Questions from Financial Accounting


Q: Pier 1 Imports reported retail sales for fiscal 2019 of $1

Pier 1 Imports reported retail sales for fiscal 2019 of $1.6 billion. During the year, accounts receivable decreased from $22.2 million to $21.2 million. Estimate the cash collected by Pier 1 from its...

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Q: Publicly traded companies release financial statements (unaudited) on a quarterly

Publicly traded companies release financial statements (unaudited) on a quarterly basis. For one particular quarter, MarketWatch reported that Bank of America (B of A) and Wells Fargo had improved the...

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Q: Excerpts from the operating sections of the 2019 statement of cash flows

Excerpts from the operating sections of the 2019 statement of cash flows for AT&T and Toyota are provided below. AT&T publishes U.S. GAAP-based financial statements in U.S. dollars, and Toyota...

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Q: A few years ago, Par Pharmaceuticals announced that it would restate

A few years ago, Par Pharmaceuticals announced that it would restate financial results for the first quarter of the current year and for the past two years due to an understatement of the allowance fo...

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Q: The following quote was taken from the 2019 annual report of HP

The following quote was taken from the 2019 annual report of HP, Inc. HP sells a significant portion of its products through third-party distributors and resellers and, as a result, maintains individu...

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Q: Forbes noted that "Fairfield Company does set aside a reserve for

Forbes noted that "Fairfield Company does set aside a reserve for bad debts, but last year it began tinkering with its provision for loan losses, reducing it from $6.5 million in one year to $5.39 mil...

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Q: A partner from a major accounting firm made the following comment when

A partner from a major accounting firm made the following comment when asked about the accounting methods used by companies in the software industry: "Accounting policies that have adverse short-term...

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Q: Target Corp. is a major U.S. retailer that

Target Corp. is a major U.S. retailer that historically has carried inventory balances in excess of 15 percent of its total assets, and in a typical year the cost of its sold inventory approximates 70...

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Q: Amazon.com described its inventory policies in the 2019 annual report

Amazon.com described its inventory policies in the 2019 annual report as follows: Inventories Inventories, consisting of products available for sale, are primarily accounted for using the first-in, fi...

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Q: ExxonMobil, a multinational integrated oil and gas company, reported the

ExxonMobil, a multinational integrated oil and gas company, reported the following information in its 2019 annual report: Due to slackening global demand for crude oil, as well production disputes bet...

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