Introduction In 31st January 2008‚ Google Inc. announced its financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended 31st December 2007. CEO Eric Schmidt was very pleased with the performance of the Google in terms their core value‚ growing reputation‚ techniques to manage their operating expenses. The financial statement was on the GAAP financial measures that are most directly comparable to non-GAAP financial measures. The raising cost on R&D‚ sales & marketing‚ and general administrative
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Interpreting Financial Statements An important factor to the success of a small business is understanding financial statements. Financial statements are very important and critical to a business’ journey to economic success. According to Edmonds‚ Olds & Tsay‚ (2008)‚ when used properly‚ financial statements can act as a basis of information for business valuation. Another important and useful indicator when determining a business’ performance and financial situation are financial ratios. Financial
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International Journal of Business and Management December‚ 2009 Problems of Adoption and Application of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Bangladesh Sumon Bhattacharjee (Corresponding author) Department of Business Administration‚ East West University 43-46 Mohakhali C/A‚ Dhaka‚ Bangladesh Tel: 88-17-1285-9617 E-mail: sumon@ewubd.edu Muhammad Zahirul Islam Department of Business Administration‚ East West University 43-46 Mohakhali C/A‚ Dhaka‚ Bangladesh Tel: 88-17-1665-3964
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assets and liabilities in its own financial records. Therefore‚ the consolidation process is unnecessary since there would be no records of Marvel to consolidate. If Marvel continues to exist as a separate legal entity (an acquisition)‚ Disney will then record the investment in Marvel in its own financial records. The investment account will be replaced by the goodwill and Marvel’s assets and liabilities during the consolidation process. To note that the financial statements issued by Disney will
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Question: 01 What are the three types of activities reported in cash flow statements? Explain. Answer: The statement of Cash Flow is one of the basic financial statements for a business. It reports a company’s major cash income and outflow for a period. Cash flows are classified as operating‚ investing‚ or financing activities on the statement of cash flows‚ depending on the nature of the transaction. Cash Flows from Operating
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parent company. Like many other companies‚ Molex has made a commitment to maintaining and encouraging frequent and active communications between subsidiaries‚ and between subsidiaries and the parent company. Unlike some multi-national companies‚ Molex has made a substantial financial commitment to ensuring that it is able to communicate effectively with its subsidiaries so that managers have a common understanding of corporate goals‚ the company’s financial performance‚ how they are expected to manage
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Ch 8: Financial Reporting and Management Reporting System GL master ledger: the principal file in the GLS database. Based on chart of accounts. FRS draws upon GL master to produce the firm’s financial statements General ledger history file and journal voucher history file- prior period info Responsibility center file: contains revenues‚ expenditures‚ and other resource utilization data for each responsibility center in the organization (used for responsibility reports) Budget master file: contains
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Financial Statements for Internal Reporting Purposes vs. Financial Statements for External Reporting Purposes It is common in most companies to maintain two set of financial statements; one being used/presented for internal reporting purposes and another for reporting externally. Internal reports are used primarily to aid management in the decision making process throughout the course of the business. These are subject to internal audit to make sure that all information reported are fair and correct
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framework for financial reporting Objectives 2.1 Why a conceptual framework? 2.2 IASB Framework for the Preparation and Presentation of Financial Statements 2.2.1 The objective of financial statements 2.2.2 Stewardship as an objective of financial statements: the current debate 2.2.3 Underlying assumptions 2.2.4 A note on the ‘going concern’ assumption 2.2.5 Qualitative characteristics of financial reporting information 2.2.6 Constraints on financial reporting 2.3 Elements of financial statements
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Introduction The purpose of this report is to investigate the current financial reporting environment in Sri Lanka and its impact on the companies listed on the Colombo stock exchange. Hotel SIGIRIYA PLC has been chosen to study the financial reporting requirements‚ cultural impacts and the political influences on the Sri Lankan listed companies. 1. Financial Reporting Environment in Sri Lanka 1.1. Current financial reporting requirements for publically listed companies in Sri Lanka. In August
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