Case 5-1 Income Smoothing a. Firstly‚ investors tend to invest in companies with stable earnings rather than one with volatile earnings. With stable earnings‚ there will be more likely an issuance of dividends and investors could easily predict the company’s future earnings compared to one with unstable earnings. With consistent earnings generated‚ it gives investors a secured feeling that it will again generate earnings as predicted. Confidence in the growth of rate of earnings is crucial because
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INTRODUCTION Ridley Corporation Limited (RIC)‚ an Australia-based company found in 1987 that manufactures and markets animal nutrition solutions and solar salt‚ has two major businesses named Ridley AgriProducts and Cheetham Salt. The purpose of our report is to provide a comprehensive analysis of RIC’s past and current financial performance based on its financial statements. The first part in this report is a detailed ratio analysis with four different categories to evaluate the general performance
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What is a Trial Balance? State its objectives and characteristics. Give some reasons for disagreement of the Trial Balance. A ’Trial Balance’ is a list of all the General ledger accounts (both revenue and capital) contained in the ledger of a business. This list will contain the name of the nominal ledger account and the value of that nominal ledger account. The value of the nominal ledger will hold either a debit balance value or a credit balance value. The debit balance values will be listed
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accounting for income taxes‚ which are the cash method and the allocation method. The cash method is described as a simple and direct approach. The amount of income taxes actually paid for the year is reported on the Income Statement. The amount comes from the firm ’s income tax return and fit is not adjusted in any way. Therefore‚ the firm ’s actual transaction to record its income tax liability is the basis for the amount of the income tax expense reported on the Income Statement. The allocation
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The Balance of Payments of a country always balances The BOP accounts summarize international transactions for a specific period‚ usually a year‚ and are prepared in a single currency‚ typically the domestic currency for the country concerned. Since the balance of payment is based upon system of double-entry book-keeping‚ the total debits must equal to total credits. This is because two aspects of each transaction recorded are equal in amount but appear on opposite sides
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Harnischfeger Corporation Teaching Note INTRODUCTION The purpose of the "Harnischfeger Corporation" case is to expose students to the managerial motives for making major financial reporting policy changes. Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) allow companies wide latitude in the choice of accounting policies. After a firm chooses a set of accounting policies‚ current accounting rules permit changes from one alternative policy to another at the discretion of the management
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Balance Lab of a Copper Slug and Sodium Chloride (NaCl) on a Centigram and Electronic Scale PURPOSE/INTRODUCTION The purpose of this experiment is to learn how to weigh a substance on a centigram scale and an electronic scale through direct weight or by weight difference. The hypothesis is that all scales used should show the same weight for a given sample. The experiment should show precision and accuracy of the equipment being used. This will allow a better understanding on how to properly
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Definition of Gross Income‚ Taxable Income‚ and Net Income Gross income refers to all income but not excluding exempt income and subject to final income tax. Example of gross income include: salaries and wages‚ commission‚ sale of and other dealings in property‚ rents‚ dividends‚ and securities. Exclusion from gross income or those incomes that are exempted from tax include: life insurance proceeds paid to beneficiaries upon the death of the insured; compensation for injuries or sickness‚ retirement
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You are required to prepare an investigative report on a recent corporate scandal that involved improper accounting practices or any form of financial scandal. Your report must include the following: an overview of the corporation a description of the scandal methodology - explaining the specific accounting impropriety that the company used. an explanation of how the firm managed to hide their accounting improprieties a discussion of who the scandal effected - both inside‚ and outside
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The Target Corporation‚ what used to be known as the Dayton Dry Goods Co.‚ is an American retailing company that was founded in Minneapolis‚ Minnesota‚ in 1902. In 1962‚ the first Target store was opened in Roseville‚ Minnesota. It is the fifth largest retailer by sales revenue in the United States behind Wal-Mart‚ The Home Depot‚ Kroger and Costco. The company is ranked 33rd on the 2007 Fortune 500. Target operates its retailing business exclusively in the United States. It is a rival with Kmart
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