Task 2 – Budgeting A1 - Prepare a summary report in which you do the following: 1. Discuss specific budgetary items raise concern in the budget planning (Spreadsheet Tab: Task 2_Budgets_and_Proformas). Competition Bikes has prepared a budget for year nine of operations. In reviewing the budget presented several technical areas of concern have been noted. For ease of review‚ budgetary issues that raise concerns are presented in a bullet format. · The first issue of concern is in the direct
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A1. During the evaluation of Competition Bike’s budget schedule a few areas of concerns were identified within the budgeting and proformas. The first area of concern within budget was advertising. The advertising was budgeted for $28‚412; they may want to consider increasing their marketing to reach a wider audience to boost sales. In year 6 the advertising was $23‚820‚ then increased year 7 $32‚760‚ and year in 8 decreased to $27‚428. They need to increase their exposure within the bike market
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Competition Bikes‚ Inc. Budget Summary Report A1. Concerns Upon reviewing the Competition Bikes Inc. (CBI) Budget Schedules and ProFormas for Year 9‚ there are a few concerns that should be analyzed. The first is the forecasted sales in units. The forecast for year 9 is 3‚510 units‚ which is a 3.2% increase over the 3‚400 units sold in year 8. The storyline mentions the economic downturn‚ which has led to a decrease in bike sales. It can take some time to recover sales lost during an economic
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Subject: Financial Statement Analysis – Task 2 Summary Report A budget‚ as defined by Hilton (2009 pg 348)‚ is a detailed plan‚ expressed in quantitative terms that specifies how resources will be acquired and used during a specific period of time. A budget is a financial document utilized to project future income and expenses. A budget is based on how much you make in income and what your monthly expenses are. Budgets evaluate performances while the plan is what is going
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Competition Bikes Budgeting and Variance Analysis Report Western Governor’s University Competition Bikes Budgeting and Variance Analysis Report Competition Bikes‚ Incorporated (Inc.) makes bicycles for professional and other highly accomplished riders who compete in bike races‚ biathlons‚ and triathlons. Approximately sixty percent of all race winners have been victorious using bicycles designed by Competitions Bikes‚ Inc. This extraordinary success rate
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Competition Bikes Finical Analysis Dan Petersen WGU – JET2 Finical Analysis Task 4 A. 1. To: Vice President This report has been prepared to argue the case that the company’s current costing method should be changed to the activity based costing method. This report will review; the difference between traditional based costing and activity based costing; traditional split and allocations with activity based costing; and discusses the breakeven point for Competition bikes Inc. with
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are: 1. EBIT – EPS: This analyzes the impact of debt on earnings per share (EPS). Optimizing shareholder’s wealth is the optimum goal and therefore‚ this approach analyzes the high EPS based on an expected range of earnings before income taxes (EBIT). 2. Valuation: Determines impact of debt use on shareholder’s value by determining the level of debt at which the benefits of increased debt no longer outweigh the increased risks and expenses associated with financing (Wenk‚ 2012) 3. Cash Flow: Analyzes
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To: Vice President It would be in Competition Bikes‚ Inc.’s best interest to change from a traditional costing system to an activity-based costing system. In this summary you will find information as to why this change is important as it will highlight the differences between traditional based costing and activity based costing systems. This summary will also give you further findings on Competition Bikes‚ Inc. breakeven point when evaluating the sales units and the sales dollars and also the
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FAQs - JET2 Task 3 Here’s Some Task 3 Advice “Here is the method I used for successfully doing task 3 in 3 days and passing it on the first submission” “**ATTEND THE WEBINAR” A1 “I gave an introduction discussing what capital structure is and how it relates to debt vs. equity financing and what maximizes shareholder return and what the goal of the company is in choosing a capital structure approach. I then made my recommendation discussing all approaches for all years using a table with earnings
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Jason White Financial Analysis JET2 Task 1 February 18‚ 2015 For this task I preformed an analysis of the financials of Competition Bikes‚ Inc. In the following pages I will discuss my findings in detail. I will find weaknesses and strengths as well as indicators of how the company’s financial health is. Also included will be some potential ways to make adjustments to correct the weaknesses. Some of the operational strengths and weaknesses were identified by reviewing the horizontal‚ vertical‚
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