How does the Fair Labor Standards Act affect the wages paid by many firms? What types of firms are regulated by the act?
> When a specific account receivable is deemed uncollectible, it is written off by debiting _____and crediting______.
> What is the alternative method of handling unearned income?
> What adjustment is made to record income earned during a period?
> How is unearned income recorded when it is received?
> What is unearned income? Give two examples of items that would be classified as unearned income
> What adjustment is made for accrued interest on a note receivable?
> 1. A building owned by Hopewell Company was recently valued at $850,000 by a real estate expert. The president of the company is questioning the accuracy of the firm’s latest balance sheet because it shows a book value of $550,000 for the building. How w
> What is accrued income? Give an example of an item that might produce accrued income.
> What is the alternative method of handling prepaid expenses?
> What adjustment is made to record expired insurance?
> How is the cost of an insurance policy recorded when the policy is purchased?
> What is a prepaid expense? Give three examples of prepaid expense items.
> When must Form W-2 be issued? To whom is it sent?
> What is the purpose of Form W-3? When must it be issued? To whom is it sent?
> What is the lookback period?
> What are the four taxes levied on employers?
> An audit trail allows an individual to track a transaction from the journal entry to the general ledger through to the financial statements. The audit trail can also find all the transactions that comprise the dollar amount for each account listed on the
> What is a business tax identification number?
> What is EFTPS? When is EFTPS required?
> What does “semiweekly” refer to in the Semiweekly Deposit Schedule Rule?
> What does “monthly” refer to in the Monthly Deposit Schedule Rule?
> Why was the unemployment insurance system established?
> What is the purpose of allowing a credit against the FUTA for state unemployment taxes?
> What is the purpose of Form 940? How often is it filed?
> A state charges a basic SUTA tax rate of 5.4 percent. Because of an excellent experience rating, an employer in the state has to pay only 1.0 percent of the taxable payroll as state tax. What is the percentage to be used in computing the credit against t
> Is the employer required to deposit the federal unemployment tax during the year? Explain.
> What is Form 941? How often is the form filed?
> Review the following excerpt taken from the Walmart consolidated balance sheet as of January 31, 2018. Analyze: 1. When the accountant for Walmart records a purchase of property and equipment, what type of account is debited? If Walmart purchases equipme
> Who pays for workers’ compensation insurance?
> When is the premium for workers’ compensation insurance usually paid?
> How can an employer keep informed about changes in the rates and bases for the social security, Medicare, and FUTA taxes?
> What happens if the employer fails to deduct enough employee income tax or FICA tax from employee earnings?
> Which of the following are withheld from employees’ earnings? a. FUTA b. income tax c. Medicare d. social security e. SUTA f. workers’ compensation
> What is the purpose of the Medicare tax?
> How are earnings determined when employees are paid on the hourly rate basis?
> Give two examples of common payroll fraud.
> Does the employee bear any part of the SUTA tax? Explain.
> How are the federal and state unemployment taxes related?
> An essential element of a strong system on internal control and fraud prevention is the segregation of duties of employees. Segregation of duties increases the likelihood that a single employee does not have the ability to steal assets of the business an
> What is an exempt employee?
> What aspects of employment are regulated by the Fair Labor Standards Act? What is another commonly used name for this act?
> What factors affect how much federal income tax must be withheld from an employee’s earnings?
> How does the salary basis differ from the hourly rate basis of paying employees?
> What publication of the Internal Revenue Service provides information about the current federal income tax rates and the procedures that employers should use to withhold federal income tax from an employee’s earnings?
> What is the simplest method for finding the amount of federal income tax to be deducted from an employee’s gross pay?
> What are the four bases for determining employee gross earnings?
> How does the direct deposit method of paying employees operate?
> What is the purpose of the social security tax?
> 1. How might a poor set of recording procedures affect the flow of information to management? 2. Why should management be concerned about the efficiency of a firm’s procedures for journalizing and posting transactions? 3. Why should management insist tha
> Why are MICR numbers printed on deposit slips and checks?
> What type of information is entered on a check stub? Why should a check stub be prepared before the check is written?
> What is a check?
> What procedures are used to achieve internal control over banking activities?
> Why are journal entries sometimes needed after the bank reconciliation statement is prepared?
> Give some reasons why the bank balance and the book balance of cash might differ.
> What information is shown on the bank statement?
> Why is a bank reconciliation prepared?
> Explain the meaning of the following terms: a. Canceled check b. Outstanding check c. Deposit in transit d. Debit memorandum e. Credit memorandum f. Dishonored check g. Blank endorsement h. Deposit slip i. Drawee j. Restrictive endorsement k. Payee l. Dr
> Describe the major controls for cash payments.
> A chart of accounts varies with each type of business as well as each company. In a group, compare and contrast the accounts that would appear in Cole’s Real Estate Office, Sarah’s Clothing Emporium, Neal’s Grocery Store, and Tanner Plumbing Service. Wha
> Describe the major controls for cash receipts.
> Explain what bonding means. How does bonding relate to safeguarding cash?
> What is a promissory note? What entry is made to record the collection of a promissory note and interest?
> When are petty cash expenditures entered in a firm’s accounting records?
> Describe the major controls for petty cash.
> How are cash shortages and overages recorded?
> Which type of endorsement is most appropriate for a business to use?
> What is the book balance of cash?
> How is the net delivered cost of purchases computed?
> Why is it useful for a business to have an accounts payable ledger?
> Annual reports released by publicly held companies include a letter to the stockholders written by the chief executive officer, chairman of the board, or president. Analyze Online: Locate the Adobe Systems, Inc., website (www.adobe.com). Within Investor
> What type of accounts are kept in the accounts payable ledger?
> What is a schedule of accounts payable? Why is it prepared?
> What is the relationship of the Accounts Payable account in the general ledger to the accounts payable subsidiary ledger?
> What is a purchase allowance?
> What is a purchase return?
> What is the purpose of a credit memorandum?
> What account is debited for freight charges on merchandise inventory purchases when the perpetual inventory system is used?
> What account is credited for the return of merchandise inventory when the perpetual inventory system is used?
> What account is debited for the purchase of merchandise inventory when the perpetual inventory system is used?
> What do the following credit terms mean? a. n/30 b. 2/10, n/30 c. n/10 EOM d. n/20 e. 1/10, n/20 f. 3/5, n/30 g. n/15 EOM
> Gloria’s Fabrics is a large fabric provider to the general public. The accounting office has three employees: accounts receivable clerk, accounts payable clerk, and a bookkeeper who manages the accounting function in the company. The accounts receivable
> 1. As an owner or manager of a business, what questions would you ask to judge the firm’s performance, control operations, make decisions, and plan for the future? 2. Why is financial information important? 3. Besides earning a profit, what other objecti
> Find the X value corresponding to z = 0.75 for each of the following distributions. a. μ = 90 and σ = 4 b. μ = 90 and σ = 8 c. μ = 90 and σ = 12 d. μ = 90 and σ = 20
> You receive your midterm exam scores for four classes. In all four classes, your midterm score was X = 70. Below is the mean and standard deviation for each of your classes. Compute the z-score for each midterm exam score and summarize in words how you p
> A sample has a mean of M = 53 and a standard deviation of s = 11. For this sample, find the z-score for each of the following X values. X = 30 X = 39 X = 70 X = 48 X = 57 X = 64
> Explain how a z-score identifies an exact location in a distribution with a single number.
> Describe the scores in a sample that has a standard deviation of zero.
> Calculate SS, σ 2, and σ for the following population of N = 5 scores: 6, 0, 4, 2, 3.
> Is it possible to obtain a negative value for SS (sum of squared deviations), variance, and standard deviation?
> In words, explain what is measured by variance and standard deviation.
> Calculate the range and interquartile range for the following set of scores from a continuous variable: 23, 13, 10, 8, 10, 9, 11, 12.
> A teacher is interested in the effect of a study session on quiz performance. Two different classes receive a pretest (before the study session) and a posttest (after the study session). Thus, the teacher records the following four sets of scores: a. For
> You are interested in how much time you spend on InstagramTM so you recorded the number of minutes spent browsing your newsfeed each day for three weeks. You obtain the following data: a. Create a grouped frequency distribution table that (i) has the bes
> One population has a mean of μ = 50 and a standard deviation of σ = 15, and a different population has a mean of μ = 50 and a standard deviation of σ = 5. a. Sketch both distributions, labelling μ and σ. b. Would a score of X = 65 be considered an extrem
> If you have ever tried to learn a new mechanical skill, you probably noticed that the hand-eye coordination needed to perform the skill is learned with practice. To demonstrate the effects of such practice, Li (2008) studied the effect of prism goggles o
> Everyone experiences “ups and downs” in life satisfaction. Boehm, Winning, Segerstrom, and Kubzansky (2015) studied whether such variability in life satisfaction is correlated with mortality rate. Over a nine-year peri
> Luhmann, Schimmack, and Eid (2011) were interested in the relationship between income and subjective well-being. The researchers measured participants’ income across time between 1991 and 2006 and observed that both the central tendency
> For the data in the following sample: 1, 1, 9, 1 a. Find the mean, SS, variance, and standard deviation. b. Now change the score of X = 9 to X = 3, and find the new values for SS, variance, and standard deviation. c. Describe how one extreme score influe
> For the following population of N = 6 scores: 2, 9, 6, 8, 9, 8 a. Calculate the range and the standard deviation. (Use either definition for the range—see page 113.) b. Add 2 points to each score and compute the range and standard deviation again. c. Des
