Lindsey Moran Financial Accounting Final Project Amazons mission and goal is “ to be earth ’s most customer centric company; to build a place where people can come to find and discover anything they might want to buy online.” (http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=97664&p=irol-faq#14296). Their business summary states “Amazon.com‚ Inc. operates as an online retailer in North America and internationally. It operates retail Websites‚ such as amazon.com and amazon.ca. The company serves
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Financial Statement Analysis Financial Statement Analysis The financial health of an organization can be evaluated using ratio analysis. A comprehensive review of Landry’s Restaurants‚ Inc using their 2003 Annual Report will use seven different ratios calculated from Landry ’s financial statements. The ratio analysis will test the profitability‚ liquidity‚ and solvency of the company. Liquidity ratios measures the "short-term ability of the enterprise to pay its maturing obligations
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1. IntroductionPensonic Company Pensonic is one of the most successful trading companies in Penang‚ Malaysia that sells a wide variety of electrical appliances. In addition to its own brand “Pensonic”‚ the company also owns the German brand “Lebensstil Kollektion” and owns the sole-distribution rights for the Dutch brand “Princess” in Malaysia. Pensonic also established a mass production hub and international distribution network of electrical home mechanism and an international distribution network
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will I am sure be of interest not only to our student audience but as a refresher to those of you in practice that may be required to deal with this concept. In most businesses debtor balances represent an important element of working capital. Accounting principles dictate that the supply of goods or services is accounted for as sales‚ at the point at which the buyer has a legal obligation to pay for them. Total debtors represent the value of credit sales for which payment has yet to be received
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A. What is the difference between accrual-basis accounting and cash-basis accounting? The difference between the two types of accounting is when revenues and expenses are recorded. In cash basis accounting revenues are recorded when cash is actually received and expenses are recorded when the expenses are actually paid. B. Why would politicians prefer the cash basis over the accrual basis? The accrual basis system deals with deprecation of the value of equipment‚ land and such. Politicians would
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Accounting for Managers TOPIC A: AN INTRODUCTION TO ACCOUNTING Investors – Individual and groups provide initial capital. Creditors – Company which loans money to another company (Suppliers/Bank). Managers – Oversee the day-to-day operations. What is accounting? * Process of Recognising‚ measuring‚ recording (also known as transactions)‚ disclosing and attesting to information. *Information – Decision Making (Value Creation)‚ Control (Monitoring). Process of Accounting: Transactions
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Homework Week 2 Exercise E1-1 SEC – K Audit – G Sole Proprietorship – I Corporation – E Accounting – A Accounting Entity – D Audit Report – J Cost Principle – F Partnership – C FASB – L IASB – H Unit of Measure – B GAAP – N IFRS – M E1-2 Accounts receivable – Asset Cash and cash equivalents – Asset Net sales – Revenue Notes payable – Liability Taxes payable – Liability Retained earnings – Stockholders’ Equity Cost of products sold – Expense Marketing‚ administrative
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between accrual-basis accounting and cash-basis accounting? The variation between accrual basis accounting and cash basis accounting‚ is how cash is documented. Cash basis is an accounting basis that is used when expenses and revenue are paid out or received. This is when the transaction will be recorded. In accrual-basis accounting‚ transactions are recorded when they actually happen. Payment does not need to be made for the transaction to be recognized in accrual-basis accounting unlike cash-basis
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Analysis of Wal-Mart Managerial Accounting Process Table of Contents Company Description of Wal-Mart Page 3 Budgeting Process Page 3 Management Accounting System Page 4 Costing System Page 5 Capital Decision Making Process Page 6 Capital Structure Page 6 Project Conclusion Page 7 Information Sources and Methodology Page 8 References Page 8 Company Description For the final project of managing finance Wal-Mart Stores
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Accounting Homework Individual Chapter 7 Question 1&2 1. (a) What are generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)? In the U.S.‚ generally accepted accounting principles‚ commonly abbreviated as US GAAP or simply GAAP‚ are accounting rules used to prepare‚ present‚ and report financial statements for a wide variety of entities‚ including publicly-traded and privately-held companies‚ non-profit organizations. (b)What bodies provide authoritative support for GAAP
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