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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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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Harnischfeger Corporation‚ a large New York Stock Exchange company‚ faced a financial crisis in 1982. New management was appointed to turn the company around and as part of its restructuring strategy‚ the new management team made a number of financial reporting policy changes and accounting estimates in fiscal year 1984. Listed below are all of the changes and analysis on whether they might be real earnings management activities. In addition‚ the effect of these changes on the company’s revenue‚
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1. Describe clearly all of the accounting changes Harnischfeger made in 1984. -In 1984‚ there was a switch from accelerated to straight line depreciation retroactively. Because of this‚ the depreciation expense decreased. -The estimated depreciation lives on certain U.S. plants‚ machinery and equipment changed. The economic life of these assets was increased‚ so the depreciation expense was lowered. -There was an improvement in the minimum pension benefit. This change produced a lower pension
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1. Describe clearly the accounting changes Harnischfeger made in 1984 as stated in Note 2 of its financial statements. In 1984‚ the Corporation has computed depreciation expense on plants‚ machinery and equipment using the straight-line method for financial reporting purposes. Prior to 1984‚ the Corporation used principally accelerated methods for its U.S. operating plants. 2. What is the effect of the depreciation accounting method change on the reported income in 1984? How will this change
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Vishal SachdevApril 19‚ 2013Harnischfeger Corporation 1. Describe clearly the accounting changes Harnischfeger made in 1984 as stated in Note 2 of its financial statements. Harnischfeger made two accounting changes from which one made its net sales increase‚ and the second change made its net income increase. For the net sales increases‚ they included sales from certain foreign subsidiaries which increased their net sales. Also‚ in the past when having sold equipment generated from their supplier
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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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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. 1. Products purchased from Kobe Steel were included in net sales‚ as opposed to only reporting the gross margin on Kobe equipment. These net sales amounted to $28 million in 1984‚ although the amount was insignificant on net income. 2. Financial statements of some foreign subsidiaries
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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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