an insurance industry concept—the law of large numbers, to determine with certainty, expected revenue. The law of large numbers states, as the number of participants (customers) in a risk class
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Financial accounting deals almost strictly with financial statement preparation. It focuses on pronouncements issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the SEC, and on accounting concepts such as materiality, matching revenues and expenses, relevance, and consistency. It also considers highly technical details about consolidated financial statements, leases, pensions, income taxes, and inventory valuation methods that are often found on the CPA exam. 2. Financial accounting
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Answer 1. I believe that Approach No. 1 (full revenue recognition) is the most consistent with the actual substance of sales transactions involving equipment and extended warranties. Circuit City matches up almost perfectly with the five criteria in Exhibit 2. They incur the selling costs, they have a service network in place and warranty expenses are forecasted with a great deal of accuracy. Very few customers go above the allocated cost of the service warranty, thus Circuit City does not employ
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based on revenue accumulation and profit margins. The simulation strategy will mainly concentrate on revenue recognition which refers to an accounting principle that involves cash basis accounting and accrual basis accounting. Cash basis involves recognizing revenues when cash is received while accrual basis accounting recording revenues when cash is realized or earned. Products X3 X4 X5 X6 X7 Current revenue 774,307,366 362,007,649 363,450,944 48,848,773 42,987,651 Annual revenue 470,680
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ACCOUNTING METHODS Presentation of the course Introductory course 4 “intensive” days Theory, terminology, practical examples Suggested readings: Elliott, Barry; Elliott, Jamie: "Financial Accounting and Reporting", Prentice Hall 2012, 15th edition. Horngren, Bhimani, Datar and Foster: "Management and Cost Accounting." Prentice Hall, 2007, 4th edition. Info What to expect from this course: An introduction to the discipline to prepare you for the proceedings of
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bills. An electric utility company can estimate with reasonable certainty the expected revenue in a given period by taking into consideration some of the following: customer habits, average historical trends, demand and supply forecasts, and environmental changes. The electric utility industry effectively uses an insurance industry concept—the law of large numbers, to determine with certainty, expected revenue. The law of large numbers states, as the number of participants (customers) in a risk class
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To: Alan and Bart Ayr From: W&T Accounting LLP Re: Revision of AyrGlen Context: From what you have described, there are four main users of the financial statements; the shareholders (Alan, Bart and David), the bank, and the tax revenue agency. As stated in your note to us, you wantto defer as much tax as possible so a reduction in net income before taxes is preferable. However, this presents a conflicting objective with the bank who might want to see a high net income, but more likely
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electric utility customer uses electricity, the electric company has earned revenues. It is obviously impossible, however, for the company to read all of its customers' meters on the evening of December 31. How does the electric company know its revenue for a given year? Explain. According to historical data, the electricity usage usually tended to be fairly constant from month to month. The company can estimate the revenues for each month, by using historical data. Generally high fluctuation will
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Financial Accounting – Midterm Study Guide 1. Assets = Liabilities + Equity 2. Total Assets = Cash + A/R + Inventories + Prepaid Expenses 3. Income Tax – “corporate tax rate” 4. Assets = Liabilities + (C.C. + R.E.) (Retained Earnings) 5. BALANCE SHEET – is divided into 3 sections: assets, liabilities and stock holder’s equity. It provides information about the resources available to management and the claims against those resources by creditors and shareholders. The balance
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Proposed Revision for Revenue Recognition Xin Yan Introduction Since 2002, the International Accounting Standard Board (IASB or collectively the boards) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board of US (FASB or collectively the boards) have been working together on a project to revise and converge IFRS and US GAAP on revenue. Consequently, the Boards have jointly issued two exposure drafts outlining proposed changes. The latest one was published in November 2011 with public comments
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