Chapter 1: Q15RQ. (page 32)
How is net income calculated? Define revenues and expenses.
Net income is calculated by subtracting total expenses from the total revenues. Revenues are the income generated by the selling of goods or services. Expenses are the costs incurred to sell goods or services.
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Identifying users of accounting information For each user of accounting information, identify if the user would use financial accounting or managerial accounting. a. investor e. controller b. banker f. stockholder c. IRS g. human resources director d. manager of the business h. creditor
Identifying users of accounting information
For each of the users of accounting information, identify whether the user is an external decision maker (E) or an internal decision maker (I):
a. customer
b. company manager
c. Internal Revenue Service
d. lender
e. investor
f. controller
g. cost accountant
h. SEC
Question: Match the accounting terminology to the definitions. 3. Time period concept 4. Revenue recognition principle 5. Matching principle a. Requires companies to record revenue when it satisfies each performance obligation. b. Assumes that a business’s activities can be sliced into small time segments and that financial statements can be prepared for specific periods. c. Guides accounting for expenses, ensures that all expenses are recorded when they are incurred during the period, and matches those expenses against the revenues of the period
Indicate the effects of the following business transactions on the accounting equation for Sam’s Snack Foods, a supplier of snack foods. Transaction (a) is answered as a guide. a. Sam’s Snack Foods received cash from issuance of common stock to stockholders. Answer: Increase asset (Cash); Increase equity (Common Stock) b. Cash purchase of land for a building site. c. Paid cash on accounts payable. d. Purchased equipment; signed a note payable. e. Performed service for a customer on account. f. Employees worked for the week but will be paid next Tuesday. g. Received cash from a customer on accounts receivable. h. Borrowed money from the bank. i. Cash dividends paid to stockholders. j. Incurred utilities expense on account.
Match the accounting terminology to the definitions. 1. Certified management accountants a. information system that measures business activities, processes that information into reports, and communicates the results to decision makers 2. Accounting b. professional accountants who serve the general public 3. Managerial accounting c. person or business to whom a business owes money 4. Certified public accountants d. field of accounting that focuses on providing information for internal decision makers 5. Financial accounting e. professionals who work for a single company 6. Creditor f. field of accounting that focuses on providing information for external decision makers
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