THE PARMALAT SCANDAL The Parmalat situation started out as a fairly standard – although sizeable –accounting fraud. Not even the best auditors could prepare for what was to come from this company. The Parmalat group‚ a world leader in the dairy food business‚ collapsed and entered bankruptcy protection in December 2003 after acknowledging massive holes in its financial statements. This happened when billions of euros seem to have gone missing from the company’s accounts. This dramatic collapse
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Evaluating a Company’s Budget Procedures Springfield Corporation operates on a calendar-year basis. It begins the annual budgeting process in late August‚ when the president establishes targets for the total dollar sales and the net income before taxes for the next year. The sales target is given to the Marketing Department‚ where the marketing manager formulates a sales budget by product line in both units and dollars. From this budget‚ sales quotas by product line in units and dollars
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NPV A Item Years "Amt of Cash Flow" "20% FACTOR" "PV of Cash Flows" Annual Cost Savings 1 - 7 80000 3.605 288400 Initial Investment NOW -300000 1 -300000 Salvage Value 7 20000 0.279 5580 Net Present Value -6020 NPV B Item Years "Amt of Cash Flow" "20% FACTOR" "PV of Cash Flows" Annual Cost Savings 1 - 7 60000 3.605 216300 Initial Investment NOW -300000 1 -300000 Working Capital Released 7 300000 0.279 83700 Net Present Value 0 NPV A
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LBJ Company: Internal Control Evaluation Accounting 504: Managerial Use & Analysis Case Study 2 Written by: 8/10/13 This evaluation is being presented as an assessment of the preparedness of the LJB Company to go public at a future date. By researching current regulations regarding publicly traded firms we hope to prepare for a smooth transition into the trading market. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) has established the following guidelines
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Tom Emory and Jim Morris strolled back to their plant from the administrative offices of the Ferguson & Son Mfg. Company. Tom is the manger of the machine shop in the company’s factory. Jim is the manager of the equipment maintenance department. The men had just attended the monthly performance evaluation meeting for plant department heads. These meetings had been held on the third Tuesday of each month since Robert Ferguson‚ Jr.‚ the president’s son‚ had become the plant manager a year earlier.
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Ethics in Public Administration: Week 2 Assignment Case Study 1 Isabel Carter PADM505 October 19‚ 2014 Kennedy Maranga Dennis the city Manager is working late and he catches his new Budget Director Susan in a compromising situation with the Assistant City Manager. The employee policy prohibits this type of behavior between their employees. According to the City Code of Ethics this type of behavior is unacceptable and calls for dismissal. Ethics is not the act of controlling co-workers behavior
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ACCT 2060 Introductory Accounting Assignment - Semester 1‚ 2012 Part A Question 1 In the course of the financial year‚ Blackmores’ principal operating activities focused on the development and marketing of natural health products such as vitamins‚ herbal and mineral nutritional supplements. They sell and have operations in the natural health and dietary market throughout Australia‚ New Zealand and Asia region. (Reference: Blackmores’ Annual Report 2011‚ Pg. 37) Question 2 Mr Marcus C. Blackmore
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ACCT505 Part B Capital Budgeting problem Clark Paints Data: Cost of new equipment $200‚000 Expected life of equipment in years 5 yrs Disposal value in 5 years $40‚000 Life production - number of cans 5‚500‚000 Annual production or purchase needs $1‚100‚000 Initial training costs Number of workers needed 3 Annual hours to be worked per employee 2000 hrs Earnings
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Case Study I Solution The following cost items are needed before a schedule of cost of goods manufactured can be prepared: Materials used in production: Prime Costs $545‚000.00 Less Direct Labor Cost $220‚000.00 Direct Materials Cost $325‚000.00 Manufacturing Overhead Cost: Direct Labor Cost/ Percentage of Conversion Cost: rounded to nearest dollar ( this is total
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P6-3. Identifying components of earnings Requirement 1: a) Permanent earnings is the reported earnings component that is value-relevant. Permanent earnings are those earnings that are expected to continue into the future. This component roughly corresponds to income from continuing operations as reported in the income statement. b) Transitory earnings is the earnings component that is value-relevant‚ but not expected to persist into the future. This component roughly corresponds
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