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    Accounting and Finance Management Assignment 2 Semester: 3 Prepared by: Osoba Seun Student Number: Sc-Kl-00021763 Email Address: josher4real@yahoo.com Date submitted: 17/01/2014 Question 1 Sales Budget September ($) October ($) Budgeted sales (units) 9‚500 Selling price per unit $12 Total sales 90‚000 114‚000 Schedule of expected cash collections: October ($) Account

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    Accounting: Topic 6: Analysis And Interpretation Of Financial Statements (Part 2) Capital Structure Analysis Proportion of debt financing relative to equity financing (=gearing or leverage) * Reflects the entity’s financing decisions * Investments in assets are funded externally by liabilities‚ or internally by owner’s as shown in accounting equation (A=L+OE) Debt to equity ratio: Total liabilities/ Total equity x 100=x% Debt ratio: Total liabilities/ Total asset x 100=x%

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    A & AUDIT international accounting CCOUNTING ING Accounting for Small Businesses: The Role of IFRS By Nancy Christie‚ John Brozovsky‚ and Sam Hicks F or decades‚ U.S accountants in all fields have recognized a need for a simpler set of financial reporting standards for small businesses‚ but regulators have not been willing to provide a second set of standards. Now‚ for the first time‚ there may be an answer for small firms desiring relief from the onerous reporting requirements

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    Accounting for Managers TOPIC A: AN INTRODUCTION TO ACCOUNTING Investors – Individual and groups provide initial capital. Creditors – Company which loans money to another company (Suppliers/Bank). Managers – Oversee the day-to-day operations. What is accounting? * Process of Recognising‚ measuring‚ recording (also known as transactions)‚ disclosing and attesting to information. *Information – Decision Making (Value Creation)‚ Control (Monitoring). Process of Accounting: Transactions

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    Article Analysis From Enron to Tyco‚ accounting scandals have always been a worrisome issue in accounting. Regardless of how many internal controls there are‚ there will always be a chance for unethical practices in accounting. Where and when do these problems arise? This paper will analyze an article listing situations that lead to those unethical practices and behavior that lawmakers try to prevent. In his article “What Are the Causes of Ethical Lapses in Accounting‚” Jagg Xaxx writes that business

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    important? Explain why. The four basic financial statements are the balance sheet‚ income statement‚ statement of retained earnings‚ and statement of cash flows. The balance sheet shows what it owes and owns. Income statement shows how the company did during a period of time both revenues and expenses. Statement of retained earnings indicates how much previous income was distributed to yourself and other business owners and what was kept for future growth. Statement of cash flows shows where

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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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    Chapter 1 Question 1-18 Consumers Union is a nonprofit organization that provides information and counsel on consumer goods and services. A major part of its function is testing of different brands of consumer products that are purchased on the open market and then the reporting of results of the tests in Consumer Reports‚ a monthly publication. Examples of the types of products it tests are middle-sized automobiles‚ residential dehumidifiers‚ flat-screen TVs‚ and boys’ jeans. a.) In what ways

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    RUNNING HEAD: NIKE & UNDER ARMOUR FINANCIALS Nike & Under Armour Financial Analysis Table of Contents Background……………………….……………………………………………………………………..3 Progress in last year…………………………………………………………………………………..3-5 Profitability/Debt Ratios…………………………...………………………………………………...5-7 Net Profit Margin………………………..……………………………………………………….5 Gross Profit Margin………………………...…………………………………………………….6 Return on Equity………………………….…………………………………………………...6-7 Earnings per Share……………………..………………………………………………………

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    ACCT 203: Section 1 Essay Instructions The Issue: You are a partner in Acme Accounting PSC and as such are considering how to respond to a letter written to you by “Bob” a new client. In his letter‚ he stated that he heard that there are two ways he can identify cost in the normal course of his construction business operations. He would like two know what they are‚ the major differences between them and which one best fits his business in terms of performance analysis. Your partners have asked

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