Lecture 1: The advantages of forming a corporation are: * Reduction of personal liability. A sole proprietor has unlimited liability * Taxes. Forming a corporation may mean that more expenses can be considered business expenses and be deducted from the company’s income. * Improved credibility. The business may have increased credibility in the business world compared to a sole proprietorship. * Ability to attract investment. Corporations can raise capital through the sale of equity
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Practice Problem Set – 1 ( The following problems are from Corporate Finance by Ross‚ Westerfield‚ and Jaffe – Tenth edition‚ McGraw-Hill / Irwin – ISBN 978-0-07-803477-0 ) 1. Audrey Sanborn has just arranged to purchase a $ 550‚000 vacation home in the Bahamas with a 20 percent down payment. The mortgage has a 6.1 percent stated annual interest rate‚ compounded monthly‚ and calls for equal monthly payments over the next 30 years. Her first payment will be due one month from now. However‚ the mortgage
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www.ccsenet.org/ijef International Journal of Economics and Finance Vol. 4‚ No. 5; May 2012 The Usefulness of an Accounting Information System for Effective Organizational Performance Siamak Nejadhosseini Soudani (Corresponding author) School of Accounting and Management‚ Islamic Azad University U.A.E. Branch PO Box: 502321‚ Block 4A‚ Knowledge Village‚ Dubai‚ UAE Tel: 97-14-295-3314 Received: March 19‚ 2012 doi:10.5539/ijef.v4n5p136 E-mail: Siamak.nejadhosseini@gmail.com Accepted:
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The main goal of a finance manager is maximizing of wealth rather than maximizing profit--measuring wealth or value is by cash flows and not accounting profits. This goal must be constantly in mind when making investments‚ financing these investments‚ and funding the company’s day-to-day operations. The total value of the firm can be increased by pushing up the price or market value of the existing shareholders’ ordinary shares. Investors react to poor investment decisions or poor financing decisions
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More than 2‚000 public companies exist in Canada. Public companies can offer shares for sales to raise financing‚ and in return they provide detailed financial information in their annual reports and make timely disclosure of significant corporate events. Private companies are not required to do this. All corporations have a board of directors‚ selected by shareholders and given responsibility of overseeing the activities of the corporation. The legal separation of ownership and management
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ACCG927 CURRENT ISSUES IN ACCOUNTING & Corporate Governance Week 1 Introduction and Overview of Accounting Theories 1 Introduction • • • • • • • • • • About the unit Teaching and learning strategy Assessments In-class essays Essay writing workshop Research essay Turnitin requirements Oral team presentation Required readings Importance of written answers each week 2 The Nature of Accounting & Corporate Governance Theory • What is a theory? Kerlinger‚ 1964: "A set of interrelated
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The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand Trimester 1‚ 2012 71303 Corporate Finance Final Examination Time allowed Three hours‚ plus 10 minutes to read this paper. Instructions 1. 2. 3. 4. Answer all questions. Read each question carefully. Start each question on a new page. Show all of your workings. Mark allocation Question Part A Part B 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Cost of capital Risk and return Investment timing real option Capital structure Dividend policy 14 12 15 20 15 Total 100 Topic Multiple-choice
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Chapter 06 Discounted Cash Flow Valuation Multiple Choice Questions 1. An ordinary annuity is best defined by which one of the following? A. increasing payments paid for a definitive period of time B. increasing payments paid forever C. equal payments paid at regular intervals over a stated time period D. equal payments paid at regular intervals of time on an ongoing basis E. unequal payments that occur at set intervals for a limited period of time 2. Which one of the following
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There is nothing like optimum capital structure for a firm. The Optimal Capital structure is that Capital Structure at which the weighted Average cost of capital (Ko) is Minimum. It is that combination of Equity and Debt at which the total cost of capital is mini-mum. Trade-off theory argues that there ’s an optimal amount of debt of each firm. At this level of debt‚ firms can take the most advantage of debts. Debts can be tax shield so that they can save money for firms to reinvest in
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B6301: Corporate Finance Clarkson Lumber C C Co. Valuation Clarkson Valuation Navin Chopra 1 Clarkson‚ 1996 • At the beginning of 1996‚ company is entirely owned by Mr. Clarkson • Following tight funding during a period of good business performance‚ the company has obtained debt funding to payoff the trade credit‚ NP trade • While financials for the first quarter of 1996 are available‚ we will value the company as at the beginning of 1996/end of 1995 Clarkson Valuation
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