Irrational Ratios 1 of 5 http://www.journalofaccountancy.com/Issues/2001/Aug/IrrationalRatios... FRAUD The numbers raise a red flag. BY JOSEPH T. WELLS AUGUST 2001 inancial statements tell a story‚” says accounting professor W. Steve Albrecht‚ “and the story should make sense.” If not‚ it’s possible the story is a fake. By standing far enough back from the numbers to get a good picture of the client’s business‚ auditors frequently can detect signs of financial statement frauds
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4-2 Why would the inventory turnover ratio be more important for someone analyzing a grocery store chain than an insurance company? The inventory turnover ratio is important to a grocery store because of the much larger inventory required and because some of that inventory is perishable. An insurance company would have no inventory to speak of since its line of business is selling insurance policies or other similar financial products--contracts written on paper and entered into between the company
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a) Ratio analysis does several things‚. The first thing is it allows the company to compare itself with other like companies. If management feels things aren’t going well‚ they can help pinpoint the problem through comparing their ratios with other companies. They may have several ratios that are comparable‚ but a couple which are way off. That might be where the problem is. It helps to evaluate financial statement. It helps to take proper steps toward financial problem. Like reduce
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Ideal family size Comment on each of the reasons the writers gives for people having children. The reasons are : 1. “That it would benefit the child” In my opinion it would only benefit the child if he gets to enjoy the fun things about life. In some sad cases‚ it can also benefit the child if the parents have insurance the child can use the money for furthering their education or advancing there self. 2. “To increase the world’s total happiness” I don’t think that it increases the world
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Lowe’s Ratio Analysis In the period from 1997-2001 Lowe’s showed a steady increase in working capital. It went from being $2110 million in 1997 to $4920 million in 2001. This shows the company had good amount of liquid assets to conduct and build its business. Lowe’s fixed assets went from $3005 million in 1997 to $8653 million in 2001. Total capital is found by taking working capital and adding it to fixed assets. Lowe’s total capital increased from $5219 million in 1997 to $13736 million in 2001
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As the result of the ratio analysis. There are 5 limitations of ratio analysis as well. The first limitation of the ratio analysis is Comparing the ratios between two organizations/firms is a smooth path to do it. This is because‚ different organization/firms might have face unequal figures of earnings‚ losses. In addition‚ fact is the two difference organizations/firms might have different economic environment or production technologies even though they produce the same range of the product. For
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Common Sense Common sense is the knowledge and thinking ability a person acquires through experience and from teachings passed on from others‚ and is used to deal with everyday life in appropriate manners. It is what a person relies on to tell them‚ generally‚ what is right or wrong‚ good or bad‚ and what is best for them in a given situation to sustain overall well-being. It reflects the thought process that is used when faced with possible uncertainty‚ and it relies heavily on memory. It enables
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Super Size Me In 2004‚ documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock began an experiment to see how eating only McDonald’s‚ three meals a day‚ would effect a person’s health; physical and mental. The fact that our generation eats more fast food than ever before makes this experiment interesting‚ along with Morgan’s antics and humor. The main claim behind this documentary film is that the abundance of fast food chains‚ the fatty foods that they serve‚ and the vast amount of people that eat at these restaurants
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FINANCIAL RATIO ANALYSIS OF B.H.E.L Project submitted on completion of Summer Internship 7/11/2009 BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LIMITED‚ BHOPAL Bhanupriya Vishwakarma MBA (Financial Adminnistration) Institute of Management Studies‚ DAVV‚ Indore TABLE OF CONTENTS Certificate Acknowledgements Declaration BHEL- at a glance -Introduction -Product Profile Ratio Analysis - What is Ratio analysis? - Role of Ratio analysis - Limitations of Ratio analysis Financial Statements and Ratio Analysis -Financial
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Bank. The businesses performance has to meet the industry averages. Ratios and current performance will be evaluated and advice will be given on how this business will be able to improve. A final decision will be made to decide if K Chapman will be able to be granted the loan from the Commonwealth bank or not. Ratios and Current Performance: The ratio of greatest concern to K Chapman is the net profit ratio. The net profit ratio is defined as the percentage of net profit earned on a period of time
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