ASHFORD ACC 305 Week 1 Assignments E 3-18, E 3-20, J Case 3-5
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ACC 305 Week 1 Assignments E 3-18, E 3-20, J Case 3-5
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ASHFORD ACC 305 Week 1 DQ 1 FASB and Ethics
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Research Case 1-3 (page 45)
The purpose of this case is to introduce you to the information available on the website of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).
Required:
Access the FASB home page on the Internet. The web address is www.fasb.org. Answer the following questions.
1. Describe the mission of the FASB.
2. Who are the current Board members? Briefly describe their backgrounds.
3. How are topics added to the FASB’s technical agenda?
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ASHFORD ACC 305 Week 1 DQ 2 Cash versus Accrual & Financial Disclosures
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Judgment Case 2-1 (page 109)
You have recently been hired by Davis & Company, a small public accounting firm. One of the firm’s partners, Alice Davis, has asked you to deal with a disgruntled client, Mr. Sean Pitt, owner of the city’s largest hardware store. Mr. Pitt is applying to a local bank for a substantial loan to remodel his store. The bank requires accrual based financial statements but Mr. Pitt has always kept the company’s records on a cash basis. He does not see the purpose of accrual based statements. His most recent outburst went something like this: “After all, I collect cash from customers, pay my bills in cash, and I am going to pay the bank loan with cash. And, I already show my building and equipment as assets and depreciate them. I just don’t understand the problem.”
Required:
1. Explain the difference between a cash basis and an accrual basis measure of performance.
2. Why, in most...