Assume that you are examining the balance sheets of two companies and note the following information. Maxie

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Assume that you are examining the balance sheets of two companies and note the following information.

Assume that you are examining the balance sheets of two

Maxie Smith, a student who has had no accounting courses, remarks that Company A and Company B have the same amount of equipment.
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In a short paragraph, explain to Maxie that the two companies do not have equal amounts of equipment. You may want to include in your discussion comments regarding the possible age of each company€™s equipment, the impact of the historical cost concept on balance sheet information, and the impact of different depreciation methods on bookvalue.

Balance Sheet
Balance sheet is a statement of the financial position of a business that list all the assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity and shareholder’s equity at a particular point of time. A balance sheet is also called as a “statement of financial...
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Survey of Accounting

ISBN: 978-0073379555

2nd edition

Authors: Edmonds, old, Mcnair, Tsay

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