Prewriting The nature of news What is news? Charles A. Dana, editor of the New york Sun, once defined it as, anything that interests a large part of the community and has never been brought to its attention before.\ In other words news is what people are talking about. News is new. As Evelyn Waugh described it, News is what the chap who doesn t care much about anything wants to read 1. Put another way, news is a change in the status quo. But does a change in the status quo guarantee

FUNDAMENTALACCOUNTING School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University Lesson5 Completing the Accounting Cycle Exercise Closing entries An adjusted trial balance for Mariposo, Inc., at December 31 appears below. MARIPOSO, INC. Adjusted Trial Balance December 31,2004 Debit Credit Cash

Task Team of FUNDAMENTAL ACCOUNTING School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University Lesson 13 Managerial Accounting I: Concepts and Principles Exercise 1. Sunny Brockman has developed a new device that is so exciting he is considering quitting his job in order to produce and market it on a large-scale basis. Sunny will rent a garage for $1000 per

Task Team of FUNDAMENTAL ACCOUNTING School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University Lesson 4 Adjusting Accounts for Financial Statement Self-Test Answer the following questions: 1. what is an accrued revenue? Give an example 2. what is the difference between the cash basis and accrual basis of accounting? 3. what is accrued expense? Give an example?

Task Team of FUNDAMENTAL ACCOUNTING School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University Lesson 5 Completing the Accounting Cycle Self-Test Answer the following questions: 1. what are the four closing entries? 2. what is the purpose of income summary account?

Task Team of FUNDAMENTAL ACCOUNTING School of Business. Sun Y at-sen University Lesson 11 Understanding Accounting standards Self-Test True and False Questions I. Accounting standards are laws accountants should follow in their work 2. The scandals, such as Enron and the Yinguangxia, happened because the accounting

Task Team of FUNDAMENTAL ACCOUNTING School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University Lesson 13 Managerial Accounting I: Concepts and Principles Self-Test I. True and False Questions 1. Managerial accounting places less emphasis on precision and more emphasis on flexibility

Demand and supply of financial analysis Basic analytical procedures Analysis methods Comprehensive analysis of financial ratios The limitations of financial analysis Task Team of FUNDAMENTAL ACCOUNTING, Business School. Sun Yat-sen University

Task Team of FUNDAMENTAL ACCOUntING hool of Business, Sun Y at-sen University Lesson notes Lesson 2: Economic Transactions and Accounting Equation Learning objectives This lesson begins with a discussion of the purpose of a business, including a discussion of forms of organizations. Next, the nature of

Task Team of FUNDAMENTAL ACCOUntING hool of Business, Sun Y at-sen University L Note Lesson 4 Adjusting Accounts for Financial Statement Learning objectives Describe the purpose of adjusting accounts at the end of the peric 2. Prepare and explain adjusting entries for