Ratios over Time 9/2/2013 Ratios over Time The financial position of this organization has changed in multiple ways. First being that the company has increased their profit and lowered their expenses. Generally it has improved. The contribution ratio has also lowered explaining that their company is not putting in as much of their own money as in the fiscal year 2000. The revenue
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000 20X2 $5‚500‚000 20X3 $6‚000‚000 20X4 $6‚750‚000 Moving Averages 20X2-X4 $18‚250‚000 / 3 = $6‚083‚333 Weighted Moving Averages Fiscal Year Expenses Weight Weighted Score 20X2 $5‚500‚000 1 $5‚500‚000 20X3 $6‚000‚000 2 $12‚000‚000 20X4 $6‚750‚000 3 $20‚250‚000 __ ___________ 6 $37‚750‚000 20X5 $37‚750‚000 /6 = $6‚291‚667 Exponential Smoothing NF = $6‚300‚000 + 0.95($6‚750‚000 - $6‚300‚000) = $6‚300‚000 + 0.95(45‚000)
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From the Desk of: Imran Omer Case Study: WorldCom From its beginnings as a long distance call player to handler of Internet data traffic‚ WorldCom was a spectacular firework in the sky before it crashed out as one of the biggest bankruptcies America has witnessed in its corporate history. WorldCom carried more international voice traffic than any other company. It carried a large amount of the world‟s Internet traffic. WorldCom owned and operated a global IP (Internet Protocol) backbone that
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a- i) According to SCON 6 article 25‚ assets are probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by a particular entity as a result of past transactions or events. Assets has three characteristics: it embodies a probable future benefit that involves a capacity or in combination with other assets‚ to contribute directly or indirectly to future net cash inflows‚ a particular entity can obtain the benefit and control others’ access to it and the transaction or other event giving rise to the
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This paperwork - ACC 422 Week 3 Discussion Questions - consists of: DQ 1: What is the purpose of depreciation? Does the book value of a fixed asset (cost minus accumulated depreciation) communicate to a user what the asset is worth? Explain why or why not. Should the financial statements reflect the value of fixed assets? Explain why or why not. DQ 2: What is an intangible asset? Should all intangible assets be subject to amortization? Explain why or why not. Why are some
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Review of accounting ethics : The Enron Fraud Kemal Cankaya Strayer University Arlington Campus Financial Accounting Prof. Tony Somathiti February 1‚ 2013 The Enron Fraud “Enron‚ a Houston-based energy firm founded by Kenneth Lay‚ transformed itself over its sixteen years lifespan from an obscure gas pipeline concern to the world’s largest energy-trading company (both off and online). Enron has become an interstate and intrastate natural gas pipeline company
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This pack of ACC 460 Week 2 Individual Ch.1 2 3 Textbook Exercises contains: Chapter 1‚ E1-1 Chapter 2‚ Question 12 Chapter 3‚ E3-2 Business - Accounting Resources: Ch. 1‚ 2‚ 3 of Government and Not-for-Profit Accounting Prepare written answers to the following assignments from Government and Not-for-Profit Accounting: Ch.1: Exercise 1-1‚ Questions 1‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 7‚ 8 Ch. 2: Question for Review and Discussion 12. In addition to answering question 12‚ provide a response
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Practice Exam – 10 Points ACC/490 Auditing Student Name: Multiple Choice – Highlight the best answer Point Value: .25 each 1. Which one of the following is among the three components of audit risk? a. incurrence risk b. occurrence risk c. rejection risk d. control risk 2. The Hochfelder Case is important because it limited auditor liability under: a. the 1933 Securities Act. b. the 1934 Securities Exchange Act. c. common law. d. RICO. 3. Which of the following
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The WorldCom scandal was actually brought to light by the internal auditor‚ Cynthia Cooper. Cooper and her team‚ Gene Morse and Glyn Smith uncovered the fact that line costs were being transferred to capital accounts. Cooper was originally tipped off to the fact that something was amiss when the head of WorldCom’s wireless business paid her a visit‚ upset that he was loosing $400 million that had been set aside to make up for shortfalls if customers didn’t pay their bills. Scott Sullivan‚ CFO of
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wife and children‚ was a company created in 1998 by Enron ’s CFO‚ Andrew Fastow‚ to buy Enron ’s poorly performing stocks and stakes and bolster Enron ’s financial statements. Fastow proposed in October 1999 to Enron ’s finance Board the creation of LJM2 Co-Investment L.P. Fastow would act as general director of a much larger private equity fund that would be funded with $200 million of institutional funds. The question of Fastow’s dual role as Enron ’s CFO and LJM2 ’s general director was not viewed
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