Medtronic ’s Ratings Earning Power I would rank Medtronic ’s earning power at a 9 on a scale of 1 (very weak) to 10 (very strong). Medtronic has successfully demonstrated their ability to grow and provide substantial return to their owners. Medtronic ’s net earnings have steadily increased from $984.0 million in 2002‚ to $1599.8 million in 2003‚ to $1959.3 million in 2004. Their total assets have increased 13.7% from $12‚405.5 million in 2003 to $14‚110.8 million in 2004. These measures show
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3101AFE TUTORIAL 2 - Semester 2 2013 Deegan Topics 2 and 3: The financial reporting environment and Regulation of financial accounting 2.1 What expectations do accounting standard-setters have about the accounting knowledge of financial statement readers? Accounting standard-setters have an expectation that the readers of general purpose financial reports have a ‘reasonable knowledge’ of accounting. Specifically‚ the IASB Framework states that ‘users are expected to have
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Question 3: Frieda‚ an accounting student‚ states: “Strategy analysis seems to be an unnecessary detour in doing financial statement analysis. Why can’t we just get straight to the accounting issues? “Explain to Frieda why she might be wrong. Without strategy analysis‚ it is impossible to identify what drive profits and what are key risks. Moreover‚ assessing firm’s current performance and doing realistic forecasts of future performance are also directly linked with firm’s strategy. Three important
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parties that may ultimately rely on the client’s financial statements? Should auditors insist that audit engagement letters identify the third parties to whom the client intends to distribute the audited financial statements? Would this practice eliminate auditors’ legal liability to nonprivity parties not mentioned in engagement letters? During an audit it is the auditors responsibility to give their opinion on a company’s financial statements to its shareholders. However‚ the main purpose of
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Case: Molex 1. Molex is a global 1.84 billion dollar company that manufactures electronic components; the company is based in Chicago and is the world’s second largest manufacturer of electronic components. Although the company started as a local company‚ the vision of Molex was much greater. Molex now generates about 61 percent of its business from outside of the United States. Molex has stayed true to its set goal‚ which is to build a truly global company that is at home wherever in the world
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accountant to overlook certain financial figures from a balance sheet that may portray the business in a bad light to the public and investors. Omission may not seem like a significant breach of accounting ethics to an accountant because it does not encompass direct operation of numbers or records. This is specifically why an accountant must remain ethically cautious to circumvent falling into such a trap. Accountants need to be educated on what forms of financial statements frauds can be committed and
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Financial Statements Paper John Doe ACC/290 January 3‚ 2013 Introduction In this paper it will go through: Identify the four basic financial statements‚ describe the purpose of each of the four financial statements‚ discuss how the financial statements would be useful to internal users such as managers and employees‚ and discuss how the financial statements would be useful to external users such as investors and creditors. Identify the
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A sound financial reporting system‚ supported by high quality accounting standards and backed by a solid regulatory‚ governance and ethical framework‚ is a pre-requisite for economic development”. Economic development is affected by many factors; some believe that a strong financial reporting system is one of them. Throughout the report this will analysed and discussed to come to a sound understanding whether it does and if so‚ how effective it really is. High quality accounting standards
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QUESTION 1 1. How do a proprietorship and corporation differ? If you worked for a CPA firm‚ which would you recommend to your client and why? Explain in your own words. The difference between proprietorship and corporation is that proprietorship is only owned by 1 person and corporation is owned by either 1 person or a group of people. It also differs from the liability because a proprietorship has unlimited liability and a corporation has limited liability. When a proprietorship is sued‚
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by INE 1) If we divide users of ratios into short term lenders‚ long term lenders‚ and stockholders‚ which ratios would each group be most interested I‚ and for what reasons? • Short term lenders o Will be most interested in the firm’s ability to repay debt so they would be interested in the liquidity ratios‚ Current ratio and Quick ratio. • Long term lenders o Will be most interested in ▪ Debt to total assets but also in
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