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The Accounting Analysis Project is due at the end of Week 8. The project is based upon you completing the Bellwether Garden Supply (BGS) which is located at the end of Chapter 7. This project will require to you to analyze the following:

• Transactions posted by you and others
• Reports that have been or can be produced
• The controls that exists within the firm as well as any lacking internal controls

After your analysis, submit two (2) documents. The first one will include the answers to the fifteen (15) questions regarding the Bellwether Garden Supply scenario. The second document will consist of a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:

1. Analyze the financial condition of Bellwhether Garden Supply.
2. Submit a copy of the firm's key financial statements and reports (balance sheet, income statement, statement of retained earnings, statement of changes in financial position, and customer ledger) in one (1) Excel document.
3. Make recommendations for how management should address major business decisions or directions for the company in the next one to two (1-2) years.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the professor's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Create and maintain accounting records with Peachtree.
• Generate financial reports for most small- to medium-sized businesses with Peachtree.
• Organize information between Peachtree and Excel to communicate to internal and external users.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in microcomputer applications for accountants.
• Write clearly and concisely about microcomputer applications for accountants using proper writing mechanics.