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Accounting Information
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Marshall B. Romney
Professor Emeritus, Brigham Young University
Paul John Steinbart
Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University
Scott L. Summers
Brigham Young University
David A. Wood
Brigham Young University
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: An overview
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Suggested Answers to Discussion Questions
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1.1 The value of information is the difference between the benef
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its realized from using that information and the costs of pro
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ducing it. Would you, or any organization,ever produce inf
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ormation if its expected costs exceededits benefits? If so, p
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rovide some examples. If not, why? DF DF DF DF DF
Most organizations produce information only if its valueexce
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eds its cost. However, there are two situations where inform
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ation may be produced even if its cost exceeds its value.
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a. It is often difficult to estimate accurately the value o
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f information and the cost of producing it. Therefore, o
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rganizations may produce information that they expect w DF DF DF DF DF DF DF
ill produce benefits in excess ofits costs, only to be dis
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appointed after the fact. DF DF DF
b. Production of the information may be mandated by either a DF DF DF DF DF DF DF DF DF
government agency or a private organization. Examples i
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nclude the tax reports required by the IRS and disclosure DF DF DF DF DF DF DF DF DF
requirements forfinancial reporting.
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1.2 Can the characteristics of useful information listed inTabl
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1 be met simultaneously? Or does achieving onemean sacrifici
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Several of the criteria in Table 1.1 can be met simultaneously
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. For example, more timely information is
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also likely to be more relevant.
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may reduce its timeliness. Similarly, increased verifiabi
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lity and accuracy may reduce its timeliness.
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The decision maker must decide which trade-
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offs arewarranted in each situation.
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1.3 You and a few of your classmates decided to become entreprene
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urs. You came up with a great idea for a newmobile phone appl
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plan won second place in a local competition, and you are usin
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g the $10,000 prize to support yourselves as you start your co
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mpany.
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l entrepreneurs, the information you need tomake them, and
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the business processes you will need to engage in.
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b. Your company will need to exchange information withvario
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us external parties. Identify the external parties, and
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The author turns this question into an in-
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class groupactivity. Students are divided up in groups, to
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ld toclose their books, and given 15 minutes to:
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information needs issues in their group. DF DF DF DF DF
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y the information received from and sent toeach of them
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One group is selected to present their answers to the class. Th
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e other groups are told to challenge the group’s answers, prov
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ide alternative answers, and chip in with additional answers
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not provided by the selected group. Since the group that prese
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nts is not selected until after the time has expired, students
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are motivatedto do a good job, as they will be presenting to the
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ir peers.DF
The value of this activity is not in arriving at a
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