3. DEBT to Equity Ratio ( Total liability/ equity) (5.6 in 1997‚ 6.3 in 1996) The ratio of debt to equity measures the risk of the corporation’s creditors and its prospective creditors 4. ROA (Net Income/Total Asset)‚ Since the company has a higher sales in 1997 than the past 2 years but lower net income. To evaluate the performance of the company‚ we must know how profitable Sears is relative to its total assets. 5. ROE (Profit Margin * Assets Turnover * Leverage Ratio) which is
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Nature of Accounting and the Accounting Standard Background Accounting is an important part for business and it is dubbed “language” of business activities conducted by firms. People think it is used to communicate business transactions per se to all stakeholders. However‚ some people argue that the functions of accounting are not that easy. Except the communication tool‚ accounting acts as many other difference roles in business. When doing accounting‚ different standard may be used. There are
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BM6026 - Managerial Accounting & Finance Mini Assignment - Sem 1 2014/2015 Name : Suriati Binti Yusse Matric no : MB1412199T Class : Tuesday - 7.00PM - 10.00PM product selling price Variable Cost : Material : Extract of Tongkat Ali Other Ingredients Packing Material Overhead Cost : Drying cost of liquid Other Overhead Cost Labour Cost : Processing Packaging Total Variable Cost Unit Contribution Margin Expected volume sales % of total sales Weighted Contribution Q1 : capsule
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REQUIREMENTS Part 1 - The Situation‚ Consolidation‚ and Interpretation This is an unusual type of corporate relationship. The first set of questions will reinforce your understanding of the relationship and provide evidence on the pros and cons of consolidation. 1. Carefully reread the information provided about the corporate headquarters and the Development Agreement. Which company is actually performing the research and development activities? Pharmco 2. Justify your response.
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Case study of Walmart stores‚ inc. 1. Introduction Walmart was found in 1962 by Sam Walton‚ is an American public corporation that operates a chain of large discount stores and warehouse stores in various formats around the world. Listed on the New York stock exchange in 1972 (NYSE Euronest‚ Listing Directory‚ 2012). Walmart is the leading grocery chain in international which focus on sales in everyday low pricing format (Jones‚ 2004) Nowadays Walmart is the world ’s largest corporation
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1. The following transactions have been journalized and posted to the proper accounts. 1. Mark Call invested $7‚000 cash in his new design services business. 2. The business paid the first month’s rent with $700 cash. 3. The business purchased equipment by paying $2‚000 down and executing a note payable for $4‚500. 4. The business purchased supplies for $850 cash. 5. The business billed its clients a total of $4‚000 for design services rendered. 6. The business collected $3‚000 on account from one
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between accrual-basis accounting and cash-basis accounting? The variation between accrual basis accounting and cash basis accounting‚ is how cash is documented. Cash basis is an accounting basis that is used when expenses and revenue are paid out or received. This is when the transaction will be recorded. In accrual-basis accounting‚ transactions are recorded when they actually happen. Payment does not need to be made for the transaction to be recognized in accrual-basis accounting unlike cash-basis
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to increase them but credit liability accounts to increase them? Why do accountants debit expenses to increase them but credit revenues to increase them? In my opinion the reason for this is that accounting equations must always balance and the two sides must always be equal. Each transaction has a dual
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Anand Mohan Goel Anjan V. Thakor University of Michigan Why Do Firms Smooth Earnings?* I. Introduction Corporate earnings management has been much in the news lately. For example‚ Business Week has recently run two cover stories‚ one titled “Who Can You Trust?” (October 5‚ 1998) and the other titled “The Numbers Game” (May 14‚ 2001)‚ that suggest that the credibility of earnings reports is being eroded by earnings management. Arthur Levitt‚ Jr.‚ chairman of the Securities and
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Walmart Bad For The Economy? Everyone loves Walmart‚ its cheap‚ it has just about anything anyone could need‚ and its very popular. However the super store is taking a huge toll on small business owners by running them into financial problems and damaging the local economy. “Wal-Mart store openings kill three local jobs for every two they create by reducing retail employment by an average of 2.7 percent in every county they enter.” (Popularresistance.org) Taking that into mind really shows what
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