Questions from Intermediate Accounting


Q: Some inventory errors are said to be “self-correcting,”

Some inventory errors are said to be “self-correcting,” in that the error has the opposite financial statement effect in the period following the error, thereby “correcting,” the original account bala...

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Q: Danville Bottlers is a wholesale beverage company. Danville uses the FIFO

Danville Bottlers is a wholesale beverage company. Danville uses the FIFO inventory method to determine the cost of its ending inventory. Ending inventory quantities are determined by a physical count...

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Q: Mayfair Department Stores operates over 30 retail stores in the Pacific Northwest

Mayfair Department Stores operates over 30 retail stores in the Pacific Northwest. Prior to 2021, the company used the FIFO method to value its inventory. In 2021, Mayfair decided to switch to the dol...

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Q: Late one Thursday afternoon, Joy Martin, a veteran audit manager

Late one Thursday afternoon, Joy Martin, a veteran audit manager with a regional CPA firm, was reviewing documents for a long-time client of the firm, AMT Transport. The year-end audit was scheduled t...

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Q: Late in 2021, you and two other officers of Curbo Fabrications

Late in 2021, you and two other officers of Curbo Fabrications Corporation just returned from a meeting with officials of the City of Jackson. The meeting was unexpectedly favorable even though it cul...

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Q: Early one Wednesday afternoon, Ken and Larry studied in the dormitory

Early one Wednesday afternoon, Ken and Larry studied in the dormitory room they shared at Fogelman College. Ken, an accounting major, was advising Larry, a management major, regarding a project for La...

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Q: It’s financial statements preparation time at Center Industries, where you have

It’s financial statements preparation time at Center Industries, where you have been assistant controller for two months. Ben Huddler, the controller, seems to be pleasant but unpredictable. Today, al...

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Q: DRS Corporation changed the way it depreciates its computers from the sum

DRS Corporation changed the way it depreciates its computers from the sum-of-the-year’s-digits method to the straight-line method beginning January 1, 2021. DRS also changed its estimated residual val...

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Q: On January 1, 2021, Wooten Technology Associates sold computer equipment

On January 1, 2021, Wooten Technology Associates sold computer equipment to the Denison Company. Delivery was made on January 1, 2021, but payment for the equipment of $10,000 is not due until Decembe...

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Q: Ray Solutions decided to make the following changes in its accounting policies

Ray Solutions decided to make the following changes in its accounting policies on January 1, 2021: a. Changed from the cash to the accrual basis of accounting for recognizing revenue on its service co...

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