Solution Manual for Financial and Managerial Accounting, 8th Edition

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Wild, Shaw,Financial & Managerial Accounting,8eSolutions Manual: Chapter 11Chapter 1Accounting in BusinessQUESTIONS1.The purpose of accounting is to provide decision makers with relevant and reliableinformation to help them make better decisions. Examples include information forpeople making investments, loans, and business plans.2.Technology reduces the time, effort, and cost of recordkeeping. There is still ademand for people who can design accounting systems, supervise their operation,analyze complex transactions, and interpret reports. Demand also exists for peoplewho can effectively use computers to prepare and analyze accounting reports.Technology will never substitute for qualified people with abilities to prepare, use,analyze, and interpret accounting information.3.External users and their uses of accounting information include: (a) lenders, tomeasure the risk and return of loans; (b) shareholders, to assess whether to buy,sell, or hold their shares; (c) directors, to oversee the organization; (d) employeesand labor unions, to judge the fairness of wages and assess future employmentopportunities;and(e)regulators,todeterminewhethertheorganizationiscomplying with regulations. Other users are voters, legislators, governmentofficials,contributors to nonprofits, suppliers,and customers.4.Businessownersandmanagersuseaccountinginformationtohelpanswerquestions such as: What resources does an organization own? What debts areowed? How much income is earned? Are expenses reasonable for the level ofsales? Are customers’ accounts being promptly collected?5.Service businesses include:Standard and Poor’s, Dun & Bradstreet, Merrill Lynch,Southwest Airlines, CitiCorp, Humana, Charles Schwab, and Prudential.Businessesoffering products include Nike, Reebok, Gap, Apple, Ford Motor Co., Philip Morris,Coca-Cola, Best Buy, andWalMart.6.The internal role of accounting is to serve the organization’s internal operatingfunctions.Itdoesthisbyprovidingusefulinformationforinternalusersincompleting their tasks more effectively and efficiently. By providing this information,accounting helps the organization reach its overall goals.7.Accountingprofessionalsoffermanyservicesincludingauditing,managementadvice, tax planning, business valuation, and money management.8.Marketing managers are likely interested ininformation such assales volume,advertisingcosts,promotioncosts,salariesofsalespersonnel,andsalescommissions.

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