Southwest Airlines (SWA) has remained the same‚ which is to give customers low-cost‚ point-to-point airfare‚ with excellent customer service. This simple strategy has resulted in SWA posting profits for 30 consecutive years. While other airlines are downsizing‚ SWA is showing slow steady growth. This performance is evident throughout their SEC Filings. First we will look at SWA’s ROI and ROE compared to the rest of the industry. Two thousand and one and 2002 were difficult years for the airline industry
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Regulatory Environment of Financial Reporting Nicholas Vujnich Accounting 561 September 25th‚ 2014 Chelsea Bjorkman Regulatory Environment of Financial Reporting Over the last 100 years‚ there have been significant changes to the regulatory environment that shaped financial reporting requirements. The Securities Act of 1933‚ The Securities Exchange Act of 1934‚ and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are the most notable laws enacted to ensure transparency and accuracy in reporting. Each new law subsequently
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DELTA AIR LINES‚ INC. Consolidated Balance Sheets | | | | | | | | | | | | |December 31‚ | | |(in millions) | |2008 | | |2007 | | |ASSETS
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the business will be short on the earnings this year. With this going on will cause problems with the financial responsibility toward the stakeholders. Mr. Reed located a transaction within the business that will work for the businesses financial responsibility‚ but with this transaction Mr. Reed would need to locate some legal and ethical ways to report this transaction on any of the financial reports. The transaction that Mr. Reed questions about was first sold some products on December 20th‚ 2010
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on this information‚ the profession of accounting has created several agencies to establish‚ monitor and maintain ethical codes of standards. Because of the widespread applicability of the information contained in the accounting process‚ honest reporting is critical. History has proven repeatedly that the temptation exists to manipulate figures for personal gains and corporate malfeasance. This paper will identify agencies that regulate accounting practices and briefly discuss the basic concepts
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Financial Reporting Problem Part 1 Mark R. Mitchell XACC/290 August 10‚ 2014 Jeanette Butler Financial Reporting Problem Part 1 In the light of this week’s assignment of analyzing an annual report for a publicly traded company I decided to use the company now work for which is the spinoff company from the merger of international papers Xpedx division and Unisource; the new company name is Veritiv. Veritiv’s total assets for this accounting period are $1‚215 million dollars (Morningstar
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INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS(IFRS) are designed as a common global language for business affairs so that company accounts are understandable and comparable across international boundaries. They are a consequence of growing international shareholding and trade and are particularly important for companies that have dealings in several countries. They are progressively replacing the many different national accounting standards. The rules to be followed by accountants to maintain books
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ACCOUNTING FOR AIRLINE FREQUENT FLYER PROGRAMS: MANAGEMENT INCENTIVES AND FINANCIAL REPORTING IMPACTS May 2012 Brian J. Franklin‚ BBA Accounting ‘12‚ College of Business and Public Policy‚ University of Alaska Anchorage‚ 3211 Providence Drive‚ Anchorage‚ AK 99508‚ 907-268-4233 Ext. 401‚ bfranklin@frontiertutoring.com ABSTRACT The obligation to provide free or reduced-fare travel to passengers who redeem their accrued frequent flyer program (FFP) benefits represents a significant liability on
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2008 than it did in 2007 but higher income taxes would have to be paid. First Objective: The first objective in this case is to exposed students to different methods of inventory valuation. Students must know about LIFO and FIFO. Second Objective: The second objective is to introduces the idea that companies have choices about accounting policies to preparing their financial reports. FIFO Method: FIFO involves the assumption that goods sold are the first unit that we purchased that the oldest
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EM6602 Accounting for Decision-Making and Control Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy (HBR 9-100-027) Team Members Toh Wei Hong‚ Prashant Trivedi‚ Preethy Varadarajan Question 1 The difference between Microsoft’s market value and book value is primarily due to unrecorded intangible assets such as brand value‚ customer loyalty‚ human capital‚ and commercial advantages such as long-term contracts and market dominance. These intangible assets confer Microsoft a tremendous edge over its
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