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Developing Students' Technical Knowledge and Case‐Based Reasoning Skills: Three Short Cases in Financial Accounting

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  • Alecia Nagy
  • Fred Phillips

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The following three cases require you to identify and evaluate alternative accounting methods that can be applied to independent case scenarios. In the first scenario, you will evaluate alternative accounting methods relating to revenue recognition for a theatrical production. In the second scenario, you will evaluate alternative accounting methods relating to capitalizing or expensing costs associated with renovations at a golf course. In the third scenario, you will evaluate alternative accounting methods relating to capitalizing or expensing the cost of a signing bonus paid to a professional athlete. Résumé Les trois études de cas proposées par les auteurs exigent la recension et l'évaluation des différentes méthodes comptables pouvant être appliquées à des situations n'ayant pas de lien entre elles. Dans la première étude, l'étudiant doit évaluer les différentes méthodes comptables pouvant être appliquées à la comptabilisation des produit des activités ordinaires d'une maison de production. Dans la deuxième étude, l'exercice consiste à évaluer les différentes méthodes comptables applicables à l'inscription à l'actif ou à la passation en charges des coûts associés aux rénovations d'un terrain de golf. Dans la troisième étude, l'étudiant est appelé à évaluer les différentes méthodes comptables pouvant être appliquées à l'inscription à l'actif ou à la passation en charges du coût d'une prime d'engagement versée à un athlète professionnel.

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  • Alecia Nagy & Fred Phillips, 2014. "Developing Students' Technical Knowledge and Case‐Based Reasoning Skills: Three Short Cases in Financial Accounting," Accounting Perspectives, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 13(2), pages 149-158, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:accper:v:13:y:2014:i:2:p:149-158
    DOI: 10.1111/1911-3838.12027
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