ACC 300 ENTIRE COURSE

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ACC 300 ENTIRE COURSE
 
 
ACC 300 Week 1 DQS 
 
Discussion 1
 
What are the elements of the accounting environment? How do these elements affect financial statements? Why are these important? How do these elements affect comparability between companies? Provide examples.
 
 
DQ 2
 
What are debits and credits? How do these affect the accounting equation? Are debits always increases? Are credits always decreases? Explain your answers.
 
 
 
ACC 300 Week 2 Individual Assignment Accounting Equation Paper
 
Write a 500-word essay describing the accounting equation.
 
Include how the accounting equation relates to the components of the balance sheet,
 
Provide examples that show how the components of the accounting equation affect each other and how transactions affect the accounting equation.
 
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
 
ACC 300 Week 2 Discussion
 
Discussion 1
 
What are the different bases of accounting? When is it appropriate to use the cash, accrual, or tax basis? Which one is better? Why?
 
 
Discussion 2
 
         What is the difference between unearned and accrued revenue? Provide an example that differentiates the two types of revenues.
 
 
 
 
ACC 300 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Working With Financial Statements
 
Part I:
 
Write a 1,500- to 1,750-word paper explaining the following:
 
Revenue recognition principle
Expense recognition principle
 
Describe the four situations that require adjusting journal entries and provide one example for each:
 
Prepaid expenses
Unearned revenues
Accrued expenses 
Accrued revenues
 
Format the paper consistent with APA guidelines.
 
Part II
 
Complete problem set P4-2A in Ch. 4 of Financial Accounting.
 
 
ACC 300 Week 3 Discussion
 
Discussion 1
 
         What is the purpose of financial statement analysis? What are some tools you might use to analyze financial performance? What might you use to benchmark performance? Why?
 
 
Discussion 2
 
         What types of financial ratios are used to analyze financial performance? Are some more important than others? Why? Which ratios are important to creditors, investors, and managers? Why?
 
 
ACC 300 Week 4 Individual Assignment Problem Set II
 
Complete the following problem sets in Ch. 2 & 13 of Financial Accounting:
 
P2-6A
P13-2A
 
ACC 300 Week 4 Discussion
Discussion   1
What is the purpose of internal control? Why is internal control important? How might internal controls help or hinder a company’s success?
 
 
 
Discussion   2 
 
What are possible reasons for a difference between an organization’s accounting records compared with the supplied bank statement? What are examples of an over and under statement of accounting records when comparing the bank statement? Why must an organization adjust its entries if there is no accounting error present? Explain your answer.
 
 
 
ACC 300 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Global Environments 
 
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you research a publicly traded corporation that has exhibited global business strategies.
Summarize and include the organization’s financial statements.
Analyze the corporation’s most recent financial statements and answer the following:
 
How are the corporation’s debt securities reported on the financial statements?
How are the corporation’s stock investments reported on the financial statements?
Why would the corporation invest in stocks and debt securities?
What are the corporation’s relative risks and rewards of equity versus debt securities?
What is the difference between equity and debt securities? 
 
Use the organization’s financial statements to determine its financial health.
Identify examples from the organization’s financial statements to justify the team’s responses.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
 
 
 ACC 300 WEEK 5 Discussion  
 
Discussion   1 
 
What must financial managers consider when operating in the global environment? What types of regulatory compliance might they face? What might they do to mitigate financial risk? Should there be global accounting standards? Why or why not?
 
 
 
Discussion   2
 
 
 
In terms of business acquisitions, what is meant by a controlling interest? How much of a corporation’s voting stock would you need to own to maintain a controlling interest of the corporation?