Case 11-4 SUBJECT: Determining the Functional Currency of Sparkle Company Sparkle Company is a Nigerian diamond mining company. Sparkle is a joint venture‚ 50 percent owned by Shine and 50 percent owned by Brighten. Both Shine and Brighten are U.S.-based companies with their functional currency being the American dollar. Sparkle Companies functional currency is that of Nigeria‚ being the Naira. During 2009‚ Sparkle had several transactions with its joint venture owners and outside parties. The
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Case Analysis of U.S. Budget By: Adrienne Chavis Professor: Frank Pidgeon PA 581- Government Budgeting and Finance Introduction This paper discusses the financial complexities of the U.S. Government and its Department of Education. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the funding level of the U.S. Government and its Department of Education. It also reviews several trends that are identified at 2009 actual‚ 2010 and 2011 amounts for outlays and receipts‚ and relationship to the Gross Domestic
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CASE STUDY 11 - LEADER PRICE Leader Price‚ founded in 1998‚ is ranked as the 5th biggest food retailer in France and has become on of France’s leading discount stores. Leader Price has been taken over by a Casino group with around 250 stores and it has expanded to other European countries such as‚ Belgium. France is known for a society that has value for money and spends wisely‚ keeping this into account Leader Price has done quite well in the country. They developed a new logo and interior for
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developing a comprehensive annual budget‚ spending heavily for specialty software‚ staff overtime and temporary help for data entry. Perhaps even more costly (but less quantifiable) are the countless hours that senior managers‚ accountants‚ financial analysts and department managers spend to prepare‚ revise and consolidate budgets. • We spend more time creating a budget than analyzing it. • The budget bears little or no relation to our underlying business plan. • After the budget is approved‚ no one looks
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Tri-Cities Community Bank – A Balanced Scorecard Case By Tom Albright‚ Stan Davis‚ and Aleecia Hibbets Case A. Balanced Scorecard Development Tri-Cities Community Bank (TCCB) is located in the Midwest US and has a total of 10 branches grouped into two divisions‚ the southern division (SD) and the northern division (ND). Each division consists of five branches; each branch employs a branch president‚ branch vice-president/chief loan officer‚ customer service representatives‚ loan
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San Bernardino fire fighters surrendered to protect and preserve sanctity and safety. The inadequate fire fund caused an exodus of personnel mitigating the respond time from two to nineteen minutes. The mismanagement devastated City Fire that they had no alternative but to exit and have county fire reign. The 137 year legacy of honor‚ trust‚ and loyalty will not be erased but remembered with vigor. From my perspective‚ the boom on consultants and administrators was at the expense of vital fire and
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Colin Drury‚ Cost and Management Accounting – Oak City Oak City’s cost allocation and determination Robert W. Ingram‚ W. Cameron Parsons and Walter A. Robbins1 Abstract Oak City is an interdisciplinary case that involves cost allocation and determination issues in a governmental setting. Ethical considerations related to the role of accountants as expert witnesses also are included in the case. The primary issue in this case (drawn from actual events) is the amount of cost associated with
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Backg Introduction Tire City‚ Inc is a growing distributor of tires in the Northeastern part of the United States. Tire City‚ Inc is positioned in eastern Massachusetts‚ southern New Hampshire and northern Connecticut. Tire City‚ Inc distributes its product through a chain of 10 stores and a central warehouse outside Worcester‚ Massachusetts. In the past three years‚ Tire City has grown at an annual compound rate of 20% which was attributed to its excellent reputation for service and
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Capital budgeting is a step by step process that businesses use to determine the merits of an investment project. The decision of whether to accept or deny an investment project as part of a company’s growth initiatives‚ involves determining the investment rate of return that such a project will generate. However‚ what rate of return is deemed acceptable or unacceptable is influenced by other factors that are specific to the company as well as the project. For example‚ a social or charitable project
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= 20K in year one‚ increasing by 15% each year 3) Depreciation Expense = 5K each year 4) Tax Rate = 25% 5) Discount Rate = 10% b. Corporation B: 1) Revenues = 150K in year one‚ increasing by 8% each year 2) Expenses = 60K in year one‚ increasing by 10% each year 3) Depreciation Expense = 10K each year 4) Tax Rate = 25% 5) Discount Rate = 11% You must compute and analyze items
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