Chapter 5 REVENUE AND MONETARY ASSETS Changes from Tenth Edition The chapter has been updated. The SEC’s SAB101 Revenue Recognition tests have been added. Approach The sequence of transactions for accounts receivable and bad debts often causes difficulty; indeed, the time that one is sometimes forced to spend on this topic is all out of proportion to its importance. Students often do not understand why an Allowance for Bad Debts account is necessary at all; they do not grasp the notion
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Submitted By: Divyanshu Rastogi 0134/52 Abstract The case talks about the opportunities and problems that the Indian film makers face in reaching out to the international film business and market. It provides a historical view by detailing the journey of the cinema and how Hollywood emerged as the global leader in the film industry worldwide by the 1920’s. Although some movie industries were sustained in other regions including the United Kingdom and France, their films and offerings had
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Automations Systems is a capital equipment and testing instrument manufacturer and supplier to electronics based and semiconductor industries. During 1999, Boston Automation had three divisions- Glendale division, Advanced Technology Division and Technical Devices division. Problem Statement: The CFO of the company, Daniel Fischer undertakes a revenue recognition review for each of the 3 divisions as SEC has issued SAB 101 guidelines. The effects of applying this guideline would be reported
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Chapter 5 REVENUE AND MONETARY ASSETS Changes from Tenth Edition The chapter has been updated. The SEC’s SAB101 Revenue Recognition tests have been added. Approach The sequence of transactions for accounts receivable and bad debts often causes difficulty; indeed, the time that one is sometimes forced to spend on this topic is all out of proportion to its importance. Students often do not understand why an Allowance for Bad Debts account is necessary at all; they do not grasp the notion
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corporate annual report. The balance sheet shows the financial position—assets, liabilities, and stockholders' equity—of the firm on a particular date, such as the end of a quarter or a year. The income statement presents the results of operations—revenues, expenses, net profit or loss and net profit or loss per share—for the accounting period. The statement of shareholders' equity reconciles the beginning and ending balances of all accounts that appear in the shareholders' equity section of the balance
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1. 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
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golf equipment, which badly affected the golf industry. Furthermore, investment in golf course and real estate development fell over 40% after the 2008 recession. This resulted in nearly 25% drop in the number of stores immediately after the recession. Thus, equipment manufacturers are experiencing greater pricing pressure as unit volumes are falling and buying power is consolidated among a small group of powerful retail buyers. Compounding the problem, 70% of Altius Golf sales are derived from Altius’
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Table of Contents 1.0 Abstract 2 2.0 Introduction 2 3.0 Questions and answer 4 4.0 Recommendations 14 5.0 References 15 1.0 Abstract Biovail Corporation, a large pharmaceutical company and had applied advanced drug-delivery technologies to improve the clinical effectiveness of medicines. It is recently had its stock downgraded by a well-known pharmaceutical analyst and a number of other analysts were also scrutinizing the company. The outcome was not favorable, as Biovail's
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Definition of Revenue (FASB Concepts Statement No. 6): Inflows or other enhancements of assets of an entity or settlements of its liabilities (or a combination of both) from delivery or producing goods, rendering services, or other activities that constitute the entity’s ongoing major or central operations. Separate definition for Gains Guidelines for Revenue Recognition The revenue recognition principle (FASB Concept Stmt. No. 5) provides that companies should recognize revenue 1) when
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