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XACC 280 Entire Course For more classes
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CheckPoint Accounting Assumptions, Principles,
and Constraints XACC 280 Week 1 CheckPoint The
Accounting Equation XACC 280 Week 1 Discussion
Question 1 2 XACC 280 Week 2 CheckPoint Debits
and Credits XACC 280 Week 2 Assignment
Journalizing, Posting, and Preparing a Trial
Balance XACC 280 Week 3 CheckPoint Adjusting
Entries, Posting, and Preparing an Adjusted Trial
Balance XACC 280 Week 3 Discussion Question 1
2 XACC 280 Week 4 CheckPoint Subsidiary Ledgers
and Special Journals
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XACC 280 Week 1 CheckPoint Accounting
Assumptions, Principles, and Constraints For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com 1.
CheckPoint Accounting Assumptions, Principles,
and Constraints Write an essay in 250
to 300 words, including the following o The
basic assumptions of accounting o The
principles of accounting o The constraints of
accounting
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XACC 280 Week 1 CheckPoint The Accounting
Equation For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.c
om 1. CheckPoint The Accounting Equation
View PhxKlipsThe Accounting Equation
on your student Web site. Write an
explanation of the function of each element in
the accounting equation, using 100 to 150
words. Complete E1-5 on p. 34 of
Financial Accounting. Post your
explanation of the elements in the accounting
equation with the answers to E1-5.
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XACC 280 Week 1 Discussion Question 1 and 2 For
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Discussion Questions In your own
words, how would you describe financial
accounting? Select two users, one internal and
one external, who you think benefit the most from
accounting. Explain why and how you think they
benefit. Respond to your classmates postings by
adding to their definitions of financial
accounting. Also, respond to at least one posting
that discusses a different user than one you
selected. Add to the benefits of accounting for
that user or explain how reading your colleagues
statements has modified your view of that user.
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XACC 280 Week 2 Assignment Journalizing, Posting,
and Preparing a Trial Balance For more classes
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Journalizing, Posting, and Preparing a Trial
Balance Complete P2-2A on p. 81 of
Financial Accounting, using the templates in
Appendix C for your answers. Each part of the
problem corresponds to one tab in Appendix C.
Complete all three tabs of Appendix C.
Write a message of 250 to 400 words in the body
of your posting that justifies what you did in
Appendix C. This message
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XACC 280 Week 2 CheckPoint Debits and Credits For
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CheckPoint Debits and Credits            View
PhxKlips Debits and Credits on your student Web
site.          Complete the questions and fill
in the Account Changes matrix in Appendix
B.          Post the completed Appendix B as an
attachment.
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XACC 280 Week 3 CheckPoint Adjusting Entries,
Posting, and Preparing an Adjusted Trial
Balance For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.co
m 1. CheckPoint Adjusting Entries, Posting,
and Preparing an Adjusted Trial Balance
Complete parts a, b, and c of P3-1A on pp.
128129 of Financial Accounting. Use
the templates in Appendix D. Complete all three
tabs. Post the completed Appendix D as
an attachment.
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XACC 280 Week 3 Discussion Question 1 and 2 For
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Discussion Questions What would be the
effect of removing either the Matching Principle
or the Revenue Recognition Principle from the
process? Use a concrete example of how doing so
might affect accounting in a given period.
Respond to your classmates postings by
commenting on what might happen, if expenses are
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XACC 280 Week 4 Assignment Preparing a Financial
Statement Worksheet For more classes
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Preparing a Financial Statement
Worksheet            Complete E4-1 on pp.
176177 of Financial Accounting.          Use
the template in Appendix E to complete the
10-column worksheet.          Post the completed
worksheet as an attachment. 
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XACC 280 Week 4 CheckPoint Subsidiary Ledgers and
Special Journals For more classes
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Subsidiary Ledgers and Special Journals
Explain in 250 to 300 words, your answers to the
following o What are the advantages of the
four different special journals? When would you
use each type? o What is a subsidiary ledger
and what purpose does it serve? o What is a
control account and what purpose does it serve?
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XACC 280 Week 5 CheckPoint Reversing Entries For
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CheckPoint Reversing Entries           Post
your answers to BE4-12 on p. 176 of Financial
Accounting. 
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XACC 280 Week 5 CheckPoint Reversing Entries For
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CheckPoint Reversing Entries Post
your answers to BE4-12 on p. 176 of Financial
Accounting.
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XACC 280 Week 5 Discussion Question 1 and 2 For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com 1.
Discussion Questions What are
reversing entries and why are they required? What
would happen if reversing entries were not made?
What transactions might require reversing
entries? What transactions might not require
reversing entries? Respond to your classmates
postings by adding to their rationales for using
or not using reversing entries.
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XACC 280 Week 6 Assignment Comprehensive
Problem For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.co
m 1. Assignment Comprehensive Problem
Complete the Comprehensive Problem on pp.
189190 of Financial Accounting. Use
the templates in Appendix G to complete the
problem complete all six tabs. Post
the completed Appendix G as an attachment.
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XACC 280 Week 6 CheckPoint The Nine Steps of the
Accounting Cycle For more classes
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The Nine Steps of the Accounting Cycle
Complete The Nine Steps of the Accounting Cycle
multimedia activity. Capture the screen
of the completed accounting cycle in the
multimedia activity. Write a summary of
the nine steps of the accounting cycle, in 100 to
200 words.
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XACC 280 Week 6 Exercise Financial Statements For
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Exercise Financial Statements Post one or two
new concepts you learned from each of the PhxKlips
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XACC 280 Week 7 CheckPoint Ratio, Vertical,
Horizontal Analyses For more classes
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Ratio, Vertical, and Horizontal Analyses The
calculations you perform for this CheckPoint form
the basis of your analysis of your capstone
project. Write in 100 to 200 words an
explanation of the three tools of financial
statement analysis and the function of each.
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XACC 280 Week 7 Discussion Question 1 and 2 For
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Discussion Questions Select three
ratios, one from each categoryliquidity,
profitability, and solvencyyou think are the
most important. Why do you consider these ratios
important? Which internal and external users
might be most interested in these ratios? Explain
why. Respond to postings of your classmates who
selected different ratios than those you
selected. Comment on the significance of these
ratios and which users might be most interested
in them.
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XACC 280 Week 7 Exercise Career Opportunities for
Accountants For more classes visit www.snaptutoria
l.com 1. Exercise Career Opportunities for
Accountants Post your response to the
following items o Describe two business
sectors you might want to work in if you were an
accountant and explain why in 150 to 200
words. Research a specific company in one of the
business sectors that interests you and describe
how you imagine it might be to work there. Use
100 to 150 words for your description.
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XACC 280 Week 8 Assignment Internal Controls For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com 1.
Exercise Career Opportunities for Accountants
Post your response to the following
items o Describe two business sectors you
might want to work in if you were an accountant
and explain why in 150 to 200 words. Research a
specific company in one of the business sectors
that interests you and describe how you imagine
it might be to work there. Use 100 to 150 words
for your description.
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XACC 280 Week 8 CheckPoint Impacts of Unethical
Behavior For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.c
om 1. CheckPoint Impacts of Unethical
Behavior Research a company that has
been in the news for unethical practices, such as
Enron, Tyco, Global Crossing, or WorldCom.
Post a 250- to 300-word response that
summarizes your ideas about the following o
What was the nature of the controversy regarding
this companys practices? o How were accounting
practices involved?
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XACC 280 Week 8 CheckPoint Regulatory Bodies For
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CheckPoint Regulatory Bodies Post your
response to the following question, using 250 to
300 words What are the major regulatory bodies
and their functions?
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XACC 280 Week 9 Capstone DQ For more classes
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Discussion Question Reviewthe annual
reports for PepsiCo, Inc. and The Coca-Cola
Company in Appendixes A B of Financial
Accounting. Selecteither PepsiCo, Inc. or The
Coca-Cola Company. In your estimation, the
company you chose may be financially healthier or
weaker. Would you invest in this company?
Explain why or why not. Justify your reasoning,
by presenting at least three key financial ratios
that analyze the profitability, the liquidity, or
the solvency of the company.
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XACC 280 Week 9 Final Project Financial
Analysis For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.c
om 1. Final Project Financial Analysis
Review the annual reports for PepsiCo, Inc.
and The Coca-Cola Company in Appendixes A B,
especially the Consolidated Statements of Income
and the Balance Sheets on pp. A4, A6, B1, B2 of
Financial Accounting. Write a 1750- to
2,050-word paper in APA format with citations and
references that provides a financial comparison
of the two companies and your recommendations to
improve the financial status of each.
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