clearly the accounting changes Harnischfeger made in 1984 as stated in Note 2 of its financial statements. Harnischfeger made two accounting changes from which one made its net sales increase‚ and the second change made its net income increase. For the net sales increases‚ they included sales from certain foreign subsidiaries which increased their net sales. Also‚ in the past when having sold equipment generated from their supplier Kobe Steel‚ they only included the gross margin from the sale of Kobe
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Harnischfeger Corporation Teaching Note INTRODUCTION The purpose of the "Harnischfeger Corporation" case is to expose students to the managerial motives for making major financial reporting policy changes. Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) allow companies wide latitude in the choice of accounting policies. After a firm chooses a set of accounting policies‚ current accounting rules permit changes from one alternative policy to another at the discretion of the management
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The Critical Role of Executing Rebates‚ Allowances‚ and “Dead Net Pricing” There’s an old pricing related joke that goes like this: A customer walks into a deli asking for the cost of a dozen bagels. The proprietor responds with $5.50. The prospective customer responds‚ "but the deli down the street sells a dozen bagels for $4.50". "Why don’t you buy the bagels there‚" the proprietor asks. "He’s out of bagels today‚" the customer replies. The proprietor retorts‚ "When I’m out of bagels‚ I’ll also
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Harnischfeger Corp I. Introduction In 1984 Harnischfeger Corporation was a leading producer of construction equipment. During the decade of the 1970s the company experienced tremendous growth. Annual sales grew from $150 million in 1970 to $646 million in 1981. However the company began to experience financial trouble in 1979. This was caused by a variety of factors: the company wasted a large amount of resources on an unsuccessful merger‚ the government of Iran defaulted on a $20 million order
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Problem 1 c) Notes to the Financial Statements: 1. The company uses the straight-line depreciation method. The rental equipment is estimated to have a useful life of eight years. Thus‚ the monthly depreciation of the rental equipment is 240‚000/96‚ or $2‚500 per month. 2. The note payable to Rent-It is good for one year. $100‚000 and the accumulated interest are due on November 30‚ 2012. The account payable for office supplies is due in thirty days‚ or January 2‚ 2012. The account payable to
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accounting changes Harnischfeger made in 1984 as stated in Note 2 of its financial statements. Prior to 1984‚ the Corporation used principally accelerated methods for its U.S. operating plants. The cumulative effect of this change‚ which was applied retroactively to all assets previously subjected to accelerated depreciation‚ increased net income for 1984 by $11.0 million or $.93 per common and common equivalent share. The changes as defined in Note 2 are as follows: a) Harnischfeger computed depreciation
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Receivables Turnover According to the table that shows Gamma turnover is 5.8 times and it’s mean Gamma collect his receivables about 5.8 times each year but alpha turnover is 1.4 times and it’s mean that alpha collect his receivables about 1.4 times each year. So‚ Gamma Corporation has higher proportion than Alpha Corporation and it shows that gamma corporation operates more efficiently with smoother cash flow and collects the money from the creditor easily and on the time. Also‚ that probably gathered
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RECEIVABLE MANAGEMENT OF INDIAN AUTOMAKERS IN A REVIVED SCENARIO *P.Nageswari ‚** E.Bennet‚ *** Dr.M. Selvam Abstract January 2010 marks a milestone in the automotive journey of the country with Maruthi Suzuki‚ Tata Motors‚ Mahindra & Mahindra and General Motors India reporting their highest ever monthly sales. A firm’s profitability is determined partly by way of its working capital management. An efficient management of working capital will yield significant results and its neglect can be highly
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1. What is the purpose of financial statement analysis? It show trends and relationships. These also help predict the future‚ show weaknesses‚ strengths. The ratios usually are compared to other companies within the industry and industry average to see where the company stands. Source: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080215185426AACTP6A 2. If a company had sales of $2‚587‚643 in 1998 and sales of $3‚213‚456 in 2003‚ by what percentage did sales change during this time period
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Harnischfeger Corporation‚ a large New York Stock Exchange company‚ faced a financial crisis in 1982. New management was appointed to turn the company around and as part of its restructuring strategy‚ the new management team made a number of financial reporting policy changes and accounting estimates in fiscal year 1984. Listed below are all of the changes and analysis on whether they might be real earnings management activities. In addition‚ the effect of these changes on the company’s revenue‚
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