Chapter 6 Forecasting Case Problem 2: Forecasting Lost Sales 1. The data used for the forecast is the Carlson sales data for the 48 months preceding the storm. Using the trend and seasonal method‚ the seasonal indexes and forecasts of sales assuming the hurricane had not occurred are as follows: Month Seasonal Index Month Forecast ($ million) January 0.957 September 2.16 February 0.819 October 2.54 March 0.907 November 3.06 April 0.929 December 4.60 May 1.011 June 0.937 July 0.936
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and Ethical Considerations • Manipulation of financial reporting – Usage of subsidiaries or other entities to borrow money without reporting the debt on their balance sheets – Using special entities to manipulate profits – Manipulation of accounting for mergers and acquisitions • Pooling-of-interests 1-4 Business Expansion and Forms of Organizational Structure • Expansion from within: New subsidiaries or entities such as partnerships‚ joint ventures‚ or special entities • Motivating
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CHAPTER 1 Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting: ENVIRONMENT AND CHARACTERISTICS ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS QUESTION 1-1 a. The similarities of accounting for profit-seeking and G&NP organizations include: 1. Double-entry system of accounts. 2. Most accounting mechanics‚ e.g.‚ basic transaction documents‚ journals‚ ledgers‚ charts of accounts. 3. Where a G&NP organization has a business-type activity‚ e.g.‚ a municipal electric utility‚ the accounting largely parallels that
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Fin 4910/6990 Further Questions Problem 7.19 (a) Company A has been offered the rates shown in Table 7.3. It can borrow for three years at 6.45%. What floating rate can it swap this fixed rate into? (b) Company B has been offered the rates shown in Table 7.3. It can borrow for 5 years at LIBOR plus 75 basis points. What fixed rate can it swap this floating rate into? (a) Company A can pay LIBOR and receive 6.21% for three years. It can therefore exchange a loan at 6.45% into a loan at LIBOR plus
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Buckwold and Kitunen‚ Canadian Income Taxation‚ 2010-2011 Ed. CHAPTER 10 INDIVIDUALS: DETERMINATION OF TAXABLE INCOME AND TAXES PAYABLE Review Questions 1. Briefly explain the difference‚ for individuals‚ between net income for tax purposes and taxable income. 2. Explain the difference between an allowable capital loss and a net capital loss. 3. Describe the tax treatment of net capital losses. 4. Explain how a non-capital loss is created and how it is treated for tax
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Chapter 9 P192-211 Civilization in Eastern Europe: Byzantium and Orthodox Europe Introduction: BIG IDEAS DETAILS One: Two major Christian civilizations took shape- the orthodox Christian Byzantine & Catholicism in Central and West Europe- yet the remained mostly different Two: Expansion into areas never controlled before • Both new civilizations were impacted by Islam o They had Different principles • Byzantine places a higher stress on politics‚ economy‚ and cultural life (from
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Unit Two Test (Chapters 7‚8‚9‚10‚12‚13) 1) What was the fictional account of life at the court of the Caliph al-Rashid? A) B) C) D) E) 2) What accounts for the disruption of the agricultural economy of the Abbasid Empire? A) The government ordered regions of the empire populated by Shi’as abandoned. B) The decline of the cities led to a fall in the demand for food supplies and consequent drops
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Harmonization of International Accounting Standards: Advantages & Disadvantages‚ Obstacles & Solutions As the trend for globalization in business becomes increasingly important for economic success‚ many issues arise through international business practices for corporations‚ governments‚ and investors. Due to the many conflicting codes and practices that exist between various national financial accounting standards throughout the world‚ international business becomes harder to analyze
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Chapter 7 Problem Summary Problem Solutions 7.1 See file Ch7.1.xls a. Yes‚ a stationary model seems appropriate b. Coefficients Standard Error t Stat P-value Lower 95% Upper 95% Lower 95.0% Upper 95.0% Intercept 20.16667 1.373732 14.6802 4.3E-08 17.1058 23.22753 17.1058 23.22753 Period -0.07692 0.186653 -0.41212 0.688949 -0.49281 0.338967 -0.49281 0.338967 From regression output‚ t = -.412 and p = .689. A stationary model seems appropriate since the linear term‚ Period
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Chapter 3 continued... Every acct on adj trial bal is used only once in creating first 3 financial stmts. Point of closing is to bring RE up to date - in doing that‚ we zero out temp accts. 4 kinds of closing entries: 1) close out Revenue - debit Rev CR Income Summ (normal credit bal) (only exists long enough for closing entries) - companies may be closing hundreds of rev or exp accts 2) close out Expense accts - list every single acct DR Income Summ CR Exp accts 3) DR Income Summ
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