Why are both the debit and credit amounts in the Adjustments columns on the Income Summary line of the work sheet extended to the Adjusted Trial Balance columns?
> How is the periodic interest expense affected by the amortization of the premium on bonds payable?
> How is the amount of bond premium or discount to be amortized in a period determined using the straight-line method?
> Will a bond sell at a discount or at a premium if the stated rate is greater than the market rate on the bond? If the stated rate is less than the market rate?
> What is goodwill? When is it recognized?
> What does the difference between the totals of the Income Statement columns represent? What does the difference between the Balance Sheet columns totals represent?
> What is the function of a statement of owner’s equity?
> What are the two major sources of capital for every type of business?
> What is a trademark?
> How should the unamortized portion of the cost of a copyright be reported on the balance sheet?
> Over what period of time the cost of a patent should be allocated if its economic life is expected to be less than its legal life?
> Which depreciation method is similar to the method used to compute depletion expense?
> What is the purpose of depletion?
> How should the bond sinking fund be reported on the corporation balance sheet?
> How should sinking fund earnings be reported on the corporation income statement?
> When bonds are redeemed before maturity, how is the gain or loss on redemption determined? Why does the calculation differ for bonds issued at face value, at a premium, and at a discount?
> List the five steps taken to prepare a work sheet.
> Describe the differences between corporate bonds and stock from the standpoint of the issuing corporation.
> What effect does a stock dividend have on the accounts of the corporation? A stock split?
> Where should stock dividends distributable be reported on the balance sheet? Why?
> How is paid-in capital in excess of par usually reported on the balance sheet?
> What is the effect of a cash dividend on the corporation accounts?
> How do owners’ equity accounts in a corporation differ from those in a sole proprietorship or partnership?
> Describe how to account for organization costs.
> For what reason do corporations retain earnings in the business?
> When a plant asset is sold, what must be known about the asset in order to determine the proper amount of gain or loss on the sale?
> For what time interval should depreciation expense be entered on the date of an asset’s disposal?
> Explain the function of each of the four closing entries made by Sunflower Cycle.
> Under the allowance method, what journal entries are made if an account is collected that was previously written off?
> How are appropriated and unappropriated retained earnings shown on the statement of retained earnings?
> What is the primary reason for appropriating retained earnings?
> What expense do corporations incur that sole proprietorships and partnerships do not?
> How is common stock subscriptions receivable usually reported on the balance sheet?
> If stock is issued for noncash assets, at what amount should the assets be recorded?
> What factors generally are considered in determining the allocation of profits and losses?
> Who elects the permanent board of directors?
> How should the cost of such activities as planting trees and shrubs be entered?
> How is paid-in capital from sale of treasury stock usually shown on the balance sheet?
> How is treasury stock usually shown on the balance sheet?
> What is an unearned revenue?
> What costs should be included when measuring the total cost to acquire a long-term asset?
> How should additions or improvements representing an increase in the usefulness of plant assets be entered?
> When a new partner who has been the sole owner of a business is admitted to a partnership by having the partnership take over the old business, what usually serves as the basis for preparing the opening entry?
> Identify three ways in which a partnership may be dissolved.
> What accounts are affected when employer payroll tax expenses are properly recorded?
> When two sole proprietors decide to combine their businesses, at what values should the noncash assets be taken over by the partnership?
> What are the two major types of depreciation?
> What are the three major ways of disposing of a plant asset?
> Explain what is meant by the “replacement” of a component of a plant asset.
> For assets acquired after 1986, what depreciation methods are allowed for federal income tax purposes?
> Explain how the depreciation method selected affects the balance sheet and income statement.
> Which depreciation method provides the fastest write-off of an asset?
> What is meant by the “depreciable cost” of a plant asset?
> If a note receivable that was discounted at a bank is dishonored by its maker, what is the responsibility of the person or business discounting the note?
> If a note receivable is discounted at a bank, on what amount and for what time period does the bank compute the discount?
> What is the primary purpose of reversing entries?
> What number of days is considered as a year by most banks and businesses in computing interest?
> What is the formula for calculating interest on notes?
> Who is the payee of a note?
> What are generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)?
> What work sheet amounts are used to compute cost of goods sold?
> What is the function of a balance sheet?
> Who is the maker of a note?
> What is the function of an income statement?
> List the three basic questions that must be answered when analyzing the effects of a business transaction on the accounting equation.
> What is the purpose of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act?
> What is the name of the organization that issues accounting standards followed by many firms in countries outside the United States?
> How accrued interest receivable and accrued interest are payable reported on the balance sheet?
> What is the appropriate entry for accrued interest on notes payable for an interest-bearing note? For a non-interest-bearing note from a bank?
> What kind of account is Discount on Notes Payable, and how is it reported on the balance sheet?
> When a business borrows money from a bank on a non-interest-bearing note, how are the bank discount and proceeds calculated?
> List the five steps followed under the retail method of estimating inventory.
> What information appears on Form W-2, the employee’s Wage and Tax Statement?
> On which notes receivable and notes payable is it necessary to record accrued interest at the end of the period?
> How does a note receivable differ from an account receivable?
> What adjusting entries should be reversed?
> What is the customary date for reversing entries?
> What is the purpose of a post-closing trial balance?
> Where is the information obtained that is needed in journalizing the closing entries?
> Describe how to calculate the following ratios: (a) Return on owner’s equity (b) Accounts receivable turnover (c) Inventory turnover
> Name and describe the calculation of two measures that provide an indication of a business’s ability to pay current obligations.
> What is the correcting entry method?
> Describe the nature of the two forms of an income statement.
> What is the ruling method of correcting an error?
> What is the purpose of workers’ compensation insurance, and who must pay for it?
> What is the purpose of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification?
> If the total of the schedule of accounts payable does not agree with the Accounts Payable balance, what procedures should be used to search for the error?
> Identify the major documents commonly used in the purchasing process.
> What is the purpose of Form 941, Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return?
> What steps are followed in posting cash payments from the general journal to the general ledger?
> Explain why an employee whose gross salary is $20,000 costs an employer more than $20,000 to employ.
> Describe the information contained in the payroll register.
> What is the purpose of the state unemployment tax, and who must pay it?
> Give three examples of unearned revenue.
> What is the purpose of the FUTA tax, and who must pay it?
> Distinguish between a cash discount and a trade discount.
> What is the purpose of the EFTPS?
> At what rate and on what earnings base is the employer’s Social Security tax levied?
> What is the purpose of Form 940, Employer’s Annual Federal Unemployment Tax Return?
> Why do employer payroll taxes represent an additional expense to the employer, whereas the various employee payroll taxes do not?
> Explain what an employer does with the amounts withheld from an employee’s pay.
