Milli Drexler ACC220 July 29‚ 2012 Accounting Documents A balance sheet is used by accounting departments to show a company their financial position at the end of a specified date. It is often called a snapshot of a company’s financial position at a given moment. It gives the reader of the document a clear picture of all transactions that have been posted by that company as of a specific date. When accountants prepare a balance sheet they list the company’s assets at the time. Assets are things
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Classification of Assets and Liabilities in a Balance Sheet We all know that Balance sheet tells us the financial position of a business at a particular point of time. The accounting equation i.e. Assets = Liabilities + Capital forms lays the foundation for the preparation of Balance Sheet. Everything that the business owns are its assets. Alternatively‚ whatever amounts a business owes to outsiders become its liabilities. First let us see how these assets are to be classified. Current
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What is DLJdirect’s financial situation? Exhibit 16 of the document showed DLJdirect’s income statement from 1994-1999 (in millions). Exhibit 17 showed DLJdirect key financial and operating performance. The revenue increased steadily from 1994 to 1997. The revenue increase $50 million in 1998 which is equivalent to 43% increase. In 1999 the revenue increased about $44 million. The income was stable prior to 1997 when the company experienced a loss and able to recovered the next year in 1998.
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Balance Sheet Analysis Applebee’s International 2004 In analyzing the common-size balance sheet for Applebee’s‚ it is noted that the total current assets has jumped from 11% to 14% of the total assets. The total assets for Applebee’s has jumped 6% from 2000 to 2001 driven by increased in the total current assets of 28%. Of those 28% increase‚ they consisted of 88% increase in the Cash & Equivalents (increased of $10.6 millions) caused by the decreased in the Capital Stock repurchasing in 2001
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Chapter 1—Introduction to Accounting and Business TRUE/FALSE 1. The federal government is an example of an external user of accounting information. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate OBJ: 01-01 2. An example of a general-purpose financial statement is a report about projected price increases related to transportation costs. ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Easy OBJ: 01-01 3. The Canadian Public Accountability Board was created to promote public confidence in the integrity of financial reporting. ANS: T PTS: 1
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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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Team C Discussion Questions Week 1 Rodney Brooks‚ Sekou Clements Jamie Deering‚ Jeffrey Harold‚ Eric Hughes‚ Kyle Leibe FIN 370 August 12‚ 2012 Prof. Thomas Prince Team C Discussion Questions What is the capital market? How is the primary market different from the secondary market? In you opinion‚ are these markets efficient? Why? The capital market is the part of the financial system concerned with raising capital by dealing in stocks‚ bonds‚ and other long term investments. A primary
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hypothesis and its implications on the information perspective of accounting. As information perspective was later replaced by the measurement perspective‚ we will discuss recent accounting measurement issues‚ including fair value accounting and off-balance sheet liabilities. Positive accounting theory‚ earnings management‚ executive compensation and economic consequences of standard setting will be covered in the last part. Financial Accounting Theory is a rigorous subject requiring not only accounting
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building accounts; commission received accounts‚ and rent account. 4. Summarizing Financial Transactions all financial transactions are summarized in this step of accounting process. They are summarized by preparing a trial balance. Preparation of trial balance helps to prepare final accounts which disclose the profit and loss and financial position. 5. Communicating the Results Of Business In the last step of accounting process‚ the results of business operations such as profit or
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Course Home Use the financial statements from the most recent year to fill in the table below. You may find some formulae calling for an average‚ e.g.‚ average inventory‚ average receivables. Because we only have the Balance sheet for one year‚ you can only use the one year number not an average. Assume interest expense is $0.00 Be sure to cite your references Green boxes to be filled in by instructor Ratio Formula (express the ratio in words)
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