At the end of the current year, Newsmax Inc. has $400,000 of subscriptions received in advance included in its balance sheet. A disclosure note reveals that the entire $400,000 will be recognized in the income statement in the next year. In the absence of other temporary differences, in the balance sheet one would also expect to find a:

Most voluntary changes in accounting principles are reported retrospectively. This means for each year reported in the comparative statements, we make those statements appear as if the newly adopted account­ing method had been applied all along. A journal entry is created to adjust all account balances affected as of the date of the change. In the first set of financial statements after the change, a disclosure note describes the change and justifies the new method as preferable. It also describes the effects of the change on all items affected, including the fact that the retained earnings balance was revised in the statement of shareholders’ equity.Melas Company changed from the LIFO to the FIFO inventory costing method on January 1, Year 3. Inventory values at the end of each year since the inception of the company are as follows:

FIFO LIFO
Year 1 $195,000 $177,500
Year 2 $390,000 $355,000

Ignoring income tax considerations, prepare the appropriate journal entry, dated January 1, Year 3, to report this accounting change. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)

4. You are considering adding a microbrewery onto one of your firm's existing restaurants. This will entail an increase in inventory of $8700, an increase in accounts payables of $2300, and an increase in property, plant, and equipment of $48,000. All other accounts will remain unchanged. The change in net working capital resulting from the addition of the microbrewery is ________.

¿Cómo afectará una reducción de la jornada de trabajo en el sueldo del trabajador?

On July 23 of the current year, Dakota Mining Co. pays $6,165,600 for land estimated to contain 8,808,000 tons of recoverable ore. It installs machinery costing $1,849,680 that has a 10-year life and no salvage value and is capable of mining the ore deposit in eight years. The machinery is paid for on July 25, seven days before mining operations begin. The company removes and sells 488,500 tons of ore during its first five months of operations ending on December 31. Depreciation of the machinery is in proportion to the mine's depletion as the machinery will be abandoned after the ore is mined.Required:
Prepare entries to record the following:_______.
(a)To record the purchase of the land.
(b)To record the cost and installation of machinery.
(c) To record the first five months' depletion assuming the land has a net salvage value of zero after the ore is mined.
(d)To record the first five months' depreciation on the machinery.

Assume that the returns from an asset are normally distributed. The average annual return for this asset over a specific period was 13.6 percent and the standard deviation of those returns in this period was 43.86 percent. a. What is the approximate probability that your money will double in value in a single year? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. What about triple in value? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 6 decimal places, e.g., .161616.)

Because deflation is so costly, some have argued that setting an inflation target at 2 percent is too low and it should be set higher, to 3 percent, especially in the economic environment of 2007-2010. Consider the impact of such an increase in the inflation target using the AS/AD framework in the short and long runs. Begin your analysis in the long-run equilibrium." Between the third & fourth quarters of '06, the housing bubble burst in the United States. Using the AS/AD framework to discuss the impact of this macroeconomic event, begin and end in the long run.