Uncollectible Accounts Acc281: Accounting Concepts for Health Care Professionals Charity Care and Bad Debit Hospitals usually count bad debit in the non-compensation costs but there is a question of whether or not it should be included. There is some gray area when it comes to the difference between bad debit and charity when it comes to the Health care environment. Bad debit that won are bills that people don ’t pay for whatever reason and there is a difference between those who won ’t pay
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Uncollectible Accounts Lesley-Ann Herard ACC 281 John Istvan November 17‚ 2014 Uncollectible Accounts Charity care in a health care environment gives patients reduced or even free services to those who have low incomes. The idea of charity care was associated to the way hospitals helped low- income families. The write-offs and potential costs that are provided to the patients are determined before anything is done. It is up to the discretion of the hospital if any or all the cost is
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Theory of Accounts 1. The fundamental qualitative characteristic of faithful representation has the components of a. Predictive value and confirmatory value b. Comparability‚ consistency‚ and confirmatory value c. Understandability‚ predictive value‚ and reliability d. Completeness‚ neutrality‚ and freedom from error 2. The amount reported as “Cash” on a company’s balance sheet normally should exclude a. Postdated checks that are payable to the company b. Cash in a payroll account c. Undelivered
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SEAR ROEBUCKS SWOT ANALYSIS Author Diane Hughes SEARS HISTORY Richard Sears was agent of the Minneapolis andSt. Louis railway station. He sold lumber and coal to local residents in his spare time. When he received a shipment of unwanted watches he purchased himself and began selling them at a good profit to other station agent up and down the line. In 1886 Sears began the R.W. Sears Watch Company. In 1887 he moved the business to Chicago and put an adin the local paper for a Watchman
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double-declining rate by the book value of the asset at the beginning of the period. Straight-line method - the same amount of depreciation is taken each accounting period. (Asset Cost – Salvage Value) / Useful Life = Depreciation Expense Units-of-Production – produces varying amounts of depreciation in different accounting periods depending upon the number of units produced. (Cost – Salvage Value) / Total Estimated Units of Production = Depreciation Charge per Units of Production
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technologically advanced online mega retailers. Retail stores such as BestBuy‚ Sears‚ and Blockbuster are on the verge of going out of the business due to customers’ increasing online purchases from Amazon‚ Overstock‚ and Buy.com. Click stores are able to gain competitive advantage over brick and mortar stores by maintaining low inventory‚ fewer employees‚ and by providing a personalized shopping experience. At one point‚ Sears dominated the full line retail market by providing its customers various mid
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remittances to the cashier. The cashier prepares a listing of the cash receipts and forwards a copy of the list to the accounts receivable clerk for recording in the accounts. I think that this could be weak because what I think should happen is that the mail clerk should make the list of the receipts and send it to the manger or supervisor where then it is sent to the account receivable clerk for recording. I think by the mail clerk to just send it to the cashier could leave room for errors or
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out that Sears did engage in the Elf initiative for two reasons. On the one hand‚ it wanted to acquire new customers and persuade competitors’ customers and on the other hand to build relationships with the existing customers in order to retain them. Having this in mind‚ one could argue that all customers (loyal or not‚ new or existing) will benefit from the Elf program and that all shoppers represent a firmly good and promising target for such an initiative. With the Elf program‚ Sears will be in
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. Because Sears Holdings has performed poorly in the past‚ it has made leadership changes‚ new technology implementations‚ and expanded its online product selection‚ among other improvements. Based on these developments and the improving economic conditions‚ the projected target price for Sears is $77.10‚ based on the price/earnings ratio as a valuation model. After examining key financial data‚ it can be concluded that Sears’ sales ratio is expected to decrease by
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has been asked to analyze the financial performance of Sears and Wal-Mart. Although Wal-Mart is the industry powerhouse‚ its 20% return on equity (ROE) lags behind that of Sears’ 22%. Analysis: Wal-Mart operates fewer stores than Sears but is ahead in terms of total selling area by a ratio of 3.4:1. Between 1995 and 1997‚ Sears’ retail store revenue per selling square foot was not only lower than that of Wal-Mart but in decline. Sears allows customers to pay for merchandise over time if
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