MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING FUND. W/CONNECT
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Chapter 1, Problem 1BTN
Managerial accounting is more than recording, maintain, and
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- Access and read Apple’s “Warranty costs” section of the “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” footnote to its financial statements, from Appendix A. How does management establish and adjust the warranty reserve? What are some of the effect if the company’s actual results differ from its estimates?
- What is the management accountant’s role in determining those estimates?
- What are some factors that could impact the warranty actual in a given year?
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- Access Apple’s annual report for a fiscal year ending after September 28, 2013, from either its website [Apple.com] or the SEC’s EDGAR database [SEC.gov]. Answer the questions in part 1, 2, and 3 after reading the current “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimate.” Identify any major changes.
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Please read the e-textbook on Managerial Accounting Basics (pp.643-646, indicated as page 304 305 in VitalSource) and answer the following
question.
Managers explain and voluntarily disclose the forecasted financial information to the external financial users at the beginning of the period. The purpose
to provide the forecasted financial information is to help the external investors interpret managers' forecasted earnings by examining the profitability of
the firm when the investors forecast the earnings and make investment decision.
Discuss the extent to which you agree/disagree with that trend? You should support your reasoning with example(s).
"Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) assist the development of management accounting systems." Do you agree? Explain.
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Part 1
A.
No. Although GAAP applies to internal accounting reports, managers rarely use it to develop management accounting systems.
B.
Yes. GAAP applies only to internal accounting reports. Therefore, managers must develop management accounting systems to comply with GAAP.
C.
No. GAAP applies to financial reporting for external users. Internal accounting reports are not restricted by GAAP.
D.
Yes. GAAP applies to internal accounting reports as well as financial reporting for external users. Managers must use GAAP in the development of all accounting systems.
Which of the following is most associated with managerial accounting?
a.is prepared for users outside the organization
b.always reports on the entire entity
c.must follow GAAP
d.may rely on estimates and forecasts
Which of the following measures a company's ability to pay its current liabilities?
A. times interest earned
B. earnings per share
C. current ratio
D. inventory turnover
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MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING FUND. W/CONNECT
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Ch. 1 - Prob. 6DQCh. 1 - What product cost is both a prime cost and a...Ch. 1 - Assume that we tour Samsungs factory where it...Ch. 1 - Prob. 9DQCh. 1 - Prob. 10DQCh. 1 - Prob. 11DQCh. 1 - Prob. 12DQCh. 1 - Prob. 13DQCh. 1 - Prob. 14DQCh. 1 - Prob. 15DQCh. 1 - Prob. 16DQCh. 1 - Prob. 17DQCh. 1 - What are the three categories of manufacturing...Ch. 1 - List several examples of factory overhead.Ch. 1 - Prob. 20DQCh. 1 - GOOGLE Prepare a proper title for the annual...Ch. 1 - Prob. 22DQCh. 1 - Prob. 23DQCh. 1 - Prob. 24DQCh. 1 - Prob. 25DQCh. 1 - Prob. 1QSCh. 1 - Prob. 2QSCh. 1 - QS 14-4 Direct and indirect costs C2
Diez Company...Ch. 1 - Classifying product costs C2 Identify each of the...Ch. 1 - QS 14-6 Product and period costs C3
Identify each...Ch. 1 - Prob. 6QSCh. 1 - Prob. 7QSCh. 1 - Prob. 8QSCh. 1 - Prob. 9QSCh. 1 - Prob. 10QSCh. 1 - Prob. 11QSCh. 1 - Prob. 12QSCh. 1 - Prob. 13QSCh. 1 - Prob. 14QSCh. 1 - Both managerial accounting and financial...Ch. 1 - Prob. 2ECh. 1 - Exercise 14-3 Cost classifications for a service...Ch. 1 - Prob. 4ECh. 1 - Prob. 5ECh. 1 - Prob. 6ECh. 1 - Prob. 7ECh. 1 - Using the following data, compute (1) the cost of...Ch. 1 - Exercise 14-9 Preparing financial statements for a...Ch. 1 - Prob. 10ECh. 1 - Prob. 11ECh. 1 - Prob. 12ECh. 1 - Prob. 13ECh. 1 - Prob. 14ECh. 1 - Prob. 15ECh. 1 - Prob. 16ECh. 1 - Exercise 14-17 Lean business practice C6 Many...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1PSACh. 1 - The following calendar year-end information is...Ch. 1 - Using the data Problem 1-2A and the inventory for...Ch. 1 - Nazaros Boot Company makes specialty boots for the...Ch. 1 - Prob. 5PSACh. 1 - Prob. 1PSBCh. 1 - The following calendar year-end information is...Ch. 1 - Using the information from Problem 1-2B and the...Ch. 1 - Problem 14-4B Ending inventory computation and...Ch. 1 - Prob. 5PSBCh. 1 - (This serial problem begins in this chapter and...Ch. 1 - Managerial accounting is more than recording,...Ch. 1 - Prob. 2BTNCh. 1 - Prob. 3BTNCh. 1 - Prob. 4BTNCh. 1 - Prob. 5BTNCh. 1 - The following calendar-year information is taken...Ch. 1 - Eden Full SunSaluter must understand manufacturing...Ch. 1 - Prob. 8BTNCh. 1 - Prob. 9BTN
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