1. You use a perpetual inventory system and value the inventory using FIFO. Prior to making adjusting year-end entries you valued the inventory at the lower-of-cost or-market. Justify why you valued the inventory at lower-of-cost or-market. FASB ASC CITATION: Adjustments to Lower of Cost or Market 330-10-35-1 A departure from the cost basis of pricing the inventory is required when the utility of the goods is no longer as great as their cost. Where there is evidence that the utility of goods‚
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS for Policy regarding expansion in future: Analyzing financial statements involves evaluating three characteristics: a company’s liquidity‚ profitability and solvency. A short-term creditor such as a bank is primarily interested in liquidity – the borrower to pay obligations when they come due. A long-term creditor‚ such as a bondholder‚ looks to profitability and solvency
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QUESTION 1 1. How do a proprietorship and corporation differ? If you worked for a CPA firm‚ which would you recommend to your client and why? Explain in your own words. The difference between proprietorship and corporation is that proprietorship is only owned by 1 person and corporation is owned by either 1 person or a group of people. It also differs from the liability because a proprietorship has unlimited liability and a corporation has limited liability. When a proprietorship is sued‚
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Financial Statements Paper There are for basic financial statements in accounting. Each one of these statements has their one nook within a company either negative or positive. The four are; the balance sheet‚ the income statement‚ the statement of retained earnings‚ and the statement of cash flows. I will discuss the how each is useful to both external and internal users. In the conclusion of this paper you will also understand the importance of each of these as well
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Working with Financial Statements Accounting is the heart and soul of executing a successful business. Accounting is used to provide record for all items that are paid and received for a business over any period of time. Within the purpose of accounting lies the need to provide continuity and sustainability within a business‚ without it a business will not thrive. The information obtained is kept on record‚ in order to give insight to upper management on data concerning the daily revenue and expenses
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Stakeholders’ and Financial Statements Carol Watts Intermediate Accounting I ACC305 In today’s day and age there is no easy way of telling which companies are doing well and which are almost down in the dumps. Banks‚ lending facilities‚ and/or external stakeholders are greatly interested in seeing where companies are in the market compared to their competitors. These companies take the most risk by investing their monies into entities that are not started‚ maintained‚ or organized by
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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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Financial Statement Review University of Phoenix ACC/561 Financial Statement Review Introduction Financial statements play a significant role in each and every type of business. The financial statements provide a wealth of information to auditors‚ creditors‚ investors‚ suppliers and other important venues that need access to this type of information. This paper will discuss four different types of financial statements and how they are utilized by vendors‚ creditors and others
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exclusive use of G. NEVIOUS TB0069 August 9‚ 2007 Graeme Rankine Financial Statement Analysis— Identify the Industry Since opportunities and constraints tend to be different across industries‚ companies in different industries tend to make different investment‚ dividend‚ and financing decisions. Thus‚ firms in different industries exhibit different financial characteristics‚ and‚ hence‚ report different financial ratios. For example‚ “old economy” businesses with large amounts of tangible
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are three steps in the analysis of financial statements. These are: Selection‚ classification and interpretation. The first step involves selection of information (data) relevant to the purpose of analysis of financial statements. The second step involved is the methodical classification of the data and the third step includes drawing of inferences and conclusions. The following procedure is adopted for the analysis and interpretation of financial statements. 1) The analyst should acquaint
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