Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy Q1. What are the factors that likely explain the equity and its reported book value of equity? Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 1999 Market Capitalisation: USD 460 Billion Book Value: USD 28 Billion MVE more than 16 times of BVE! Factor 1 Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 Intangible Assets • BVE does not reflect certain intangible assets’ value such as brand‚ customer loyalty‚ and human capital – Likely to provide tremendous earnings growth
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Fraudulent Financial Reporting Schemes Abstract Routine examinations‚ audits‚ or internal control procedures‚ do not reveal most accounting fraud. Only 20% is revealed by way of auditing‚ however whistle blowing accounts for most revealed accounting fraud. Financial statement fraud will usually occur in such schemes as: fictitious revenues‚ timing differences‚ concealed liabilities & expense‚ improper asset valuation‚ or asset/revenue overstatements (just to name a few)‚ (Frempong‚ 2012)
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Financial Reporting Problem Part 1 XACC/290 Kathleen Downey Brittany Baker Amazon became a publically traded company in October 1995. In 1996‚ it was reincorporated in Delaware. Amazon issued its initial public offering of stock on May 15‚ 1997‚ trading under the NASDAQ stock exchange symbol AMZN‚ at a price of $18.00 per share in the U.S. ($1.50 after three stock splits in the late 1990s Wikipedia). Amazon’s initial business proposal was different they it did not expect to make
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Question 3: Frieda‚ an accounting student‚ states: “Strategy analysis seems to be an unnecessary detour in doing financial statement analysis. Why can’t we just get straight to the accounting issues? “Explain to Frieda why she might be wrong. Without strategy analysis‚ it is impossible to identify what drive profits and what are key risks. Moreover‚ assessing firm’s current performance and doing realistic forecasts of future performance are also directly linked with firm’s strategy. Three important
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ACCOUNTING 592 Financial Accounting & Reporting Seminar Spring 2010 Instructor: Office Hours (subject to adjustment): Teresa Gordon Office Hours: W 8:30–11:00 AM Albertsons Bldg. 118 and T‚W‚Th 1:15 - 3:00 PM 885-8960 or by appointment E-mail: tgordon@uidaho.edu Course web page: http://www.cbe.uidaho.edu/Acct592 ------------------------------------------------- MASTER OF ACCOUNTANCY – LEARNING GOALS ------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------
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Lecture 1 – Corporate Financial Reporting and Revision LECTURE OUTLINE Outline the nature and characteristics of companies Describe the sources of corporate financial reporting in Australia Identify which entities need to prepare financial reports that comply with accounting standards Account for share issues and dividends Account for asset revaluations and asset impairment Nature of Companies Type of organization established under the cooperation’s act 2001 Legal capacity and powers
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Survey questions and result These are the result of the survey that was enacted by us to prove and support our topic. We asked the students which between public and private infrastructure is greater in number here in the Philippines. Out of 20 respondents‚ 12 answered that it is public infrastructures and 8 said that private inrastructures are greater in number. According to our survey ‚ majority of the respondents say that public infrastructures are greater in number than private infrastructures
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Business Unit 10: Financial Accounting and Financial Reporting Student name Assessor name Date issued Completion date Submitted on 28/03/15 09/05/15 Assignment title Presentation of financial information and Interpretation of Financial Statements (2 of 2) Learning Outcome Learning outcome Assessment Criteria In this assessment you will have the opportunity to present evidence that shows you are able to: Task no. Evidence (Page no) LO3 Be able to present financial information in accepted
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discontinued operations and before the effect of changes in accounting principles Discontinued Operations: A component of a business is defined as a segment for which operations and cash flows can be distinguished both operationally and for financial reporting purposes. It has to be sold in full. Check of impairment of segment if not sold off by the end of the year. Reported net of tax and must restate all previous reports. Asset Impairment: check undiscounted cf and reduce to fair value. Cannot
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Problem Set 1 Due: Monday‚ Sep. 30th‚ at the beginning of the class You may work together in answering the questions‚ but each student should write his or her own answers. DUPLICATE ANSWERS WILL RECEIVE ZERO CREDIT. SHOW ALL YOUR WORK FOR EACH SOLUTION. Answer each question clearly‚ completely‚ and neatly. 1. Use the information for the question(s) below. In November 2009‚ Perrigo Co. (PRGO) had a share price of $39.20. They had 91.33 million shares outstanding‚ a market-to-book ratio of
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