Exam 3: The Accounting Information System
Nominal (temporary) accounts are revenue, expense, and dividend accounts and are periodically closed.
True
Accrued items and deferred (unearned or prepaid) items.Generally accepted accounting principles require the use of accruals and deferrals in the determination of income. How is income determined under the accrual-basis of accounting? Include in your answer what constitutes an accrued item and a deferred (prepaid) item, and give appropriate examples of each.
Accrual accounting recognizes and reports the effects of transactions and other events in the time periods to which they relate rather than only when cash is received or paid. Accrual accounting attempts to match revenues and the expenses associated with those revenues in order to determine net income for an accounting period.
An accrued item is an item of revenue or expense that has been recognized or incurred during the period, but has not yet been collected or paid in cash. An example of an accrued revenue is rent for the last month of an accounting period that has been recognized by a landlord but not yet paid by the tenant. An example of an accrued expense is salaries incurred for the last week of an accounting period that are not payable until the subsequent accounting period.
A deferred (unearned or prepaid) item is an item of revenue or expense that has been received or paid in cash, but has not yet been recognized or consumed. An example of a deferred revenue is unearned subscription revenue collected in advance of being recognized. An example of a deferred expense is an insurance premium paid at the end of an accounting period which will provide insurance coverage for the first six months of the subsequent period.
Which of the following must be considered in estimating depreciation on an asset for an accounting period?
D
An adjustment for wages expense, earned but unpaid at year end, is an example of an accrued expense.
On September 1, 2014, Lowe Co. issued a note payable to National Bank in the amount of $900,000, bearing interest at 9%, and payable in three equal annual principal payments of $300,000. On this date, the bank's prime rate was 8%. The first payment for interest and principal was made on September 1, 2015. At December 31, 2015, Lowe should record accrued interest payable of
The first step in the accounting cycle is the journalizing of transactions and selected other events.
Year-end net assets would be overstated and current expenses would be understated as a result of failure to record which of the following adjusting entries?
Big-Mouth Frog Corporation had revenues of $300,000, expenses of $200,000, and dividends of $45,000. When Income Summary is closed to Retained Earnings, the amount of the debit or credit to Retained Earnings is a
Icon International, a software company, incorporated on January 1, 2013 is planning to convert to IFRS. The company decided to present its first IFRS statements for the year ended December 31, 2015. What is the transition date of Icon International?
Brown Company's account balances at December 31, 2014 for Accounts Receivable and the related Allowance for Doubtful Accounts are $920,000 debit and $1,400 credit, respectively. From an aging of accounts receivable, it is estimated that $23,000 of the December 31 receivables will be uncollectible. The necessary adjusting entry would include a credit to the allowance account for
Adjusting entries.Present, in journal form, the adjustments that would be made on July 31, 2015, the end of the fiscal year, for each of the following.1. The supplies inventory on August 1, 2014 was $9,350. Supplies costing $22,150 were acquired during the year and charged to the supplies inventory. A count on July 31, 2015 indicated supplies on hand of $8,810.2. On April 30, a ten-month, 6% note for $30,000 was received from a customer.3. On May 1, $12,000 was collected as rent for one year and a nominal account was credited.
When an expense is paid in cash before it is used, it is called a(n)
Starr Corporation loaned $450,000 to another corporation on December 1, 2014 and received a 3-month, 8% interest-bearing note with a face value of $450,000. What adjusting entry should Starr make on December 31, 2014?
Which of the following is not a principal purpose of an unadjusted trial balance?
The income statement of Dolan Corporation for 2014 included the following items:
The following balances have been excerpted from Dolan Corporation's balance sheets:
The cash paid for insurance premiums during 2014 was
Why are certain costs of doing business capitalized when incurred and then depreciated or amortized over subsequent accounting cycles?
Olsen Company paid or collected during 2014 the following items:
The following balances have been excerpted from Olsen's balance sheets:
Salaries and wages expense on the income statement for 2014 was
The accrual-basis of accounting recognizes revenue when the performance obligation is satisfied and expenses when cash is paid.
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