Going Concern in a Credit Crisis – Call for Your Views Steve Priddy Director of Technical Policy and Research October 2008 You can comment on this piece at http://discuss.accaglobal.com/view_topic.php?id=49&forum_id=62 One of the fundamental accounting concepts is that financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis – that is that there is an underlying assumption that the entity will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and that the entity has neither the intention
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paint-mixing machine to reduce labor costs.The savings are expected to result in additional cash flows to Rainbow of $5‚000 per year. Themachine costs $35‚000 and is expected to last for 15 years. Rainbow has determined that the cost ofcapital for such an investment is 12%.[A] Compute the payback‚ net present value (NPV)‚ and internal rate of return (IRR) for this machine.Should Rainbow purchase it? Assume that all cash flows (except the initial purchase) occur at the endof the year‚ and do not consider taxes
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business generated more cash in February than in January? 4 4.1 Answer 4 5. Question 2 -Explain why Derek should produce a financial forecast‚ and not just take one month’s figures as an indicator for the future. 4 5.1 Answer 4 6. Question 3 – Is the business likely to generate increasing levels of cash in the forthcoming months? 5 6.1 Answer 5 7. Question 4 – Would you advise Derek Gorton to lease the production machine on the basis that working capital can provide the cash payments? 6 7.1 Answer
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Highway Café Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 Executive Summary 3 The Business 5 Industry Analysis 7 The Market 8 The Organization 13 Financial Reports and Calculations 15 Summary 24 Reference List 25 Executive Summary The Highway café will be a full service café located in Brighton Road in Glenleg‚ South Australia. The cafe features will have a complete menu that will be reasonably priced for all ‘comfort food’ primarily from American and French menus. The sections within
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Azura ) (From his room‚ En. Selamat called his assistant En. Kassim to discuss about the company cash flow position as at 31 dec 2012) En Selamat : Kassim ‚ could you come to my room now. I need to discuss with you. En Kassim : Yes boss‚ I am coming. (Kassim knock the door and enter the room after get permission from En. Selamat) En Selamat : Kassim‚ I want you to prepare the cash flow report as at 31 dec 2012. En Kassim : Ok boss‚ when you need it? En Selamat :
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Center is facing a potential working capital shortfall which means the hospital may not have enough cash to sustain itself. The reasons for this shortfall is due to huge discounts given to managed care companies‚ higher wages given to contract nurses‚ low Medicare reimbursement levels‚ growth in current liabilities‚ and unused equipment. I will provide the best strategy in order to sustain the cash flow problem that Elijah Heart Center is facing. My strategy will consist of three phases. These phases
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Seminar 1 Exercises Chapter 1 (1.2 Question 4): How do business cycles and the health of the economy affect the value of your labor? In terms of supply and demand‚ what are the optimal conditions in which to sell your labor? How might further education increase your mobility in the labor market (the value of your labor)? The economy goes in business cycles where it has recurring period of economy-wide expansion (growth) and periods of contraction (shrinking). These cycles are often measured by
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Corporate Finance Practice Exam 1. The difference between earnings and cash flow is the firm’s earnings are the bottom line of their income statement and is a measure of the firm’s income over a given period of time. The cash flow of a firm shows how a firm has used the cash it earned during a set of time. There are two reasons that the income statement does not show the amount of cash earned. One‚ there are non-cash entries on the income statement and second‚ there are certain uses such as
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Gulf Oil Corp.--Takeover Summary of Facts o George Keller of the Standard Oil Company of California (Socal) is trying to determine how much he wants to bid on Gulf Oil Corporation. Gulf will not consider bids below $70 per share even though their last closing price per share was valued at $43. o Between 1978 and 1982‚ Gulf doubled its exploration and development expenses to increase their oil reserves. In 1983‚ Gulf began reducing exploration expenditures considerably due to declining oil prices
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Key concepts and skills Project Cash Flows Relevant Cash Flows The Stand-Alone Principle Incremental Cash Flows Sunk Costs Opportunity Costs Side Effects Net Working Capital Financing Costs Other Issues Pro Forma Financial Statements and Project Cash Flows Getting Started: Pro Forma Financial Statements Project Cash Flows Projected Total Cash Flow and Value More about Project Cash Flow A Closer Look at Net Working Capital Depreciation Evaluating Equipment Options with
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