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• XACC 280 Entire Course

• XACC 280 Week 1 CheckPoint Accounting
  Assumptions, Principles, and Constraints

• XACC 280 Week 1 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

• The basic assumptions of accounting
• The principles of accounting
• The constraints of accounting
• o A conclusion stating how you think sound
  financial reporting depends on principles,
  assumptions, and constraints. Refer to the U.S.
  GAAP in your response.

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• XACC 280 Week 1 CheckPoint The Accounting Equation

• XACC 280 Week 1 Discussion Question 1 and 2

• 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.

• 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.

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• XACC 280 Week 2 Assignment Journalizing, Posting,
  and Preparing a Trial Balance

• XACC 280 Week 2 CheckPoint Debits and Credits

• Each part of the problem corresponds to one tab
  in Appendix C. Complete all three tabs of
  Appendix C.
• The general goals of financial reporting
• The steps you took in the recording process
• How the steps you took support the principles
  of accounting

• View PhxKlips Debits and Credits on your student
  Web site.
• Complete the questions and fill in the Account
  Changes matrix in Appendix B.

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• XACC 280 Week 3 CheckPoint Adjusting Entries,
  Posting, and Preparing an Adjusted Trial Balance

• XACC 280 Week 3 Discussion Question 1 and 2

• 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.

• 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.

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• XACC 280 Week 4 Assignment Preparing a Financial
  Statement Worksheet

• XACC 280 Week 4 CheckPoint Subsidiary Ledgers and
  Special Journals

• 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. 

• What are the advantages of the four different
  special journals? When would you use each type?
• What is a subsidiary ledger and what purpose does
  it serve?
• What is a control account and what purpose does
  it serve?

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• XACC 280 Week 5 CheckPoint Reversing Entries

• XACC 280 Week 5 CheckPoint Reversing Entries

•          Post your answers to BE4-12 on p. 176
  of Financial Accounting. 

• 1. 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

• XACC 280 Week 6 Assignment Comprehensive Problem

• 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?

• 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

• XACC 280 Week 6 Exercise Financial Statements

• 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.

• 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

• XACC 280 Week 7 Discussion Question 1 and 2

• Write in 100 to 200 words an explanation of the
  three tools of financial statement analysis and
  the function of each.
• Examine PepsiCo, Inc.s Consolidated Balance
  Sheet on p. A6 in Appendix A of Financial
  Accounting, especially its Current Assets,
  Current Liabilities

• 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.

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• XACC 280 Week 7 Exercise Career Opportunities for
  Accountants

• XACC 280 Week 8 Assignment Internal Controls

• 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.
  

• 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

• XACC 280 Week 8 CheckPoint Regulatory Bodies

• o How were accounting practices involved?
• o If you had been an accountant for this
  company, how would you have acted? Explain why.
• o What might have been done to prevent the
  controversy?

• 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

• XACC 280 Week 9 Final Project Financial Analysis

• 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.

• 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

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