Executive summary: Sustainability reporting‚ alternatively known as CSR reporting‚ is the annual process whereby companies - public‚ private; large and small - report on their sustainability performance. Reports typically cover social‚ environmental‚ economic and ethical performance and incorporate information on a company ’s environmental impact or carbon footprint‚ staff satisfaction‚ community investment etc. Sustainability reporting is becoming increasingly important as a tool companies can
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Financial Statement Differentiation There are four different types of financial statements; they are balance sheets‚ income statements‚ retained earnings statements‚ and statements of cash flows. Each of these financial statements are important to investors‚ creditors‚ and management in various ways. This paper will provide further insight into these financial statements as well as explore‚ which of these would be of interest to investors‚ creditors‚ and management. Financial Statements
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Financial Reporting Problem: Toll Brothers Inc. Learning Team “D” ACC/290 Jan 9‚ 2014 Mark Graves Financial Reporting Problem 1. What are the company’s total assets at the end of its most recent annual reporting period? Why is this important? $6‚181‚044‚000 Knowing a company’s total assets is important to determine such things as: Whether a company has enough assets to pay its debts as they come due To determine whether cash on hand is sufficient for immediate cash needs 2. What are the total assets
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“The EU remains an effective model of market creation and regulation for Europe.” How valid is this claim? Introduction 60 years of European Union has changed the economic landscape of Europe and the way European countries and businesses interact with each other. EU has laid ground to a remarkable progress in free trade of goods‚ services‚ mobility of people and flow of capital in this part of the world. 20 years from the creation of single market in 1992 marks an important milestone and
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Causal reasoning in financial reporting and voluntary disclosure This paper examines causal reasoning‚ applying the theories to financial reporting. Causal reasoning involves diagnosis (determining the cause of an effect) and prediction (vice versa). These are important and commonplace amongst analysts‚ investors and management regarding company earnings and share prices. However‚ there is very little recent research employing causal reasoning theories to this field. Attribution theory describes
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sense is duration a measure of market risk? The market risk calculations are typically based on the trading portion of an FI’s fixed-rate asset portfolio because these assets must reflect changes in value as market interest rates change. As such‚ duration or modified duration provides an easily measured and usable link between changes in the market interest rates and the market value of fixed-income assets. 12. Bank of Ayers Rock’s stock portfolio has a market value of $10 000 000. The beta
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Perspectives on Accounting Education Volume 6‚ 2009‚ 83-96 A FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS PROJECT FOR INTRODUCTORY FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING Marilyn B. Misch Business Administration Division Pepperdine University Malibu‚ California USA Carolyn A. Galantine Business Administration Division Pepperdine University Malibu‚ California USA ABSTRACT This paper describes a financial statement analysis project useful in both preparerbased and user-based introductory courses in financial accounting. The project
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finance instruments increased significantly at the global level. Changes in stock market prices‚ interest rate and exchange rates at the different financial market have increased the financial risk to the corporate world. In order to manage to such risks‚ the new financial instruments have been developed in the financial markets‚ which are popularly known as DERIVATIVES. As Financial Instruments‚ Derivatives has become very important in last two decades or so. Though
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$45‚000 and the current ratio is 4:1. What are current liabilities? A. $ 10‚000 B. $ 11‚250 C. $ 15‚000 D. $ 17‚400 E. $ 180‚000 6. Wolfpack‚ Inc. collected $6‚250 on account. The effect of the transaction on the accounting equation is to: A. Increase revenue and decrease expenses. B. Have no effect on total assets. C. Decrease assets and decrease liabilities. D. Increase assets and increase stockholder’s equity. E. Both A
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which will need to be paid back and thus creates debt. Operating Activities: refers to the production‚ promotion and selling of a company’s products and services. Costs are incurred through expenses on operating activity such as inventory‚ salaries‚ and material‚ and revenue is generated through sales. When revenue are higher than the expenses‚ the company has an operating profit‚ and the company has an operating loss when the expenses exceed the operating revenue. 2) The accounting equation (A=L+SE)
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