Indicate How Each Event Affects the Elements of Financial Statements

question 168

Essay

Indicate how each event affects the elements of financial statements. Use the following letters to record your answer in the box shown below each element. You do not need to enter dollar amounts. If an event increases one account and decreases another account equally within the same element, record I/D. If an event has no impact on the element, record NA.
Increase = IDecrease = DNot Affected = NA
Pierce Company paid $40,000 cash to purchase land.

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Definitions:

Flexible Work Hour Plans

Are plans in which employees usually must still work 40 hours per week and typically 5 days a week but in which they have control over the starting and ending times for work on each day.

Piece-rate Incentive Plan

A compensation system where employees are paid based on the amount of output they produce.

Merit-pay Plan

A compensation strategy that determines an employee's pay based on their performance, rewarding higher achievers with greater pay increases.

Behavior-modification Plan

A strategy used to alter an individual's behaviors through reinforcements and punishments.