Written Assignments ACC 23 Chapters 1 – 5
 
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Written Assignments 
1 - Accounting: Information for Decision Making Q 2, 12, 17,  27, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39 
Ex 2* - Users of accounting information
Ex 3 (a, c, d only) - What is financial reporting?
* Handout - Review of Home Depot Annual Report  (we will go over this once the reports are received)
2 - Basic Financial Statements Q 2, 4, 9, 11, 12, 13, 19 
* Ex 1 - Nature of assets and liabilities 
Ex 6 - Accounting equation 
Ex 13 - Income statement with errors
P 8A (do not prepare the statement of cash flows required in part b) - Preparing financial statements 
* P 9A - BS and accounting principles (note that you will need to "plug" the equity number, it cannot be derived from just the information provided in the problem although correcting many of the items discussed would, theoretically, also require a correction to the equity balance in order to keep the balance sheet in balance)
3 - The Accounting Cycle: Capturing Economic Events Q 1, 3, 5, 8,  9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 19
BE 7 - When is revenue realized 
BE 8 - When is expense incurred 
* Ex 6 - Effect of transactions on accounting equation 
Ex 7  - effect of transactions, debits/credits provided
* P 5A - Accounting cycle
4 - The Accounting Cycle: Accruals and Deferrals Q 1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14 
Ex 2 - Effects of adjusting entries 
Ex 9 - Adjusting entries 
* P 3A - Analysis of adjusted data 
* P 8A - Effects of errors
Case 1 - Should this be adjusted?
Prepare an adjusted trial balance for our company (this will be used during out discussion of closing entries in chapter 5)
5 - The Accounting Cycle: Reporting Financial Results Q 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 14, 18 
E  15 (a and b only) - Home Depot report
* P 1A (a and b only) - Correcting classification errors / financial statements and closing entries 
P 3A (a, b, c only) - Preparing financials and closing entries for an unprofitable company 
Read, but do not complete, Comprehensive Problem 1 and the related instruction handout

Questions assigned are selected to help you focus on key concepts related to the material covered.  I will not go over the answers in class (they are usually easily traced to the material in the chapter) unless asked to do so.  Reviewing the questions, assigned and unassigned, will help you to determine if you understand the concepts covered, new terminology and the reasons behind specific calculations and journal entries from the related chapter.

* these items will be reviewed in class in detail.

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