Question: I need these explained and shown in detail to use as a study guide Cash and cash equivalents; restricted cash Bank overdrafts Cash discounts (sales

I need these explained and shown in detail to use as a study guide

  • Cash and cash equivalents; restricted cash
  • Bank overdrafts
  • Cash discounts (sales discounts) vs. trade discounts
  • Gross vs. Net method to record sales
  • Bad debt expense: Balance sheet approach (% of rec.) vs. Inc. stmt. approach (% of sales)
  • Bad debt journal entries
  • Zero interest bearing notes vs. interest bearing notes
  • Factoring receivables: with and without recourse
  • Assigning receivables
  • FOB shipping pt. vs. FOB destination (when does legal title of goods transfer)
  • Accounting for petty cash
  • Periodic vs. Perpetual
  • Gross vs. Net methods for recording purchases
  • LIFO, FIFO, Weighted Average
  • Lower of Cost or Market (problem format)
  • Net realizable value
  • Relative Sales Method Proportional Allocation (lump sum purchase)
  • Purchase Commitments (journal entry how to record a loss)
  • Gross profit method (when can it be used and when can it NOT be used)
  • What costs are included in land? Land Improvements? Building?
  • Weighted-average Accumulated expenditures and avoidable interest capitalization of interest
  • Depreciation systematic and rational allocation of cost; typically depreciation is calc. to the nearest dollar for a full month
  • Depreciable Cost/Base
  • Activity methods (variable in nature i.e. units produced or miles driven
  • Straight-line method
  • Decreasing Charge (Accelerated): Sum-of-the-Years-Digits & Double Declining
  • Partial period depreciation
  • Fractional-year depreciation policies typically depreciation is calculated to the nearest full month and dollar
  • Other Property Issues: Revision of estimates, Impairment, and Depletion
  • Purchased vs. Internally created intangibles
  • Amortization intangible are typically amortized using the straight-line method
  • Goodwill- not amortized; only booked when purchased

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