statistics‚ figures and the financial side of a business is not just meant for accountancy experts. Many are baffled by balance sheets‚ or confused by the financial statements of a business entity. This article therefore takes us through the basic terminology and knowledge to enable us understand and interpret effectively financial statements. For any thriving business‚ financial management is a crucial aspect. The goal of every organization is profit maximization‚ or stockholder wealth maximization
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make a particular decision. Provide a scenario in a health care situation in which a given method of analysis might be used. Horizontal: "Horizontal analysis‚ also called trend analysis‚ refers to studying the behavior of indi- vidual financial statement items over several accounting periods. These periods may be several quarters within the same fiscal year or they may be several different years. The analysis of a given item may focus on trends in the absolute dollar amount of the item or trends
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Sunset Medical: Outsourcing Medical Professional Services Introduction Dr. Sally Jones‚ a practicing Orthopedic Surgeon‚ owns Sunset Medical‚ a professional corporation located in Colorado. Sunset is a small practice servicing patients from the local community and tourists who are in the region to frequent one of the area’s ski slopes and hiking trails. Sunset is well respected by both Sally’s peers and patients; Dr. Jones has been approached several times to move her practice to a large urban
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Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to analyze and discuss the significance of the accounting principles and the qualitative characteristics of the accounting information of the selected company which is listed on Bursa Malaysia. With this regard Lafarge Malayan Cement Berhad (LMCB) is selected‚ then analyzed and evaluated how the accounting principles they have used and the qualitative characteristic of the accounting information is published in its annual report for the year 2011.By
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net income before including the changes in operating assets and liabilities. List each of these five items and explain why each of these items is added (subtracted) from net income to calculate Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities. Answer: The five adjustments to net income before including the changes in operating assets and liabilities in the consolidated statement of cash flows of Hertz Global Holdings‚ Inc. are listed as follows; Explanation: Since the net income reported
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case study and answer the following questions. Submit your completed assignment no later than the last day of Week 2. 1. Describe clearly the accounting changes Harnischfeger made in 1984 as stated in Note 2 of its financial statements. • Based on the financial statements in 1984 Harnischfeger made changes from the previous year‚ the corporation computed depreciation expenses on plants‚ machinery and equipment using the straight-line method. Prior to the accounting changes in 1984‚ the company
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information is‚ by definition of FASB Statement No. 2: a. material. b. insignificant. c. significant. d. relevant. 2. easy b The preliminary judgment about materiality is the amount by which the auditor believes the statements could be misstated and still not affect the decisions of reasonable users. a. minimum b. maximum c. mean average d. median average 3. easy d Auditors are responsible for determining whether financial statements are materially misstated‚ so upon discovering
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Chapter 1 – Reporting framework and ethics 1 Financial statements Def.: Financial reporting: is the process of identifying‚ measuring and communicating economic information to others so that they may make decisions on the basis of that information and assess the stewardship of the entity´s management - provide a summary of the performance of an entity over a particular period and of its position at the end of that period - Limited liability companies are required by law to prepare and publish
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analysis‚ which refers to studying the behavior of individual financial statement items over several accounting periods. These periods may be several quarters within the same fiscal year or they may be several different years. The analysis of a given item may focus on trends in the absolute dollar amount of the item or trends in percentages.” (Edmonds‚ T.; p. 343). You may easily see a horizontal analysis as an income statement for a business by creating a list of all assets for a period of more
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and Mowers‚ Inc.: LIFO or FIFO? 1.- Study the financial information for reel mower units that James Colburn prepared for Rick Martino. (Assume that the reel mower units are typical of all classes of inventory at Merrimack). Prepare a pro-forma income statement assuming no changes in accounting policy for 2008‚ and assuming the company sells 10‚000 units each quarter at a price of 2‚000 per unit with Sales General and Administration costs the same as for 2007. Sales Quarter Units ’000s Unit $ $ ’000s
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