TITLE PAGE CREDIT MANAGEMENT AND THE INCIDENCE OF BAD DEBT IN NIGERIA MONEY-DEPOSIT BANKS. (A CASE STUDY OF UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC) BY NWOKOLO CHIMEZIE THANKGOD BF̸ 2005 ̸ 027 A PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BANKING AND FINANCE IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS
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framework relevant to accounting estimates‚ including related disclosures How management identifies those transactions‚ events and conditions that may give rise to the need for accounting estimates to be recognized or disclosed in the financial statements. And the auditor shall make inquiries of management regarding changes in circumstances that may give risk or new or the need to revise existing‚ accounting estimates. How management makes the accounting estimates‚ and an understanding of the data on which
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that some of its accounts receivable will not be collected. It will debit Bad Debt Expense and credit Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts. This will result in reduction of “Current Assets” on balance sheet. Income Statement: This will also result in an expense on the income statement (Earlier than it would have been under direct write-off). This will reduce the Net Income by the Bad Debt Allowance Amount. If the Bad Debt allowance is not in line with the actual write-offs trend in previous periods
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in 2001 to the first quarter of 2002. By capitalizing these expenses‚ Worldcom managed to "produce" profits for five quarters that would have otherwise shown loses. As if that were not bad enough‚ other fraudulent accounting practices were unveiled going back to 1999. An additional $2 billion reserved for bad debts was improperly used to boost operating income. Other accounting manipulations included inflating profit-margin figures by arbitrarily reducing line costs and maintaining fake accounts on
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Part A 1) a)Although a client/company is engaged to perform audits for the 2nd year‚ it does not allow sufficient time for auditor to detect material misstatement. This is due to lack of experience in understanding of the company? Repeat engagement over the years to come would reduce inherent risk Thus‚ the 2nd year of audit would increase inherent risk. b)The bank requires that a/ the company’s interest coverage ratio should be above 9‚ in order to provide loans to the client. From the extract
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Question I Give definition of earning management. Discuss in what instances is earnings managementacceptable and in what instances is it not acceptable. Before defining what earnings management is‚ it is important to understand the meaningof earnings first. Earnings are the profits of a company. Investors and analysts look to earningsto determine the attractiveness of a particular share. Companies with poor earnings prospectswill typically have lower share prices than those with good prospects
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Chapter 14 Working Capital and Current Assets Management Solutions to Problems P14-1. LG 2: Cash Conversion Cycle Basic = Average age of inventories + Average collection period = 90 days + 60 days = 150 days (a) Operating cycle (OC) (b) Cash Conversion Cycle (CCC) = Operating cycle − Average payment period = 150 days − 30 days = 120 days = (total annual outlays ÷ 365 days) × CCC = [$30‚000‚000 ÷ 365] × 120 = $9‚863‚013.70 (d) Shortening either the average age of inventory or the average collection
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due to the Bad Debt Expense estimation being based off 3% of net credit sales instead of the prior years’ estimate of 1.5%. The increase in Bad Debts expense as a result of the increase in estimate materially affected the 2012 earnings. However‚ 2012 had been a great year for earnings‚ so the additional expense did not disturb the earnings growth trend Nebobites’ had experienced in the past. However‚ upon further research‚ Jenny could find no justification for the increase in the Bad Debt Expense estimate
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Case #3 Barnes plans to use the preceding ratios as the starting point for discussions with SKI ’s operating executives. He wants everyone to think about the pros and cons of changing each type of current asset and how changes would inter-act to affect profits and EVA. Base on the data‚ does SKI seem to be following a relaxed‚ moderate‚ or restricted working capital policy? A company with a relaxed working capital policy would carry relatively large amounts of current assets in relation to
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Association.”(ACAInternational Sept 2014) Bad Debt in a health care environment is a bill that is generated and supposed to be paid by a third-party or the individual who it was rendered to and has not been paid. Hospitals need to make the effort in collecting these debts but for the most part most of these debts come from low income patients who could have qualified for charity care but were never informed. The difference between charity care and bad debt is that bad debt is counted as an uncompensated cost
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