ACCG101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Accounts Receivable, Deferral, General Ledger

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30 May 2018

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Macquarie University

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Accounting and Corporate Governance

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ACCG101

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Week 3 Recording Transactions

Concepts and Principals

Monetary principle

- Requires that only those things that can be expressed in money be included

in the accounting records

- The exchange of money is fundamental to business transactions therefore we

must measure in money

- However, this means information needed by investors, creditors and

managers is not reported in financial statements

- E.g. customer satisfaction is not quantified in dollar terms

Accounting Equity Concept

- States that every entity can be separately identified and accounted for.

- For accounting purposes, individuals and companies are separate entities

- This is important for sole owners and partnerships as they are not separate

legal entities

The Accounting Period Concept

- States that the life of a business can be divided into artificial periods and that

useful reports covering those periods can be prepared for the business

- All entities report at least annually

- The ‘end of reporting period’ for many Australians is June 30th

- Accounting periods are generally a month, a quarter, a half year or a year

long

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Going Concern Principle

- States that the business will remain in operation for the foreseeable future

- Management must make an assessment of the validity of the going concern

principle when preparing financial statements with accounting standards

- Underlines a key aspect in accounting

Cost Principle

- States that all assets are initially recorded in the accounts at their purchase

price or cost

- This is applied at the time to asset is purchased and over the time it is held

- Critics contend that market value is more useful in financial decisions whilst

others believe that it best measures the transactions between two parties

Full Disclosure Principle

- Requires that all circumstances and events that could make a difference to

the decisions financial statements users might make, be disclosed.

- For example unknown lawsuits to businesses

Financial Report Characteristics

Fundamental Qualitative Characteristics

Relevance

- Information is considered relevant if it is capable of making a difference in

decisions made by users

- Includes information that has a predictive (used to develop expectations for

the future) or confirmation value (confirms past or present expectations)

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Faithful Representation

- Information is a faithful representation of the economic phenomena if it is

complete, neutral and free from material error

- It is important that the information depicts the economic substance of the

transactions, events or circumstances

- Hence, faithful information is linked to the full disclosure principle

Enhancing Qualitative Characteristics

- Include comparability, verifiability, timeliness and understandability

- Used to distinguish more useful information

- These qualities enhance the decision usefulness of relevant information

faithfully represented in financial statements

Constraint on Financial Reporting - Cost

- Cost restraints limit the information provided by financial reporting

- Providing decision-useful information imposes costs, and the benefits of

providing the information should outweigh the costs

- Can include collecting, processing, verifying and disseminating information

Recording Information System

Accounting Information System

- collecting and processing transaction data and communicating financial

information to interested parties

- Factors that shape these systems include the nature of the business, the

types of transactions in which the business engages, the size of the business,

the volume of data to be handled and the information demands that

management and others place on the system

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Requires that only those things that can be expressed in money be included in the accounting records. The exchange of money is fundamental to business transactions therefore we must measure in money. However, this means information needed by investors, creditors and managers is not reported in financial statements. E. g. customer satisfaction is not quantified in dollar terms. States that every entity can be separately identified and accounted for. For accounting purposes, individuals and companies are separate entities. This is important for sole owners and partnerships as they are not separate legal entities. States that the life of a business can be divided into artificial periods and that useful reports covering those periods can be prepared for the business. The end of reporting period" for many australians is june 30th. Accounting periods are generally a month, a quarter, a half year or a year long. States that the business will remain in operation for the foreseeable future.

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Listed below are several terms and phrases associated with basic assumptions, broad accounting principles, and constraints. Pair each item from List A with the item from List B that is most appropriately associated with it.

List A =

1. Expense recognition

2. Periodictiy

3. Historical cost principle

4. Materiality

5. Revenue recognition

6. Going concern assumption

7. Monetary unit assumption

8. Economic entity assumption

9. Full-disclosure principle

List B =

1. A common denominator is the dollar

2. All information that could affect decisions should be reported

3. Concerns the relative size of an item and its effect on decisions

4. Criteria usually satisfied for products at point of sale

5. Record expenses in the preiod the related revenue is recognized

6. The enterprise is separate from its owners and other entities.

7. The entity will continue indefinitely

8. The life of an enterprise can be divided into artificial time periods.

9. Thje original transaction value upon acquistion.

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QUESTION 1 The knowledge of financial accounting can assist people with decisions such as whether to extend credit to a business. True False 0.2 points Saved QUESTION 2 Employees of a company would not have a reason to use the information provided by financial accounting. True False 0.2 points Saved

QUESTION 3 Financial accounting should be used for assessing the financial health of large organizations only. True False 0.2 points Saved

QUESTION 4 Financial accounting can be helpful for a job candidate who is assessing the financial future of a potential employer. True False 0.2 points Saved QUESTION 5 Lenders might use the information produced by financial accounting when making loan decisions. True False 0.2 points Saved

QUESTION 6 Credit analysts prefer not to use information provided by financial accounting, as it is not accurate. True False 0.2 points Saved

QUESTION 7 Financial accounting is helpful to investment advisors. True False 0.2 points Saved

QUESTION 8 Financial accounting is more useful than managerial accounting. True False 0.2 points Saved

QUESTION 9 The decision to buy or rent equipment is an example of a decision aided by managerial accounting. True False 0.2 points Saved

QUESTION 10 Which of the following statements is true of financial accounting? A. It is used by external parties to make investment decisions. B. It is used to make lease or purchase decisions. C. Managerial accounting is another name for financial accounting, D. It is primarily used to make internal decisions of a business. E. The effectiveness of advertising can be judged using financial accounting. 0.2 points Saved QUESTION 11 The charge for using money over time, often associated with long-term loans, is known as: A. interest. B. principal. C. distribution charge. D. cash dividend. E. preferred dividend. 0.2 points Saved QUESTION 12 Which of the following is a common feature of financial and managerial accounting? A. Both have same objectives B. Both are prepared according to U.S. GAAP C. Both are reported at year end in the annual report D. Both are analyzed by external users while making investment decisions E. Both are used by the management in making decisions 0.2 points Saved

QUESTION 13 Dividends are required to be paid to stockholders on an annual basis. True False 0.2 points Saved

QUESTION 14 An individual who owns one or more shares of stock in a corporation is an owner of that corporation. True False 0.2 points Saved

QUESTION 15 Corporations do not exist as separate legal entities apart from their owners. True False 0.2 points Save Answer

QUESTION 16 It is very difficult to buy or sell ownership shares of a corporation in a stock exchange. True False 0.2 points Saved

QUESTION 17 Stock markets match up investors who wish to buy shares with those who wish to sell them. True False 0.2 points Saved

QUESTION 18 Legal process by which owners of an organization apply to a state government to have it identified as an entity legally separate from its owners is called: A. stocking. B. filling. C. attributing. D. registration. E. incorporation. 0.2 points Saved

QUESTION 19 An advantage of ownership in a sole proprietorship over ownership in a corporation is: A. tax benefits. B. having a board of directors. C. the ability to raise capital through issuance of stock. D. separation of owner and business as legal entities. E. limited liability for debts. 0.2 points Saved

QUESTION 20 Who hires the management of a corporation? A. Stockholders B. Board of directors C. Creditors D. Government E. SEC 0.2 points Saved QUESTION 21 Inventory refers to the: A. excess amount paid for an asset over its fair value. B. intangible assets of a business. C. merchandise bought or manufactured for the purpose of selling. D. amount of net income reinvested by company for future operations. E. revenue generated from investment. 0.2 points Saved QUESTION 22 Investors use financial information to predict whether a: A. company will recruit more employees. B. company's stock price will increase C. company has invested in buildings. D. company will pay salaries. E. company's bond price will increase. 0.2 points Saved

QUESTION 23 Financial accounting can be compared to a portrait. True False 0.2 points Saved

QUESTION 24 Financial statements provide the form and structure for the conveyance of financial information that will create a likeness of the reporting organization. True False 0.2 points Saved

QUESTION 25 The information reported in financial statements must be exact for an investor to make any decision. True False 0.2 points Saved

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Investment and financing decisions, which may beshort-term or long-term decisions are best describedas:

financial decision making.

economic decision making.

accounting decision making.

Mutual funds, pension funds, investment dealers andinsurance companies are best described as examples of:

corporate finance.

market intermediaries.

financial intermediaries.

Farmers and Merchants Bank lends money to Ruth topurchase a car from Steven Toyota. Ruth is going to insure the carwith Allstate Insurance. Which party is best described as thecreditor?

Ruth

Steven Toyota

Allstate Insurance

Farmers and Merchants Bank

Which of the following would not be described as adebenture?

An unsecured loan

A loan secured by collateral

A loan secured by the âfull faith and creditâ of theissuer

Morgan Stanley was the investment banking firm that tookFacebook from being a closely held company to issuing stock to thepublic for the first time. Which of the following terms mostclosely describes this?

money market security.

issuing commercial paper.

initial public offering (IPO).

debt security backed by the general credit of theissuer.

Which of the following transactions does not take placein the primary market? An investor:

buying a newly issued municipal bond.

buying shares of an initial publicoffering.

selling one hundred shares of stock through a stockbroker.

buying a U.S. Treasury bill through the governmentauction.

The majority of home purchases in the U.S. are securedwith a mortgage. A mortgage is:

an unsecured loan.

an equity investment in the property.

a debt obligation secured by a specificproperty.

Which form of business would most likely describe thefollowing, a college student other students, a retired woman whobabysits children, a teenager who mows lawns, and a partyclown?

Partnership

Corporation

Sole proprietorship

Limited liability company

Flow-through taxation is a characteristic for all butthe following forms of business?

Partnership

Corporation

Sole proprietorship

Limited liability company

Your sister wants to start a tee shirt business on e-Baywith you to help pay for college tuition. All of the following areadvantages to partnerships that you should both consider, except____________?

Easy to form

Access to capital

Business income is taxed once, at the individualpartnerâs level

Which of the following takes into account takes intoaccount the opportunity cost of funds?

Net profit

Economic profit

Accounting profit

When we talk about capital structure, this refersto:

the cash, inventory, and accountsreceivable.

mix of debt and equity to finance anenterprise.

the investment in plant, property andequipment.

The uncertainty associated with the use of debt tofinance a business enterprise is best described as:

financial risk.

business risk.

operating risk.

The mix of debt and equity that is used to finance abusiness enterprise is best described as theenterpriseâs:

assets.

working capital.

capital structure.

capital expenditures

Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) are bestdescribed as a(n):

organization that establishes the accounting principlesfor U.S. financial reporting.

accounting standards promulgated by the InternationalAccounting Standards Board (IASB.)

set of basic principles and conventions that are appliedin the preparation of financial statements.

organization that establishes the accounting principlesfor business entities in the European EconomicCommunity.

Which reporting convention requires recording revenueand expenses when the transaction occurs, regardless of when cashchanges hands?

Cost basis

Cash basis

Accrual basis

The summary of the companyâs performance over a periodof time, typically a fiscal quarter or fiscal year

Balance sheet

Statement of stockholderâs equity

Income statement

Statement of cash flows

_______ is the cash flow from the day-to-day operationsof the business; the result of subtracting the increase in newworking capital from traditional cash flow.

Cash flow from investing

Cash flow from financing

Simple cash flow

Cash flow from operations

The debt ratio is classified as which type ofratio?

Owner

Liquidity

Efficiency

Productivity

Financial Leverage

Inventory turnover, accountsreceivable turnover, fixed asset turnover, and total asset turnoverare all classified as which type of ratio?

Owner

Liquidity

Efficiency

Productivity

Financial Leverage

ABC Company attempts tomanage its earnings by extending the useful life of all of itsequipment. Which of the following will not be an outcome of thischoice by management?

Income will be higher than it would have been underprior accounting methods.

Equipment values will be higher than they would havebeen without the change.

Depreciation expense will be lower than it would havebeen under prior accounting methods.

Depreciation expense will be higher than it would havebeen under prior accounting methods.

It is important for a companyto know the level of sales at which it covers all its variable andfixed operating costs. This level of sales is best described asthe:

gross profit margin.

contribution margin.

operating break even.

operating profit margin.

The minimum return thatinvestors expect to earn on the investment in stock is bestdescribed as:

growth rate.

risk premium.

capital gains yield.

required rate of return

If a company returns more than the required rate ofreturn on a stock, what happens to the value of thatstock?

The stock price falls.

The stock price rises.

The stock price stays the same.

When market rates are greaterthan the dividend rate, preferred shares will tradeat:

par.

a discount.

a premium.

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