Questions from General Accounting


Q: How can a profitable, fast-growing entity such as Mike

How can a profitable, fast-growing entity such as Mike and Andy be chronically short of cash?

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Q: Explain the concept of eco-efficiency.

Explain the concept of eco-efficiency.

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Q: Mike and Andy has on average $150 000 of employees’ pay

Mike and Andy has on average $150 000 of employees’ pay, tax withheld and superannuation contributions in its hands at all times. What use should it make of these funds?

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Q: Pineapple Plantations Pty Ltd manufactures sustainable, Pineapple-based products for

Pineapple Plantations Pty Ltd manufactures sustainable, Pineapple-based products for sale to wholesalers and retailers around Australia and New Zealand. Dave Geitz, the manager, has a goal of increasi...

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Q: ‘Entities must juggle the costs of holding cash with the costs

‘Entities must juggle the costs of holding cash with the costs of not having enough.’ Explain the issues involved.

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Q: Explain, with numerical examples, four aspects of an entity’s credit

Explain, with numerical examples, four aspects of an entity’s credit policies and how decisions regarding each impact on the value of accounts receivable at any time.

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Q: After thinking about how this could be done, explain the processes

After thinking about how this could be done, explain the processes an entity might use to collect its debts.

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Q: Give examples of inventories of retail products that would incur high costs

Give examples of inventories of retail products that would incur high costs for each of the following. (a) Storage and display (b) Insurance (c) Deterioration or obsolescence (d) Theft

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Q: Before reforms were put in place during the 1980s, many entities

Before reforms were put in place during the 1980s, many entities allowed their overdraft accounts to remain continually overdrawn. Banks reformed the situation by advising these clients to contract fo...

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Q: Explain the advantages to all parties of a novated lease.

Explain the advantages to all parties of a novated lease.

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