Article Analysis From Enron to Tyco‚ accounting scandals have always been a worrisome issue in accounting. Regardless of how many internal controls there are‚ there will always be a chance for unethical practices in accounting. Where and when do these problems arise? This paper will analyze an article listing situations that lead to those unethical practices and behavior that lawmakers try to prevent. In his article “What Are the Causes of Ethical Lapses in Accounting‚” Jagg Xaxx writes that business
Premium Sarbanes–Oxley Act Corporate governance Enron
describe what profit and loss accounts are. PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT By law business are required to provide annual financial statements‚ which will appear in their company report‚ there are two main types of financial statements‚ one is balance sheet and the other is a profit and loss account. A profit and loss account is a record which can be updated regularly and generally shows businesses transactions made over a period of time (usually within 12 months)‚ An example profit and loss account
Premium Balance sheet Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Income statement
Cost Accounting -- MIDTERM 1 1) Pointed Pencil company incurs the following costs in its manufacture of pencils. Classify each one of them according to one of the value chain functions: Functions: A) Research and Development B) Design of products‚ services‚ and processes. C) Production D) Marketing E) Distribution F) Customer Service G) Strategy and Administration ____ 1) Cost of wood used in manufacture of pencils. ____ 2) Cost of wood used in packing cartons to ship pencils. ____
Premium Variable cost Cost Costs
Chapter 2—The External Environment: Opportunities‚ Threats‚ Industry Competition‚ and Competitor Analysis TRUE/FALSE 1. The health-related concerns in the general environment facing Philip Morris International are part of the physical segment. ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 36 OBJ: 02-01 TYPE: comprehension NOT: AACSB: Ethical & Legal understanding | Management: Ethical Responsibilities | Dierdorff & Rubin: Managing the task environment 2. The external environment facing business stays relatively
Premium Environment Environmentalism Management
the sale to Haika was $490‚000. The machine had an estimated remaining useful life of seven years on the date of the intercorporate sale. * At December 31‚ 20X5‚ Haika had goods in its inventories that had been purchased from Selina at $60‚000 profit to Selina. During 20X6‚ Haika purchased
Premium Balance sheet Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Depreciation
Is it possible for large‚ profit focussed organisations to be both profitable and “fair”? Over the past year there have been an increasing number of issues which have risen on how businesses such as Amazon‚ Thames Water‚ Google‚ Facebook and Starbucks have made vast amount of profits but haven’t been fair-minded. For example Starbucks made £400m sales in the UK but paid no corporation tax. According to Milton Freidman the main objective of a business is to increase profits so long as it stays within
Premium Tax Profit
CASE 4-33 ACCOUNTING | 15% Commission | 20% Commission | Own Sales Force @ 7.5% | Sales | $ 16‚000‚000 | 100% | $ 16‚000‚000 | 100% | $ 16‚000‚000 | 100% | Variable Expenses: | | | | | | | Manufacturing | $ 7‚200‚000 | | $ 7‚200‚000 | | $ 7‚200‚000 | | Commissions | $ 2‚400‚000 | | $ 3‚200‚000 | | $ 1‚200‚000 | | Total Variable Expenses | $ 9‚600‚000 | 60% | $ 10‚400‚000 | 65% | $ 8‚400‚000 | 52.5% | Contribution
Premium Operating leverage Income tax Net income
PROFIT MAXIMIZATION [See Chap 11] 1 Profit Maximization • A profit-maximizing firm chooses both its inputs and its outputs with the goal of achieving maximum economic profits 2 Model • Firm has inputs (z1‚z2). Prices (r1‚r2). – Price taker on input market. • Firm has output q=f(z1‚z2). Price p. – Price taker in output market. • Firm’s problem: – Choose output q and inputs (z1‚z2) to maximise profits. Where: π = pq - r1z1 – r2z2 3 1 One-Step Solution • Choose (z1
Premium Profit maximization Economics Profit
Profits Katherine Carpenter Liberty University Econ 213 Gwartney states that profits are; “An excess of sales revenue relative to the opportunity cost of production. The cost component includes the opportunity cost of all resources‚ including those owned by the firm. Therefore‚ profit accrues only when the value of the good produced is greater than the value of the resources used for its production.” An example of a profit would be bakery offers a cheesecake for $20 and the total cost to make
Premium Microeconomics Economics Costs
Capital Structure and Profit Capital Structure Definition A unite of a company’s long-term debt‚ specific short-term debt‚ common equity and preferred equity. The capital structure is how a firm finances its overall operations and growth by using different sources of funds. Debt comes in the form of bond issues or long-term notes payable‚ whereas equity is classified as common stock‚ preferred stock or retained earnings. Also‚ Short-term debt such as working capital requirements is considered
Premium Finance