January 2012 STARBUCKS: FROM BEAN TO CUP Introduction to the Financial Statements ------------------------------------------------- The purpose of this assignment is to increase your understanding of the information contained in a firm’s financial statements and of the relationship between the statements. As you study financial accounting‚ we will focus on using financial information in a meaningful way‚ to understand the firm’s past performance and project its future performance. One
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Balance Sheet and Income Statement Commentary BSA/500 – Business Systems I July 2‚ 2012 Balance Sheet and Income Statement Commentary JB Hunt (Trucking and logistics) On JB Hunt’s balance sheet for 2011 lists current assets of $513‚542‚000 and current liabilities of $438‚515‚000‚ yielding a current ratio of 1.17‚ which indicates the company‚ has $1.17 of current assets for every $1 of current liabilities. The previous year 2010‚ the current ratio was 0.91. This shows a 29% increase in the
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An Analysis of the Financial Statements of Apple Intermediate Accounting III INTRODUCTION I chose Apple for my course project mainly based on the fact that they release all their records to the public and they have excellent accounting practices. Their paper work is easy to read and follow and based on their records they have an endless amount of revenue in the billions. As we have discussed about Apple in class I was very intrigued how they looked in the books on a specific level of detail
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Ratio Analysis and Statement of Cash Flows Financial ratios are "just a convenient way to summarize large quantities of financial data and to compare firms’ performance" (Brealey & Myer & Marcus‚ 2003‚ p. 450). Financial ratios are very useful tools in order to determine the health of a company‚ help managers to make decision‚ and help to compare companies that belong to the same industry in order to know about their performance. Home Depot and Lowe’s are two home improvement chains in the United
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to prepare and provide financial statements for each accounting period. This has been the case since the conception of The Companies Act 1948’ (Flint‚ 1982)‚ last amended in 1985. Although it’s been over 55 years of reporting entities preparing financial statements‚ the objective of these statements has always been a matter of discussion. The Accounting Standards Board (ASB) came up with a precise outline in 1999 which stated "The objective of financial statements is to provide information about
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Financial Statement Analysis A financial statement analysis will be presented for Microsoft Corporation. “Microsoft Corporation is engaged in developing‚ manufacturing‚ licensing and supporting a range of software products and services for different types of computing devices†(MSN.com‚ 2010). This corporation trades publicly (NASDAQ: MSFT) and does business in Puerto Rico with offices in Guaynabo‚ PR (services) and Humacao‚ PR (manufacturing and services). To measure their progress
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Tom’s of Maine is a natural personal care products Company...‚" and the mission statement begins here. "They have all natural ingredients and they have a commitment to the environment‚ this is what I had heard on the radio. That sounds like a company that is worthy of my time. So I decided to analyze Tom’s of Maine’s mission statement. I saw in this company a business that cares about the environment‚ so they must care for their employees‚ customers‚ and the general public. "Build a relationship
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ACC501: COMPUTERISED ACCOUNTING TUTORIAL 4 DISCUSSION 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
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Liqi wang Accounting Income tax Both Amgen and Gilead are fully disclosed the income tax information according to GAAP requirements. Both companies recorded income tax in financial statement such as income statement and specified the detailed components of income taxes. Amgen recorded income tax based on pretax income‚ applicable tax rate and tax planning opportunities available in various jurisdictions. Gilead’s income provision was computed under liability method. Both
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additional funds is best described as: A) a publicity problem. B) an agency problem. C) an adverse selection problem. D) a moral hazard. Section: 1.2 Ownership Versus Control of Corporations 4) What is the role of an auditor in financial statement analysis? Section: 2.1 The Disclosure of Financial Information 5) An agency problem can be alleviated by: A) requiring all firms to be sole proprietorships. B) compensating managers in such a way that acting in the best interest of shareholders
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