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"Great Ideas for Teaching Accounting offers us as accounting professors the opportunity to share some techniques that have been successful in our classroom."

--Martha Sampsell, Elmhurst College

 



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Great Ideas for Teaching Introductory Accounting
Table of Contents
Revenue Recognition
Expense Recognition
Inventories
Investments
Property, Plant, and Equipment
Intangible Assets
Leases
Income Taxes
Employee Compensation
Earnings per Share
Retained Earnings



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Revenue Recognition

Outline for Revenue Recognition
Understanding the concept of the Operating Cycle
Return Privileges: Concepts - When to Defer Revenue
Return Privileges: Application of Concepts
Uncollectible Accounts: Concepts and Approaches
Uncollectible Accounts: Example - Applying the Allowance Method
Completed - Contract Method: Application of Approach
Long-Term Construction-Type Contracts: Reporting Anticipated Contract Losses
Revenue Recognition: During Production versus at Completion Production,
   Introductory Comments: The Analogy to Economics
Percentage of Completion: Application of Approach
Percentage of Completion: Concepts - When to Use the Method
Sales Discounts
Gross revenues are not always what they seem to be!
Statement of Cash Flows -- Indirect and Direct Method

Expense Recognition

What interest rate are you really paying for that leased car? Would you be better off buying it?
In what section of the cash flow statement will I put this transaction?

Inventories

Introduction to Accounting for Inventory
Purchase Discounts
Inventory Valuation Lower of Cost or Market (LCM)
Inventory Valuation Lower of Cost or Makret (LCM) Application
Inventory Valuation Dollar-Value LIFO

Investments

Property, Plant, and Equipment

Why Use Fractions for Sum-of-the-Year Digits (SYD)?
Partial Year Depreciation Using Sum-of-the-Year Digits (SYD)

Intangible Assets

Leases

Income Taxes

Earnings per Share

Employee Compensation

Retained Earnings






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