<span>If Americans decides to save less, then they will not keep the money in the bank account. They will rather spend it. This will leads to deficit in the deposits of banks and as a result bank will have less lending capacity. This reduction in lending will make it difficult for businesses to get loans which will impact their production levels and hence productivity as a whole will be reduced. Therefore, reduction in saving leads to reduction in productivity.</span>
Answer:
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W Smith, a sole trader</h2>
Identification and Explanation of Highlighted Accounting Concepts and Treatment in the Final Accounts:
1. Economic Entity: The business (economic entity) is separate from the individual (W. Smith). Accounts are kept to ensure this separation of ownership from the business. This withdrawal is treated as Drawings, a reduction of capital (owner's equity) in the balance Sheet.
2. Consistency concept: This concept requires that an accounting estimate or principle is consistently applied. However, if there is a change in an accounting estimate, the effect of the change needs to be disclosed in the final accounts.
3. Going concern concept: A business is assumed to continue indefinitely in life. Therefore, assets and liabilities are stated at their cost or fair values. Where there is a contrary view, this must be disclosed and accounts be kept to reflect the revised view. Then, assets and liabilities will reflect market or disposal values.
4. Materiality concept: This concept requires that values in accounts be material. Though, materiality is a matter of judgement, a threshold can be established based on the value of the individual item to the value of the business. Will its disclosure or not affect decisions of a knowledgeable investor or analyst, is a consideration under the materiality concept. The office stationery can be expensed in the income statement if the amount involved is not material, even though, they will continue to be used in the business for more than a year. This somehow contradicts the concept of the matching principle.
5. Accrual Concept: The concept states that "Revenue is recognized when earned, and expenses are recognized when assets are consumed," and not when cash is received or paid. This unpaid electricity bill for £900 must be accrued in the income statement as an expense and treated as a liability in the balance sheet in line with the accrual concept.
Explanation:
These are the basic accounting concepts:
1. Accruals concept
2. Conservatism concept
3. Consistency concept
4. Economic entity concept
5. Going concern concept
6. Matching concept
7. Materiality concept
The problem wants to find out the cash flow per period that
Robert will make from his 40th birthday until his 65th
birthday. We know that he wants to get $500,000 by his 65th birthday
thus this is the future value of his money. To solve for the cash flow per
period, the equation is Future value = Annuity * [((1+i)^n-1)/i]. The n is the
number of payments Robert would make which is 25. The answer would be $3749.98.
Answer:rival in consumption and non- excludable
rival in consumption and excludable
common resource
private good
Explanation:
The fish in the river are considered ___rival in consumption __ and __non-excludable ___ whereas the fish in the private pond are _rival in consumption____ and _excludable____. In other words, the fish in the river are an example of ___common resource__, and the fish in the private pond are an example of ___private good__.
Answer:
The disposal resulted was at D. No gain or loss
Explanation:
The gain or loss on disposal on a fixed asset is calculated by comparing the sales proceeds from disposing off the asset and the carrying value of the asset.
The carrying value of the asset is its net book value which is calculated as follows,
Carrying value = Cost - Accumulated depreciation
If the carrying value is equal to the sales proceeds from disposal, there is no gain or loss.
The carrying value of copy machine was = 45000 - 44000 = $1000
The sales proceeds were also $1000
Thus, gain/loss on disposal = 1000 - 1000 = $0
Thus, there was no gain or loss on disposal.
