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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A well formulated financial ratio analysis report helps investors to quantify a company’s financial strengths and weaknesses and potential risks and opportunities and identify the company’s financial position. Using financial ratio analysis as a tool in conjunction with other business evaluation processes‚ and other company factors‚ is beneficial for the investors (Brealey‚ Meyers & Marcus‚ 2009). The following report will provide the investor with a clear picture of the company’s current status
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Student Name: Jay Patadia Course Instructor Name: Jacquelyn Moffitt‚ PhD Course Name: ACCT 3001 v1.0 (Section 3) Module 1: Financial Accounting & Accounting Standards 1. Differentiate broadly between financial accounting and managerial accounting. -Financial accounting measures‚ classifies‚ and summarizes in report from those activities and that information which relate to the enterprise as a whole for use by parties both internal and external to a business enterprise. Managerial accounting
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Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Briefing: Each year the State of Nevada issues the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR). The most recent being the 2011 report that was issued by Kim R. Wallin‚ the State Controller‚ for the fiscal year ending June 30‚ 2011. In recent elections‚ there have been some additions to the Nevada elected board members. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of government accounting and reporting‚ and to introduce the Nevada CAFR to the newly
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federal government into their financial management systems. True False 3. The objectives of federal financial reporting are to assist report users in evaluating budgetary integrity‚ operating performance‚ stewardship‚ and adequacy of systems and controls. True False 4. Federal departments and agencies should utilize the U.S. Government Standard General Ledger as the account structure
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CLICK TO DOWNLOAD ACC 201 Principles of Financial Accounting Week 1 Chapter 1 and 2 Practice Exercises: 1-2‚ 1-4‚ 1-9‚ 1-12‚ 1-18‚ 2-1‚ 2-3‚ 2-19‚ 2-22‚ 2-25. Memo to Blair Complete the writing assignment‚ ATC 1-4 from Chapter 1 and submit to your instructor. Week 2 Discussion 1: Fraud Discuss in general the ethical issues when employees are tempted to defraud their employer or when companies defraud the public. What sort of situations can lead to this behavior? What are the costs of
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CHAPTER 3 INTERNATIONAL CONVERGENCE OF FINANCIAL REPORTING Answers to Questions 1. The ultimate goal of both harmonization and convergence is to achieve international comparability in financial reporting‚ and both are processes that take place over time. However‚ while harmonization refers to the reduction of alternative accounting practices in different countries‚ convergence refers to the process of developing a set of high quality financial reporting standards for use internationally (the process
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Suppose a customer buys an an iPhone from Apple for $500 on January 1‚ 2010. The cost of the iPhone to Apple is $350. Assume that the customer is entitled to upgrades over the next two years. Use the following financial statement effects template (FSET) to illustrate the financial statement impacts for Apple of the customer’s iPhone purchase on the date of the initial purchase and at the end of each of the two years following the initial purchase under generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)
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importance of financial planning Assess the information needs of different decision makers Explain the impact of finance on the financial statements 3. Making Financial Decisions Based on Financial Information Analyse budgets and make appropriate decisions Explain the calculation of unit costs and making pricing decisions Assess the viability of a project using investment appraisal techniques 4. Evaluate the Financial Performance of a Business Discuss the main financial statements Compare appropriate
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have affected the financial health of EADS. The background to the problems and the financial performance of Airbus is studied and presented. A brief discussion of how the data we collected and used for the study and the data that we could not get access to is also presented early in the paper. From the data and analysis‚ a comparison of the two dominant players in the commercial aircraft manufacturing industry‚ Airbus and Boeing‚ is also undertaken. A brief highlight of the financial impact of a project
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