Question 3: Frieda‚ an accounting student‚ states: “Strategy analysis seems to be an unnecessary detour in doing financial statement analysis. Why can’t we just get straight to the accounting issues? “Explain to Frieda why she might be wrong. Without strategy analysis‚ it is impossible to identify what drive profits and what are key risks. Moreover‚ assessing firm’s current performance and doing realistic forecasts of future performance are also directly linked with firm’s strategy. Three important
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Reporting Contingencies and the Financial Statement When faced with a lawsuit you have to know whether or not to consider contingencies. According to Schroeder‚ Clark‚ and Cathey (2005) a contingency is a future event that could possibly have an impact on the firm. There are four different ways a contingency should come to view and they are income tax disputes‚ notes receivable discounted‚ accommodation endorsements‚ and what this company is dealing with a pending lawsuit. When a gain is possible
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* Jonda Brantley * 11/09/2012 * ACC 220 Wk 2 Financial Statement * * A balance sheet is summary of a company’s financial condition at a specific point in time‚ including assets‚ liabilities and net worth. It allows the company to know what they have been paying for or what they owe out to people. An income statement is a report that tracks a company’s revenues‚ gross profits‚ operating income‚ and net worth. All businesses need to have revenue in order to establish a good foundation
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FRAMEWORK FOR FINANCIAL REPORTING SCOPE OF THE FRAMEWORK The existing framework deals with the ■ Objectives of financial statements; ■ Qualitative characteristics of financial statements; ■ Elements of financial statements; ■ Underlying Assumptions; ■ Recognition of the elements of financial statements; ■ Measurement of the elements of financial statements; and ■ Concepts of capital and capital maintenance OBJECTIVES The objective of general purpose financial reporting. The objective
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Fraudulent Financial Reporting Schemes Abstract Routine examinations‚ audits‚ or internal control procedures‚ do not reveal most accounting fraud. Only 20% is revealed by way of auditing‚ however whistle blowing accounts for most revealed accounting fraud. Financial statement fraud will usually occur in such schemes as: fictitious revenues‚ timing differences‚ concealed liabilities & expense‚ improper asset valuation‚ or asset/revenue overstatements (just to name a few)‚ (Frempong‚ 2012)
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following contributes to growth and development of the economy of the Philippines: A. Highways and Bridges B. Airports and Ports C. Private schools D. Villages and subdivisions Out of 20 respondents‚ 9 answered letter A‚ 8 answered letter B‚ 1 answered letter C and lastly‚ 2 respondents answered letter D. As the result shows‚ most of the respondents think and say that highways and bridges contributes‚ if not the most but prominently‚ to Philippine economy. Most of the students answered the
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The Income Statement Special Items: If an item is unusual in nature or infrequent in occurrence‚ but not both‚ and if it is material‚ then it must be shown separately on the income statement (usually as part of income from continuing operations). This special item will not be reported net of tax. Extraordinary: These are items that are material and are both infrequent in nature and unusual in occurrence. Extraordinary items should be very rare. Appear after net income from discontinued operations
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Problem Set 1 Due: Monday‚ Sep. 30th‚ at the beginning of the class You may work together in answering the questions‚ but each student should write his or her own answers. DUPLICATE ANSWERS WILL RECEIVE ZERO CREDIT. SHOW ALL YOUR WORK FOR EACH SOLUTION. Answer each question clearly‚ completely‚ and neatly. 1. Use the information for the question(s) below. In November 2009‚ Perrigo Co. (PRGO) had a share price of $39.20. They had 91.33 million shares outstanding‚ a market-to-book ratio of
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Financial Reporting Problem Part 2 If cash is King‚ then Apple is the King. Apple has piled up $81.6 billion in cash/investments. Most people think that Apple only has $26 billion in cash‚ but the way Apple reports it on the balance sheet can be confusing. From an investor’s standpoint‚ they love companies with cash‚ the ability to generate cash and that virtually have little or no debt. Apple is one of the company’s that does not have any debt. Whether short term or long term‚ Apple invests
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International Journal of Business and Management December‚ 2009 Problems of Adoption and Application of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Bangladesh Sumon Bhattacharjee (Corresponding author) Department of Business Administration‚ East West University 43-46 Mohakhali C/A‚ Dhaka‚ Bangladesh Tel: 88-17-1285-9617 E-mail: sumon@ewubd.edu Muhammad Zahirul Islam Department of Business Administration‚ East West University 43-46 Mohakhali C/A‚ Dhaka‚ Bangladesh Tel: 88-17-1665-3964
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