number included on it. 2. Discuss with the sales manager whether any sales allowances have been granted after the balance sheet date that may apply to the current period. 3. Add the columns on the aged trial balance and compare the total with the general ledger. 4. Observe whether the controller makes an independent comparison of the total in the general ledger with the trial balance of accounts receivable. 5. Compare the date on a sample of shipping documents throughout the year with related
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The Usefulness of Accounting Estimates for Predicting Cash Flows and Earnings Baruch Lev* New York University Siyi Li University of Illinois Theodore Sougiannis University of Illinois and ALBA January‚ 2009 * Contact information: Baruch Lev (blev@stern.nyu.edu)‚ Stern School of Business‚ New York University‚ New York‚ NY 10012. The authors are indebted to the editor and reviewers of the Review of Accounting Studies for suggestions and guidance‚ and to Louis Chan‚ Ilia Dichev‚ John Hand
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of each of the five year and deduct the interest expenses. This amount was found using an amortization schedule and amounts to $4‚911.53 every year. With rent starting at $1‚485 for the first year‚ this would be feasible with that amount of monthly income if I don’t suffer any vacancy losses. The depreciation amount was calculated by taking the purchase amount‚ removing the amount dedicated to land and then multiplying it by 27.5%. The tax liability assumed is 30%. When we add back in the depreciation
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QUESTIONS i. ‘Why are adjusting entries necessary? Surely they cause too much delay in preparing financial statements‚ and the financial effect of any entries made is immaterial in the long run.’ Respond to this criticism. ii. The owner of a business reviews the income statement prepared by you and asks‚ “Why do you report a profit of only $30 000 when cash collections of $100 000 were received and cash payments for the period totalled only $50 000 for expenses?” How would you respond to the owner’s question
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Cash flow is the movement of money in and out of a business. It is of vital importance for a company continually monitoring and controling its cash flow. A shortage of cash may lead to insolvency while an excess of cash is wasteful because it is not a productive asset. Therefore‚ various sources of finance should be combined to help maintain a sound record of cash flow. However‚ ‘The problem is not just to find the money but to find it from the right sources at the right price and at the right time
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(qualitatively) to value AirThread. Should Ms. Zhang use WACC‚ APV or some combination thereof? Explain. (2 points) * From the statement of AirThread case‚ we know that American Cable Communication want to raise capital by Leveraged Buyout (LBO) approach. This means ACC will finance money though equity and debt to buy AirThread and pay the debt by the cash flows or assets of AirThread. * In another word‚ it’s a highly levered transaction using a fixed WACC discount rate; however the leverage
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Question 20 marks Brushstroke Art Studio Company provides quality instruction to aspiring artists. The Business adjusts its accounts monthly‚ but performs closing entries annually on December 31. Given below is the studio’s unadjusted trial balance dated December 31‚ 2011. Brushstroke Art Studio Company | Unadjusted
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partnership interests occurred during the current year. The partnership made cash distributions of $155‚050 and $232‚576 to Dapper and Dons‚ respectively‚ on December 30 of the current year. It made no other property distributions. Financial statements for the current year are presented in Tables C9-1 and C9-2. Assume that Dapper-Dons’ business qualifies as a U.S. production activity and that its qualified production activities income is $600‚000. The partnership uses the small business simplified overall
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Analysis of balance sheet and profit and loss account The whole industry that we have developed considers three companies. Confidence‚ Lafarge surma and the other one is Heidelberg cement. Considering the four year balance sheet and income statement we have got the account for the whole industry. In the horizontal and vertical analysis of the balance sheet we can get the picture of the overall industry. The company Heidelberg cement is increasing its Current Asset account not in terms of receivables
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Refer to the list of income statement items in Problem 2-6A. Assume that Corbin Enterprises classifies all operating expenses into two categories: (1) Selling and (2) General and administrative. Required 1. Prepare a multiple-step income statement for the year ended December 31‚ 2010. 2. What advantages do you see in this form for the income statement? 3. Compute Corbin’s profit margin. 4. Comment on Corbin’s profitability. What other factors need to be taken into account to assess Corbin’s profitability
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