Balance Sheet and Income Statement Commentary BSA/500 – Business Systems I July 2‚ 2012 Balance Sheet and Income Statement Commentary JB Hunt (Trucking and logistics) On JB Hunt’s balance sheet for 2011 lists current assets of $513‚542‚000 and current liabilities of $438‚515‚000‚ yielding a current ratio of 1.17‚ which indicates the company‚ has $1.17 of current assets for every $1 of current liabilities. The previous year 2010‚ the current ratio was 0.91. This shows a 29% increase in the
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Chapter 1—Introduction to Accounting and Business TRUE/FALSE 1. The federal government is an example of an external user of accounting information. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate OBJ: 01-01 2. An example of a general-purpose financial statement is a report about projected price increases related to transportation costs. ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Easy OBJ: 01-01 3. The Canadian Public Accountability Board was created to promote public confidence in the integrity of financial reporting. ANS: T PTS: 1
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1. Suppose the Federal Reserve instructs the Trading Desk to purchase $1 billion of securities. Show result of this transaction on the balance sheets of the Federal Reserve System and commercial banks. > Change in Federal Reserve’s Balance Sheet Assets Liabilities Securities + $1 billion
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UVA-C-2332 Rev. Oct. 17‚ 2012 RATIOS TELL A STORY—2011 Financial results and conditions vary among companies for a number of reasons. One reason for the variation can be traced to the characteristics of the industries in which companies operate. For example‚ some industries require large investments in property‚ plant‚ and equipment (PP&E)‚ while others require very little. In some industries‚ the competitive productpricing structure permits companies to earn significant profits per sales
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How did the corporate culture of Enron contribute to its Bankruptcy? Once a sound company listed in fortune 500‚ Enron‚ lead to downfall because of deceptive accounting system incorporated within the organization. Enron’s dubicious finance finally collapsed in Dec 2‚ 2001 as it filed Bankruptcy in New York Bankruptcy court. The corporate culture of Enron focused on financial performance neglecting the stakeholder’s value .The relentless emphasis on the importance of the shareholder’s value created
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ACCOUNTING FOR INTANGIBLE ASSETS “WHY NOT ELIMINATE GOODWILL?” INTRODUCTION The Balance Sheet is one of the financial statements necessary to help different kinds of individuals – owners of enterprises‚ management of companies‚ analysts‚ creditors‚ inventors in making business decisions. It is a statement that tells about the financial position of the company. It encompasses the three main elements of the accounting equation – the assets‚ the liabilities and owner’s equity. The assets are
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Classification of Assets and Liabilities in a Balance Sheet We all know that Balance sheet tells us the financial position of a business at a particular point of time. The accounting equation i.e. Assets = Liabilities + Capital forms lays the foundation for the preparation of Balance Sheet. Everything that the business owns are its assets. Alternatively‚ whatever amounts a business owes to outsiders become its liabilities. First let us see how these assets are to be classified. Current
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Liquidity Ratio’s. 1)CURRENT RATIO: CURRENT ASSETS CURRENT LIABILITIES Interpretation: The ideal ratio 2:1 . The liquidity position of the company is not satisfactory because it is not reached the ideal ratio 2:1 . Thecompany should increase the current assets and decrease thecurrent liabilities. Quick Ratio Current assets –inventories. Current liabilities Interpretation: the liquidity position of the company is not satisfactory because the ratio is decrease and not reached the
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Analysis of Balance Sheet As the Indian economy bounced back and grew by 7.2% in 2009-10‚ the automotive industry in India recorded steady growth in the first two quarters and recorded significant growth in the last two quarters of 2009-10. The commercial vehicle industry grew by 40.1% compared to the decline of 17.4% in 2008-09. The passenger vehicle industry‚ which had showed a decline of 0.5% in the previous year‚ grew by 24.8% in 2009-10. With single digit inflation‚ the monetary policies of
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ACCT1A Sample Exam 3 Name: __________________________ Date: _____________ 1. The maturity date of a note receivable: A) Is the day of the credit sale. B) Is the day the note was signed. C) Is the day the note is due to be paid. D) Is the date of the first payment. E) Is the last day of the month. 2. The amount of bad debt expense can be estimated by: A) The percent of sales method. B) The percent of accounts receivable method. C) The aging of accounts receivable method. D) Only b and c. E)
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