There is one concern that I have in regards to the reporting of revenues and accounts receivable. My sole concern is the approach that management takes in reporting the company’s revenue. It was mentioned that management maintains a conservative approach in its accounting for accounts receivable, therefore it would be ideal to assume that they utilize the same approach for revenue recognition. However, auditors should thoroughly inspect RedPack’s revenue recognition approach…
Form 10-Q. This report must be filed quarterly for all publicly held companies. It contains certain financial information and requires timely auditor reviews of the financial statements before filing with the commission.…
Robert Special, the company's Chief Financial Officer has recently resigned because there are speculations against him regarding inappropriate use of accounting practices. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating the issue at hand and our company's accounting practices. Based on the documents they have requested, the SEC believes the issue concerns revenue recognition. Along with this memo to management is a press release that should agree with what the company expects to be released to the public.…
All of our merchandise on our website is recorded at cost or fair value, whichever is lower. The salvage motorcycle inventory is recorded at cost. We value our inventory using the average method. If the motorcycle is considered “unsellable”, it becomes disassembled and sold for parts. All parts received from motorcycles that have been disassembled are not recorded because the cost has already been recorded from the original purchase. The motorcycle would be written off as a loss on net income and all sales from the parts are considered gains and are stated on net…
The primary objective of this memo supports the company’s position to record four specific transactiosn questioned by an external auditing firm, Peal, Gower, and Quill. Caltron Computers operates with the upmost integrity in a financial accounting and operational basis. Creative accounting methods can inaccurately present an organization’s financial income (Laura, Dumitru, & Razvan, 2011). Our firm relies solely on revenue recognition accounting principles defined by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and contemporary widespread accounting practices.…
Companies with more than $10 million in assets and a class of equity securities that is held by more than 500 owners must file annual and other periodic reports, regardless of whether the securities are publicly or privately traded. If a shareholder requests a company’s Form 10-K, the company must provide a copy. In addition, most large companies must disclose on Form 10-K whether the company makes its periodic and current reports available, free of charge, on its website.…
InstructionsIdentify the effect, if any, that each of the following transactions would have upon cash and net income. The first transaction has been completed as an example.…
The accounting equation (A=L+SE) is a fundamental business concept. Explain what this equation reveals about a company’s sources and uses of funds and the claims on company resources.…
This paper will discuss the financial statement restatement of J.P. Morgan Chase and Company from 2012. When discussing J.P. Morgan Chase and Company from this point, it will be shorten to Chase. Chase was found to have discrepancies in their first quarter 2012 income statement. The restatement relates to valuations of certain positions in the synthetic credit portfolio of the Firm’s Chief Investment Office (CIO) (JPMorgan Chase & Co. – Current Report July 12, 2012). The adjustment to the net income amount will be reduced by $459 million. Chase overstated the value of a financial activity. "We are no longer confident that the trader marks reflected good faith estimates of fair value at quarter end and we decided to remark the positions utilizing external 'mid-market' benchmarks, adjusted for liquidity considerations," the global investment firm said (JP Morgan forced to re-evaluate Q1 earnings, Moore, Bela. Super Review (Jul 2012)). This restatement was a failure of internal controls.…
The statement of cash flows statements reports over a period of time and covers cash inflows and outflows. Generally the statement of cash flows refers to the day to day operations or operating cash flows, cash from investing and cash from financing. It is difficult for a company to manipulate the cash flow and therefore is a very important financial statement.…
Section 404 requirements were implemented by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2004. Section 404 reporting on internal controls required many large filers to restate financial statements in order to correct misstatements. This report will focus on Ford Motor Company, and how they were affected by the new accounting rules. More specifically, it will discuss why restatements of Ford’s financials were necessary, and who prompted the change. Then, it will discuss the audit opinion on Ford prior to and after the restatements. Finally, it will explain the impact of the restatements on the financials, and ultimately who was to blame for the improper accounting treatment of certain transaction that caused a need for restatements.…
Financial Statements of a company measures the performance of their accounting period. The four parts of a Financial Statement are income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flow, and stockholders’ equity. The income statement of Landry’s Restaurants will show the summary of how the business has incurred revenues and expenses through operating expenses (Phillip, Libby, Libby, 2005).…
Although the accounting configuration and distribution is transparent to their customers and suppliers, the aggregation process is complex. The recommendations presented by Team A will help to build an integrated approach to their accounting and distribution setup. At a minimum, the basic components of each operating entity accounting system include the following functions: General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Inventory. The company has published balance sheet information that shows this level of data by comparing fiscal year ending September 30, 2010 vs. September 30, 2011.…
We are all familiar with the basic revenue recognition rule: revenue should generally be recognized when it is realized or realizable and when it is earned. Although seemingly simple, that rule can be difficult to apply, particularly in rapidly evolving high-tech industries. Revenue recognition within the software industry has been a complex and controversial issue since the inception of that industry during the latter part of the twentieth century. The FASB addressed that issue at length in Statement of Position 97-2 (pre-codification GAAP), which was released in October 1997. A more general discussion of revenue recognition can be found in the SEC’s Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 101 that was issued in December 1999.…
The accounting practices at Carlton normally permit revenue recognition after the shipment of the computer systems. Peale, Gower and Quill, Carlton’s auditors, are worried about the accounting practices regarding revenue recognition of certain transactions during the last quarter of 20X1. They are also worried about the adverse effects of such accounting on the company’s quality of earnings and thereby on its planned public stock offering in February 20X2.…