Acc 541 Week 1: Assignment

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Client Understanding Paper Acc 541 October 25, 2010 Client Understanding Paper Dear Client, You have requested information why we are requesting information on the following topics: Adjusting lower cost of market inventory on valuation, capitalizing interested on building construction, recording gain or loss on asset disposal and adjusting goodwill for impairment. (University of Phoenix, 2010) Below is a summary of each topic. Topic 1) To ensure the proper matching of expenses and revenues inventory cost adjustments are required by accounting standards. Other aspects, such as usage, obsolescence, damage and deterioration, which occurs with inventory during an accounting period, also needs to be recorded. Incorrectly reporting…show more content…
An example is Phoenix, AZ recently suffered severe storms in which many vehicles on car dealer’s lots were damaged by hail. Let us assume the dealers purchased the vehicles at $25,000 a piece. The damaged vehicles can now only be sold at $23,000 each. The value of each car is now recorded at the new $23,000 price. This decrease in value is documented by recording a loss on the inventory in a write-down account, an expense account, and crediting the inventory account. Topic 2) Capitalizing interest on building construction: Is the interest added to the principal loan of a self-constructed long term asset instead of being expensed on the current period’s income statement. If an organization was to purchase a building after it was completed, the sales price includes all costs associated in preparing the building for sale and use. Part of the costs in building an asset is borrowing costs or interest on the construction loan. Adding the interest from the loan to the other expected costs such as labor, and materials is called "capitalizing" the interest…show more content…
Disposal means terminating ownership of the asset by a sale, abandonment or donation. An example is when you sell an asset, a building perhaps, the sales proceeds are compared to the current book value of the building. Assume the asset's book value is $20,000 and you sell it for $28,000 you have made profit also known as a gain on the sale in the amount of $8,000. The profit is disclosed on the income statement increasing the organization’s net income. The book value of an asset is the difference from the original price of the asset minus accumulated depreciation. Accumulated depreciation is the reduction of value of an asset due to wear, tear and usage. Each asset is given an expected a life span and each year the asset is depreciated in the organization’s financial statements. This is to give management and investors a more complete view of the company’s economic

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