Financial Analysis & Management Assignments 1. Discuss the extent to which the legal and professional regulatory framework of accounting ensures that corporate reports provide reliable‚ relevant‚ objective‚ and comparable information to users. 2. Critically evaluate the importance of discounted cash flow techniques in investment decisions. Illustrate your answer with your examples. 3. Discuss the relative importance profitability and liquidity for the survival of a business and explain how the
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• Accounting is the system that measures business activities and process information into reports. • Accountant maintain‚ audit and prepare financial records for a person or a company. • Main careers in accounting - bookkeeper‚ auditor‚ financial advisor‚ taxation‚ carbon accountant and accountant etc… • Bookkeeping is recording financial recorders and summaries of financial transaction. Accounting is measuring business activities and process information into reports. • Main professional accounting
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unusual in occurrence. Extraordinary items should be very rare. Appear after net income from discontinued operations and before the effect of changes in accounting principles Discontinued Operations: A component of a business is defined as a segment for which operations and cash flows can be distinguished both operationally and for financial reporting purposes. It has to be sold in full. Check of impairment of segment if not sold off by the end of the year. Reported net of tax and must restate all previous
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Business Administration- MBA Semester 1 MB0041 – Financial And Management Accounting - 4 Credits (Book ID: B1624) Assignment Set - 1 (60 Marks) Note: Each question carries 10 Marks. Answer all the questions. 1. Explain the process involved in accounting. 2. The salaries paid in 2004 is Rs. 5‚00‚000; Salaries outstanding is Rs. 20‚000; Salaries paid in advance for 2004 is Rs. 30‚000. What is the actual salary expenditure for 2004? Which accounting principle is involved in this and explain that
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ACCT3302 FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS Accounting and Finance Tutorial Solutions - Week 2 Q1. John‚ who has just completed his first finance course‚ is unsure whether he should take a course in Busine ss Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements‚ since he believes that financial analysis adds little value‚ given the efficiency of capital markets. Explain to John when financial analysis can add value‚ even if capital markets are efficient. The e fficient market hypothesis states
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benefit ANSWER D Deducted from equity‚ net of related income tax benefit Question # 2 End 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The following information pertains to Hopson Co.’s pension plan: Projected benefit obligation at 1/1/13 $72‚000 Assumed discount rate 10% Service costs for 2013 $28‚000 Pension benefits paid during 2013 $15‚000 If no change in actuarial estimates occurred during 2013‚ Hopson’s
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current financial reporting environment in Sri Lanka and its impact on the companies listed on the Colombo stock exchange. Hotel SIGIRIYA PLC has been chosen to study the financial reporting requirements‚ cultural impacts and the political influences on the Sri Lankan listed companies. 1. Financial Reporting Environment in Sri Lanka 1.1. Current financial reporting requirements for publically listed companies in Sri Lanka. In August 2007‚ two stages were adopted by Sri Lankan accounting standards
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Financial accounting is the only branch of accounting and it is not perfect. There are large numbers of limitations which open new way to use other tools of accounting. To know what are the main limitations of financial accounting. It is very necessary for accountants. Accountants are often blind to these limitations. So‚ I am covering its limitation a lot of ground. Read below and understand:- Net effect of transactions are recorded in financial accounting which has happened in past. These
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EFFECT OF CREATIVE ACCOUNTING ON FINANCIAL REPORTING AND DECISION MAKING. (A Survey of Selected Financial Institutions in Nigeria)-jetibensi@yahoo.com By: Jackson Etibensi A Concept Note Submitted to the University of Calabar‚ Graduate School as Prerequisite for Admission into MSc. Accounting‚ Faculty of Management Sciences. INTRODUCTION: Financial Statements provides information that is used by interested parties (users) to assess and appraise the performance and financial Status of managers
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An asset is anything that will give me some value in the future - So Cash and Accounts Receivables are assets‚ and so are machines‚ buildings‚ etc. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS The income statement reflects conditions over a period of time (say Q1 2013)‚ while the Balance sheet reflects the state of the business at a specific point in time (say‚ at end of Q1 2013) Equity is what the owners/stakeholders of the company really have‚ of value. Equity = Assets - Liabilities Asset: Anything that will
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