Questions from Intermediate Accounting


Q: Employees at your company disagree about the accounting for sales returns.

Employees at your company disagree about the accounting for sales returns. The sales manager believes that granting more generous return provisions and allowing customers to order items on a bill and...

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Q: On April 1, 2014, Dougherty Inc. entered into a

On April 1, 2014, Dougherty Inc. entered into a cost plus fixed-fee contract to construct an electric generator for Altom Corporation. At the contract date, Dougherty estimated that it would take 2 ye...

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Q: Assume that Amazon.com has a stock-option plan for

Assume that Amazon.com has a stock-option plan for top management. Each stock option represents the right to purchase a share of Amazon $1 par value common stock in the future at a price equal to the...

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Q: Newton Inc. uses a calendar year for financial reporting. The

Newton Inc. uses a calendar year for financial reporting. The company is authorized to issue 9,000,000 shares of $10 par common stock. At no time has Newton issued any potentially dilutive securities....

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Q: For each of the following subsequent events, indicate whether a company

For each of the following subsequent events, indicate whether a company should (a) adjust the financial statements, (b) disclose in notes to the financial statements, or (c) neither adjust nor disclos...

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Q: Presented below is information related to the purchases of common stock by

Presented below is information related to the purchases of common stock by Lilly Company during 2014. Instructions (Assume a zero balance for any Fair Value Adjustment account.) (a) What entry would L...

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Q: Komissarov Company has a debt investment in the bonds issued by Keune

Komissarov Company has a debt investment in the bonds issued by Keune Inc. The bonds were purchased at par for $400,000 and, at the end of 2014, have a remaining life of 3 years with annual interest p...

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Q: The financial statements of Marks and Spencer plc (M&S

The financial statements of Marks and Spencer plc (M&S) are available at the book’s companion website or can be accessed at http://annualreport.marksandspencer.com/_assets/downloads/Marks-and-Spencer...

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Q: Collinsworth Co. reported sales on an accrual basis of $100

Collinsworth Co. reported sales on an accrual basis of $100,000. If accounts receivable increased $30,000 and the allowance for doubtful accounts increased $9,000 after a write-off of $2,000, compute...

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Q: Your client, Cascade Company, is planning to invest some of

Your client, Cascade Company, is planning to invest some of its excess cash in 5-year revenue bonds issued by the county and in the shares of one of its suppliers, Teton Co. Teton’s shares trade on th...

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