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 XACC 290 Week 1 Individual Assignment   Financial Statements
 
Write a 350- to 700-word summary in which you do the following:
Identify the four basic financial statements.
Describe the purpose of each of the four financial statements.
Discuss how the financial statements would be useful to internal users such as managers and employees.
Discuss how the financial statements would be useful to external users such as investors and creditors.
Format the summary consistent with APA guidelines.
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XACC 290 Week 2 Individual Assignment   Exercise 1
 
Resource: Ch. 3 of Financial Accounting
Complete Exercises E3-4 & E3-9.
Complete Problems 3-5A & 3-6A.
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XACC 290 Week 3 Individual Assignment Accrual and Cash Accounting
 
Write a 200- to 300-word paragraph answering the following questions:
What is the difference between accrual and cash accounting?
When might an accountant use cash basis accounting without violating generally accepted accounting principles?
Format your paragraph consistent with APA guidelines.
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XACC 290 Week 4 Individual Assignment Exercise 2
 
Resource: Ch. 4 of Financial Accounting
Complete Exercise BE4-1.
Complete Problems 4-2A & 4-3A.
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XACC 290 Week 5 Individual Assignment Reversing Entries
 
Write a 200- to 300-word paragraph answering the following questions:
What are the pros and cons of using reversing entries?
Why are reversing entries optional?
Format your paragraph consistent with APA guidelines.
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XACC 290 Week 6 Individual Assignment  Practice Problems 1
 
Resource: Ch. 4 of Financial Accounting
Complete Problem 4-8A.
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XACC 290 Week 6 Individual Assignment   Financial Reporting Problem, Part 1
 
Browse the Internet to acquire a copy of the most recent annual report for a publicly traded company.
Analyze the information contained in the company’s balance sheet and income statement to answer the following questions:
What are the company’s total assets at the end of its most recent annual reporting period? Why is this important?
What are the total assets at the end of the previous annual reporting period?
How much cash and cash equivalents did the company have at the end of its most recent annual reporting period?
What amount of accounts payable did the company have at the end of its most recent annual reporting period?
What amount of accounts payable did the company have at the end of the previous annual reporting period?
What are the company’s net revenues for the last three annual reporting periods?
What is the change in dollars in the company’s net income from its most recent annual reporting period to the previous annual reporting period?
What are the company’s total current assets at the end of its most recent annual reporting period?
What are the total current assets at the end of the previous annual reporting period?
What in the information above would be important to a potential investor, employee, and so on?
Summarize the analysis in a 700- to 1,050-word paper in a Microsoft® Word document.
Include a copy of the company’s balance sheet and income statement.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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XACC 290 Week 7 Individual Assignment Cost of Goods
 
Write a 200- to 300-word paragraph answering the following questions:
How would you calculate cost of goods sold?
What items make up cost of goods sold?
Format your paragraph consistent with APA guidelines.



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XACC 290 Week 8 Individual Assignment  Exercise 3
 
Resource: Ch. 5–7 of Financial Accounting
Complete Exercises BE5–1, BE5–2, BE6-5, BE6-7, BE7-4, BE7-5, & BE7-6.
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XACC 290 Week 9 Individual Assignment Financial Reporting Problem, Part 2
 
 
Access the Internet to acquire a copy of the most recent annual report for the publicly traded company used to complete the Financial Reporting Problem, Part 1 assignment due in Week Six.
Analyze the information contained in the company’s balance sheet and income statement to answer the following questions:
Are the assets included under the company’s current assets listed in the proper order? Explain your answer.
How are the company’s assets classified?
What are cash equivalents?
What are the company’s total current liabilities at the end of its most recent annual reporting period?
What are the company’s total current liabilities at the end of the previous annual reporting period?
Considering all the information you have gathered, why might this information be important to potential creditors, investors, and employees?
Summarize the analysis in a 700- to 1,050-word paper in a Microsoft® Word document.
Include a copy of the company’s balance sheet and income statement.
Format your paper and presentation consistent with APA guidelines.
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XACC 290 Week 9 Individual Assignment Capstone Discussion Question
 
Write a 200- to 350-word response to the capstone discussion question.
In the wake of accounting scandals over the past several years, how has the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002 affected the practice of accounting? What is the role of internal controls in complying with SOX (2002)?