and services of the company including: the target market‚ how RONA promotes and ensures quality‚ the incorporation of technology in business‚ and their overall benefit to society. After a critique of RONA’s social responsibility as well as a financial analysis‚ the report will conclude with recommendations as to the employability of RONA. The research for this report was conducted from a number of secondary sources from the Haskayne Business Library Databases‚ including: Mint Global‚ Mergent Online
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USES OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS The financing‚ investing‚ and operating activities of a company are recorded by accounting systems in the form of detailed transactions. To effectively communicate a company’s activities to decision-makers‚ these detailed transactions are summarized and reported in a set of standardized reports called financial statements. The role of financial statements is to provide information that will help investors‚ creditors‚ and others make judgments and predictions that serve
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wants an accountant to perform an examination of its internal controls‚ the accountant should follow: B. AICPA AT 501‚ “An examination of an entity’s internal control over financial reporting that is integrated with an audit of its financial statements.” A.21 A review service engagement involving unaudited financial statements involves B. less work than an audit but more work than a compilation A.22 When accountants are not independent‚ which of the following reports can they nevertheless issue
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3101AFE TUTORIAL 2 - Semester 2 2013 Deegan Topics 2 and 3: The financial reporting environment and Regulation of financial accounting 2.1 What expectations do accounting standard-setters have about the accounting knowledge of financial statement readers? Accounting standard-setters have an expectation that the readers of general purpose financial reports have a ‘reasonable knowledge’ of accounting. Specifically‚ the IASB Framework states that ‘users are expected to have
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Interest/Sales * Sales/Assets * Assets/Equity * Earnings before interest/Net Income b) Net income*asset turnover*tax rate c) Return on Assets (ROA)*financial leverage d) Both a) and c) 2. Which of the following is true a) Return on Assets is influenced by financing activities b) ROE is not affected by financial structure c) Profit margin is a measure of asset efficiency d) None of the above 3. Assume that cost of goods sold for a company consists
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Owners • Owners are typically the most interested user of financial statements. Not only do owners have an interest in profits‚ but also in the amount of money they retain for personal income. This information comes from the income statement. Owners want to know how much capital the business consumed in order to generate sales revenue. Lenders • Lenders have an interest in both a company’s profit and cash flow. These users may have given loans to the business. Companies with an inability to repay
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Financial Statements Paper John Doe ACC/290 January 3‚ 2013 Introduction In this paper it will go through: Identify the four basic financial statements‚ describe the purpose of each of the four financial statements‚ discuss how the financial statements would be useful to internal users such as managers and employees‚ and discuss how the financial statements would be useful to external users such as investors and creditors. Identify the
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Dell’s Working Capital We can see from the exhibit 4 that sales in 1996 was 52% higher than that in 1995. To support that growth‚ Dell needs to increase its operating assets. Total Assets (% of sales) 45.87% Loss:Short Term Investments (% of sales) (13.93%) Operating Assets (% of sales) 31.94% The increase in Dell’s operating assets should be the change in 1996’s forecasting operating assets and operating assets in 1995. So operating assets should be increased by $5‚296M*31.94% - $3‚475M*31
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The importance of financial statements in a business is great. There are several difference reasons for a business to need financial statements. Yet first‚ financial statements need to be explained in order to know how they are used. Financial statements usually present the picture of the financial health of a given entity. It is also critical that a business comes up with accurate financial statements‚ not only for their record keeping for for the purpose of satisfying external reporting expectations
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sources of longer and more detailed cases include the Deloitte Trueblood cases and cases provided by various other firms. Topical Index of Student Cases INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING Case 1: Reporting acquisition and repayment transactions in the Statement of Cash Flows Case 2: Recording a forfeited payment Case 3: Revenue and expense recognition associated extended warranties Case 4: Accounting for “due on demand” note payable Case 5: Purchase of a controlling interest with a greenmail premium
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