The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Accounting Course, 4th Ed

by Dixon, Robert; Arnett, Harold; Davidoff, Howard

• ISBN13: 9780071486033
• ISBN10: 0071486038
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-07-16
• Publisher: McGraw Hill

Summary

Quickly get up-to-speed in all basic accounting principles and procedures and apply that knowledge to real-world financial decisions and requestsThe McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Accounting Coursehas been the gold standard for anyone looking for a fast, no-nonsense primer in all the fundamentals of financial, managerial, and tax accounting concepts. Now thoroughly revised and updated, the fourth edition features new coverage of the technological developments in the field, the recent sweeping tax reforms, and the latest Financial Accounting Standards Board pronouncements.The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Accounting Courseoffers such up-to-date coverage as: Complete analysis of the current trends in computer hardware and accounting software Coverage of current tax issues, such as the revision of tax rate structure, new deductions and credits for higher education costs, and taxation of Social Security benefits New test problems throughout to help you gauge your progress, as well as a final exam that can earn you a Certificate of AchievementComplete with a doable study plan,The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Accounting Courseis your fast track to easily mastering the essentials of accounting in the shortest time possible.

Author Biography

Robert L. Dixon, Ph.D.,C.P.A., was Professor Emeritus of Accounting, University of Michigan.

Harold E. Arnett is Professor Emeritus of Accounting, University of Michigan.

Howard Davidoff, J.D. is an associate professor of economics at City University of New York.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xiii
Instructions and Study Plan	p. xvii
The Balance Sheet	p. 1
What Is a Balance Sheet?	p. 1
The Balance Sheet-What Good Is It?	p. 1
Does the Balance Sheet Really Show Financial Position?	p. 2
Does the Balance Sheet Actually Show What You Think It May?	p. 3
How Are Assets Valued?	p. 4
Why Are Nonmonetary Assets Reported at Cost?	p. 4
Balance Sheet Illustrations	p. 6
Balance Sheet Categories	p. 9
Balance Sheet Relationships	p. 10
Balance Sheet Terminology	p. 10
Test Problem	p. 11
Required	p. 11
Test Problem Solution Space	p. 11
The Income Statement	p. 12
What Is the Income Statement's Purpose?	p. 12
What Is Net Income?	p. 13
What Is Revenue?	p. 14
The Accrual Concept	p. 15
What Is an Expense?	p. 15
Some Other Offsets to Revenue	p. 17
What Are Income Taxes?	p. 17
Interest and Dividends	p. 18
Income Statement Illustrated	p. 18
Comments on Illustrative Income Statement	p. 19
Test Problem	p. 22
Revenue Data	p. 22
Expense Data	p. 22
Required	p. 23
Test Problem Solution Space	p. 23
The Accounting Structure	p. 24
Management Decisions	p. 24
Business Forms	p. 25
The Accounting Journal	p. 26
The Accounting Ledger	p. 26
The Ledger Account	p. 27
Asset and Expense Accounts	p. 28
Equity and Revenue Accounts	p. 30
The Process of Recording Complete Transactions	p. 31
The General Journal	p. 34
Comments on Figures 3.7 and 3.8	p. 36
Closing Entries Revisited	p. 36
Use of Subsidiary Ledgers	p. 37
The Trial Balance	p. 38
The Financial Statements	p. 40
Conclusion	p. 40
Test Problem	p. 41
Transaction Data (Month of July)	p. 41
Test Problem Solution Space	p. 42
The Accounting Cycle	p. 44
Elements of the Accounting Cycle	p. 44
What Is Meant, by the Accounting Period?	p. 45
What and Why Are Adjusting Entries?	p. 46
Problem Data	p. 48
The Worksheet	p. 52
The Worksheet-Comments	p. 53
Financial Statements	p. 53
Are Interim Statements Dependable?	p. 56
Internal Control Structure	p. 58
Conclusion	p. 59
Test Problem	p. 59
Required	p. 59
Test Problem Solution Space	p. 60
Working Capital	p. 63
What Is Working Capital?	p. 63
Cash Receipts Transactions	p. 64
Cash Disbursement Transactions	p. 65
Marketable Securities	p. 66
Accounts Receivable	p. 67
Inventories	p. 69
Prepayments	p. 70
Current Liabilities	p. 71
What Can Your Accountants Do for You?	p. 72
The Budget	p. 72
The Cash Budget	p. 73
Comments on Cash Budget Illustration	p. 75
Control of Receivables	p. 76
Comments on Aging Schedule	p. 76
Test Problem	p. 78
Test Problem Solution Space	p. 79
Statement of Cash Flows	p. 80
Cash Receipts and Disbursement Statement	p. 80
Major Sources and Uses of Cash	p. 82
"Funds" Provided by Operations	p. 82
Extended Example	p. 89
Certain Noncash Items	p. 90
Test Problem	p. 91
Required	p. 92
Test Problem Solution Space	p. 92
Inventories	p. 93
What Are Inventories?	p. 93
Typical Inventory Transactions	p. 94
Inventory Valuation	p. 97
Specific Identification Method	p. 98
First-in, First-out	p. 99
What Are Inventory Profits and Holding Gains?	p. 100
Last-in, First-out	p. 102
Dollar Value LIFO	p. 103
Average Cost	p. 104
Cost or Market, the Lower	p. 104
Inventory Turnover	p. 105
Inventory Reports for Management	p. 105
Gross Profit (or Gross Margin) Method of Inventory Estimation	p. 106
Example	p. 106
Test Problem	p. 107
Required	p. 107
Test Problem Solution Space	p. 107
Property, Plant, and Equipment and Depreciation	p. 108
Classes of Noncurrent (Long-Term) Assets	p. 108
Initial Valuation of Property, Plant, and Equipment	p. 109
Historical Cost Less Depreciation	p. 111
Replacement Cost	p. 111
Depreciation of Property, Plant, and Equipment	p. 113
What Is Depreciation?	p. 113
Depreciation Patterns	p. 114
Straight-Line Depreciation	p. 114
Wavy-Line Depreciation	p. 115
Decreasing-Line Depreciation	p. 116
Composite and Group Depreciation	p. 117
Typical Depreciation Entries	p. 118
A Caveat	p. 119
Change of Depreciation Estimates	p. 119
Depreciation Fallacies	p. 120
Test Problem	p. 121
Required	p. 121
Test Problem Solution Space	p. 122
Corporation Accounts	p. 124
What Is Unique about Corporation Accounting?	p. 124
The Issue of Capital Stock with Par Value	p. 125
The Issue of Capital Stock with No Par Value	p. 126
The Issue of Capital Stock for Property	p. 126
Treasury Stock-What, Why, and How?	p. 127
Stock Splits-What, Why and How?	p. 130
Stock Rights	p. 131
Stock Options	p. 131
Stock Warrants	p. 132
Convertible Preferred Stock	p. 133
Callable Preferred Stock	p. 133
Common Stock Equivalents	p. 134
Earnings Per Share	p. 134
Organization Costs	p. 135
Test Problem	p. 136
Required	p. 136
Test Problem Solution Space	p. 137
Dividends and Reserves	p. 139
What Is a True Dividend?	p. 139
Corporate Investment in Affiliated Company	p. 141
Liquidating "Dividends"	p. 142
Stock Dividends	p. 143
What Do Accountants Mean by "Reserves"?	p. 145
Contra Accounts Used to Be Called Reserves	p. 145
Some Liabilities Used to Be Called Reserves	p. 146
Retained Earnings May Be Reserved	p. 146
Deferred Credits when in Doubt	p. 147
Cumulative Preferred Stock	p. 149
Test Problem	p. 150
Required	p. 150
Test Problem Solution Space	p. 150
Long-Term Debt	p. 151
Why Go into Debt?	p. 151
Installment Purchases	p. 152
Leases and Sale-and-Leaseback Transactions	p. 154
Long-Term Notes	p. 156
Mortgage Loans	p. 157
Mortgage and Debenture Bonds	p. 157
Sale of Bonds Between Interest Payment Dates	p. 162
Convertible Bonds	p. 163
Bonds with Warrants Attached	p. 164
Test Problem	p. 165
Required	p. 165
Test Problem Solution Space	p. 165
Basic Cost Accounting	p. 167
What Is Cost Accounting?	p. 167
What Are the Purposes of Cost Accounting?	p. 167
Job-Order versus Process Cost Accounting	p. 168
Use of Subsidiary Ledgers	p. 169
Job-Order Cost Accounting	p. 170
Process Cost Accounting	p. 174
Test Problem	p. 177
Test Problem Solution Space	p. 177
Cost Standards	p. 180
What's a Standard?	p. 180
Illustration of Standards-Standard Cost per Unit	p. 181
Raw Materials Standards	p. 181
Raw Materials Accounting-Standard Costs	p. 182
Direct Labor Accounting-Standard Costs	p. 184
Manufacturing Overhead Accounting-Standard Costs	p. 186
Standard Cost Applications	p. 189
Test Problem	p. 189
Required	p. 190
Test Problem Solution Space	p. 190
Internal Management Accounting	p. 192
The Concept of Management Accounting	p. 192
Responsibility Accounting	p. 193
Standard Costing	p. 193
Direct Costing	p. 194
Differential Costs and Related Decisions	p. 195
Should We Make It or Buy It?	p. 197
Decisions to Acquire Plant Assets	p. 199
Miscellaneous Topics	p. 202
Test Problem	p. 202
Test Problem Solution Space	p. 203
Federal Income Tax Concepts	p. 204
Taxpayers and Tax Returns	p. 205
Accounting Periods and Methods	p. 212
Income	p. 215
Deductions	p. 217
Property Transactions	p. 219
Credits Against Tax	p. 224
Rate Structure	p. 224
Tax Shelters	p. 225
Summary	p. 227
Test Problems	p. 227
Personal Computers and Software	p. 229
Acknowledgment	p. 232
Consolidated Statements	p. 233
What Is a Consolidated Statement?	p. 233
Why Isn't a Consolidated Statement a Combined Statement?	p. 234
Consolidation Buzz Words	p. 235
Elimination Entries	p. 238
Where Are Elimination Entries Recorded?	p. 241
Consolidation of Balance Sheets at Acquisition Date	p. 242
Consolidated Balance Sheet Sometime Later	p. 243
Consolidation of Income Statements	p. 246
Consolidated Statements-Conclusion	p. 247
Test Problem	p. 248
Required	p. 249
Test Problem Solution Space	p. 250
Income Tax Allocation	p. 252
Why Bother?	p. 252
What Conditions Make Interperiod Allocation Necessary?	p. 252
General Principles of Interperiod Allocation	p. 253
Revenue Recognized before It Is Taxed	p. 254
Expenses Recognized before They Become Tax Deductions	p. 256
Revenue Taxed before It Is Recognized	p. 257
Expenses as Tax Deductions before They Are Recognized	p. 258
Tax Allocation and Permanent Differences	p. 262
Arguments Against Tax Allocation	p. 262
Tax Allocation with in a Period	p. 262
Test Problems	p. 263
Business Combinations: Mergers, Acquisitions, and Consolidations	p. 264
How Business Combinations Are Achieved	p. 264
Valuation Using the Purchase Method	p. 265
The Physiology of an Acquisition Under the Purchase Method	p. 266
Impact of Acquisition Transaction on Income	p. 269
Required Disclosure under the Purchase Method	p. 270
Test Problem	p. 271
Required	p. 272
Test Problem Solution Space	p. 272
Accounting for Foreign Operations	p. 274
Our Foreign Relations	p. 274
Accounts Receivable	p. 274
Accounts Payable	p. 275
Foreign Branches	p. 275
Foreign Subsidiaries	p. 276
Accounting for Receivables and Payables	p. 276
Foreign Branch Accounting	p. 278
Foreign Currency Translation	p. 281
Identifying a Foreign Entity's Functional Currency	p. 282
Accounting for the Cumulative Translation Adjustment	p. 282
Solutions to Tests	p. 285
Supplementary Problems	p. 308
Solutions to Supplementary Problems	p. 333
Index	p. 367
Final Examination	p. 385
About the Authors	p. 403
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