Questions from Intermediate Accounting


Q: At a recent conference on financial accounting and reporting, three participants

At a recent conference on financial accounting and reporting, three participants provided examples of similar accounting changes that they had encountered in the last few months. They all involved the...

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Q: Leader Enterprises Ltd. follows IFRS and has provided the following information

Leader Enterprises Ltd. follows IFRS and has provided the following information: 1. In 2016, Leader was sued in a patent infringement suit, and in 2017, Leader lost the court case. Leader must now pay...

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Q: Holtzman Company is in the process of preparing its financial statements for

Holtzman Company is in the process of preparing its financial statements for 2017. Assume that no entries for depreciation have been recorded in 2017. The following information related to depreciation...

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Q: As at December 31, 2017, Kendrick Corporation is having its

As at December 31, 2017, Kendrick Corporation is having its financial statements audited for the first time ever. The auditor has found the following items that might have an effect on previous years....

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Q: You are the auditor of Maglite Services Inc., a privately owned

You are the auditor of Maglite Services Inc., a privately owned full-service cleaning company following ASPE that is undergoing its first audit for the period ending September 30, 2017. The bank has r...

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Q: The founder, president, and major shareholder of Dewitt Corp.

The founder, president, and major shareholder of Dewitt Corp. recently sold his controlling interest in the company to a national distributor in the same line of business. The change in ownership was...

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Q: On December 31, 2017, before the books were closed,

On December 31, 2017, before the books were closed, management and the accountant at Flanagan Inc. made the following determinations about three depreciable assets. 1. Depreciable asset A (building) w...

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Q: Sharma Corporation has decided that, in preparing its 2017 financial statements

Sharma Corporation has decided that, in preparing its 2017 financial statements under IFRS, two changes should be made from the methods used in prior years: 1. Depreciation. Sharma has used the tax ba...

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Q: Conduit Corporation has 45 current employees: 5 managers and 40 non

Conduit Corporation has 45 current employees: 5 managers and 40 non-managers. The average wage paid is $250 per day for non-managers. The company has just finished negotiating a new employee contract...

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Q: †P22-1 Jeopardy Inc.’s CFO has just left

†P22-1 Jeopardy Inc.’s CFO has just left the office of the company president after a meeting about the draft statement of financial position at April 30, 2017, and...

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