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    Harnischfeger Corporation • Includes in net sales products purchased from Kobe Steel. Financial Statements of certain foreign subsidiaries are included on the basis of their fiscal years ended July 31. Although this has no significant impact on net income‚ it did increased net sales by $5.4 million. • Perhaps one of the most significant accounting changes would be changing the method for depreciation expenses on plants‚ machinery and equipment – from principally accelerated methods to straight

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    Harnischfeger Corp 1. Describe clearly the accounting changes Harnischfeger made in 1984 as stated in Note 2 of its financial statements. On page 17‚ note 2 states that in 1984 Harnischfeger altered their depreciation from a direct method to the straight-line method for financial reporting purposes. They also included the products purchased from Kobe Steel‚ LTD and sold by them in their net sales instead of stating only the gross margin per unit. An adjustment of the residual values on certain

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    In order to recover from losses‚ Harnischfeger made several changes starting in1983. He restructured the top management by creating the position of chief operating officer. To deal with the short-term liquidity problem‚ he decided to cut costs by reducing staff from 6900 to 3800‚ reducing bonus to staff‚ liquidating the excess inventory‚ prolonging payment to creditors and permanent shutting down of an equipment plant at Escanaba. In 1984‚ there was a liquidation of last in first out (LIFO) inventory

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    613 Chapter 3: Harnischfeger Case 1. Identify all the accounting policy changes and accounting estimates that Harnischfeger made during 1984. Estimate‚ as accurately as possible‚ the effect of these on the company’s 1984 reported profits. Harnischfeger made the following accounting policy changes and accounting estimates during the year 1984. • There was a change in the recognition of some types of sales. This resulted in a change in sales calculation. Harnischfeger incorporated products

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    Questions 1. Identify all the accounting policy changes and the accounting estimates that Harnischfeger made during 1984. Estimate‚ as accurately as possible‚ the effect of these on the company´s 1984 reported profits. 2. What do you think are the motives of Harnischfeger´s management in making the changes in its financial reporting policies? Do you think investors will see through these changes? Answers 1. Identify all the accounting policy changes and the accounting estimates that

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    Harnischfeger Corporation Teaching Note INTRODUCTION The purpose of the "Harnischfeger Corporation" case is to expose students to the managerial motives for making major financial reporting policy changes. Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) allow companies wide latitude in the choice of accounting policies. After a firm chooses a set of accounting policies‚ current accounting rules permit changes from one alternative policy to another at the discretion of the management

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    accounting policy changes and accounting estimates that Harnischfeger made during 1984 and estimate as accurately as possible the effect of these changes on the company’s 1984 reported profits? One accounting change that Harnischfeger made was that they were going to include products purchased from Kobe Steel in their net sales. Before November 1‚ 1983 only the gross margin on Kobe products was included in their net sales. Harnischfeger was also going to include the financial statements of certain

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    Question 1 Harnischfeger’s corporate recovery plan was a four pronged approach that involved (1) changes in top management‚ (2) cost reductions to lower the break-even point‚ (3) reorientation of the company’s business and (4) debt restructuring and recapitalization. These changes at first glance appear to have allowed Harnischfeger to improve its financial performance from a net loss of $3.49 per share in 1983 to a net gain of $1.28 per share in 1984. In addition‚ Harnischfeger has appeared

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    Financial Reporting & Analysis April 19th‚ 2013 Case Study- Harnischfeger Corporation 1. Describe clearly the accounting changes Harnischfeger made in 1984 as stated in Note 2 of its financial statements. The accelerated depreciation method was changed from to straight-line on all company assets that caused to increase after-tax net income for 1984 by $11.005 million.  The cumulative effect of change in 1984 there will

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