Biovail Business Memo In 2003 Biovail Corporation announced that it will miss its 3rd quarter earnings target by $25-$45 million‚ attributing $10-$15 million to a recent shipment loss. Being one of Canada’s largest publicly traded pharmaceutical companies with stock listed on both the Toronto and New York stock exchanges‚ the news raised concerns in the financial circles over the company’s accounting practices. Even Biovail’s claim that the shipment loss presented a revenue value of over $10 million
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Sub issue: Other than having fraud conducting of revenue recognition‚ Biovail Corporation also has overestimated the amount of Wellbutrin XL on the truck. The company estimated that revenue associated with this shipment was in the range of $10 million and $20 million and confirmed that the manufacturing cost value of this shipment had been fully insured. The trooper estimated that the truck was about one-quarter full. After the investigation done‚ the analyst stated if there had been $20 million
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MEMO TO: Mr. David Maris DATE: September 9‚ 2010 SUBJECT: Biovail Concerns This report discusses the concerns regarding the Biovail pharmaceutical company and the causes‚ implication and ramifications of its recently released quarterly earnings guidance. Specifically‚ this report covers Biovail’s reasons for missing previous expectations for quarterly earnings and an analysis of the validity of these reasons. The focus will be on the assertion that a recent truck accident containing
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truckloads of product are actually required to carry $10 million of product? Show your calculations. A) Find the volume of the truck: Interior dimensions of the truck = Interior volume of the truck = = B) Find the manufacturer price (Biovail) for one tablet: Wholesale price for one tablet = $2.83 Distributor price for one tablet = Producer price for one tablet = [Since Wholesale margin is 35%] [Since Distributor mark-up is 400%] = $0.3679 C) Find no. of tablets
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should the company recognize revenue based upon the two possible FOB structures mentioned in the case? In order to recognize revenue‚ there are four conditions must be met as according to GAAP. First‚ there must have persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists. Although the case does not provide extra information in this aspect. It seems clear that there is an ongoing relationship between Biovail and the distributor and that certainly there was a bill‚ purchase order and/or invoice in order
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Free Cash Flow = Operating Cashflow - Capital Expenditures = Net Income + Depreciation & Amortization - Changes in Workin GMCR PEET CARIBOU 22.3 8.4 -30.7 18.3 12.9 34.4 -48.3 -1.1 7.9 79.2 38.3 -10.2 30.9 37.2 -2.3 152.1 63.2 26.6 72.9 24.9 36.8 87.9 59.3 29.9 57 22.1 32.2 48.7 30.8 17.2 40.2 -8.4 -21.4 Net Income Depreciation & Amortization Changes in Working Capital Working Capital - Latest Working Capital - Prior Year Current Assets - Latest Current Liabilities - Latest Current Assets - Prior
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Analysis Case 1 Chapter 17 Name Institution Introduction Observation of standard accounting practices is a requirement for publicly traded companies. The companies are obligated to follow strict accounting rules in the presentation of their financial statements to enable the readers of such statements to compare performances by different companies easily. Financial institution and shareholders of various private companies may also require private companies to comply with certain accounting
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The balance sheet items of The Sweet Soda Shop (arranged in alphabetical order) were as follows at the close of business on September 30‚ 2011: Accounts Payable Accounts Receivable Building Capital Stock Cash $ 8‚500 1‚250 45‚500 50‚000 7‚400 Furniture and Fixtures Land Notes Payable Retained Earnings Supplies 20‚000 $ 55‚000 ? 4‚090 3‚440 The transactions occurring during the first week of October were: Oct. 3 Additional capital stock was sold for $30‚000. The accounts payable were paid in full
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Compare assigned costs per product under both methods. Why has Activity-based costing changed the total costs assigned to each product? By comparing the two cost assigned methods‚ there are some differences existed: Unit Product Cost: | Gadgets | Smidgets | Smadgets | Smadgets | Traditional Costing Method | 400 | 1‚000 | 1‚350 | 850 | Activity-Based Costing Method | 590 | 1‚100 | 760 | 1‚250 | Overhead Cost | Widgets | Gadgets | Smidgets | Smadgets | Traditional Costing Method | 200‚000 |
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1. Accounting Analysis Assess the degree to which the firm’s accounting reflects the underlying business reality. Identify accounting distortions and evaluate their impact on profits and the sustainability of profits. Financial statements are used to determine the business activities of a firm and the role of accounting analysis is to determine the accuracy and quality of the information provided. This analysis would look into the degree of its accounting figures captures its business reality through
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