MA932 Financial Statements Analysis Coursework 1 1. The circumstances in which the revaluation model may be used: (In accordance with IAS 38) There is active market‚ since the fair value of an intangible asset must be determined by reference to an active market in that type of asset. Sufficient regularity to ensure that the carrying amount of an intangible asset does not differ materially from fair value A. The 25000 revaluation decrease on 31 December 2011 should be recognized as an expense
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A Financial Analysis of the Smartphone Industry Maria Thompson Jared Fowler John Froman Michael Collingsworth Emily Barnes Emily Pounders Robert Crittenden The University of North Alabama September 23‚ 2011 A Financial Analysis of the Smartphone Industry The industry of Smartphones is rapidly growing. Through our analysis‚ we have seen companies that have taken advantage of this rapid growth and some that have only experienced moderate growth. Through comparative analysis of financial
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Table of Contents Introduction 2 How it happened? 2 Financial Reporting Issues 3 Trading Business and Mark to Marketing 3 Reporting Issues for Special Purpose Entities 3 Other Accounting Problems 4 Governance and Intermediation Failures at Enron 4 Role of Top Management Compensation 4 Role of Audit Committees 4 Role of External Auditors 4 Role of Fund Managers 5 Role of Accounting Regulations 5 The Sarbanes Oxley Act 5 Did it help? 5 Bibliography 6 Introduction Kenneth
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True the objective of financial statements emphasizes a stewardship approach for reporting financial information It is False the purpose of the objective of financial reporting is to prepare a balance sheet‚ an income statement‚ a statement of cash flows‚ and a statement of owners’ or stockholders’ equity. It is False because they are generally shorter‚ FASB interpretations are subject to less due process‚ compared to FASB standards. It is True the objective of financial reporting uses an entity
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reasonable‚ fact-based way‚ and refer to that information in determining whether to buy Microsoft ’s stock or not. The 10-K financial statement from Microsoft is an enormous document‚ and it would take too much time to read the entire material. We thus decided to read the report selectively and analyze the company in the following steps: First‚ we will calculate several useful financial ratios. Second‚ we will look into the firm ’s major accounting policies. Third‚ we will observe the trend‚ which shows
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are two of the four key qualitative characteristics of financial accounting information. The others being understandability and comparability. Relevance requires that the financial accounting information should be such that the users need it and it is expected to affect their decisions. Reliability requires that the information should be accurate and true and fair. Relevance and reliability are both critical for the quality of the financial information‚ but both are related such that an emphasis
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Financial Reporting Analysis Paint Industry (Asian Paints) Financial Reporting Analysis of Paint Industry (Asian Paints) CONTENTS Profitability Ratios ................................................................................................................................ 3 Operating Profit Margin .................................................................................................................. 3 Industry Comparison .................................................
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CHANDRASEKHAR (AUTONOMOUS) COLLEGE‚ PURI S.C.S (A) College‚ Puri Rajendranath Behera Roll no:-20204031 Under the Guidance of Pr of ‚ N.C J ena Lecturer in Commerce Submitted by: CERTIFICATE This is to certify that the candidate Rajendranath Behera of +3 Final Year Commerce‚ Honors having Finance was working under my supervision and guidance for his project work. His project work entitled “FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS OF MICROSOFT” which is submitting in his genuine and original work. GUIDE &
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Financial Statements Financial statements are records of relative financial information of organizations that are highly valuable to both internal and external users of that organization. The following four basic financial statements constitute the foundation of accounting: * Balance sheet * Income statement * Retained earnings statement * Statement of cash flows Purpose of the Financial Statements The balance sheet shows a clear picture of the organization’s financial
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Financial Statements Robert Greene Phoenix University Principles of Accounting I 290 Dr. Zeneo Williams June 18‚ 2013 Financial Statements To understand finances‚ the ability to decipher the data available must be attained. One of the tools used to do this is through financial statements. There are four prevalent statements used to achieve this. They are the balance sheet‚ income statement‚ statement of retained earnings‚ and statement of cash flows. These statements are
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