our economic system specifically in business and we all know that in order to maintain the competitiveness of our economic system all over the world is to uplift the business society that’s why Accounting is vital to our economic system. 2. Identify and describe the steps in the accounting process. 1. Identifying the financial transaction a business may perform several transactions. Of which‚ only financial transactions are recorded in accounts. In the first step of the accounting process
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a. Why are ratios useful? What three groups use ratio analysis and for what reasons? Financial ratios are designed to extract important information that might not be obvious simply from examining a firm’s financial statements. Financial statement analysis involves comparing a firm’s performance with that of other firms in the same industry and evaluating trend in the firm’s financial position over time. From the textbook ‚ we know managers use financial analysis to identify situations needing
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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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Appendices 7 i. Objectives This report seeks to answer the following five questions about Star River Electronics Ltd.: 1. Assess the current financial health and recent financial performance of the company. What strengths and/or weaknesses would you highlight to Adeline Koh? 2. Forecast the firm’s financial statements for 2002 and 2003. What will be the external financing requirements of the firm in those years? Can the firm repay its loan within a reasonable period? 3. What are
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Page No. 1. Cover Page……………………………………………………………………1 2. Contents. ………………………………………………………………….2 3. Computing the Amounts……………..……………………………3 4. Trading‚ Profit & Loss Account and Balance Sheet….9 5. Comments on the Performance of the Business…….10 6. Explaining the Limitation of Comparison…………...….12 7. References………………………………………………..……………..13 (A) Compute the following amounts: (I) Average Stock: Average stock = opening
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emphasis on the importance of the shareholder’s value created the conditions for the disconnection of Enron from their essential moral underpinnings‚ encouraging them to concentrate exclusively on financial performance‚ and to neglect stakeholder’s common interest‚ but the essential interests of the economies and communities in which they operate..The problem with established economic theories of corporate governance is that they misconceive the irreducible corporate governance‚ at the same time as
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Question 1(b) What is a Balance Sheet? How does a Funds Flow Statement differ from a Balance Sheet? Enumerate the items which are usually shown in a Balance Sheet and a Funds Flow Statement. Question 2(a) Discuss the importance of ratio analysis for inter-firm and intra-firm comparisons including circumstances responsible for its limitations. If any Question 2(b) Why do you understand by the term ’pay-out ratio’? What factors are taken into consideration while determining pay-out ratio? Should a company
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(CMA). ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Easy OBJ: 01-01 1-1 Copyright © 2011 by Nelson Education Ltd. Chapter 1 11. Accounting information users need reports about the economic activities and condition of businesses. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Easy OBJ: 01-01 12. Senior executives cannot be criminally prosecuted for the wrong-doings they commit on behalf of the companies where they work. ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Easy OBJ: 01-01 13. The primary role of accounting
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findings b. What would have been the amount of inventories in 2011 if the 2010 turnover ratio had been maintained? a. inventory turnover for 2010 =COGS/Inventory = $1‚000‚000/350‚000=2.857 inventory turnover for 2011 =COGS/Inventory = $1‚200‚000/500‚000=2.4 b. $1‚200‚000 /inventory =2.857 Inventory in 2011 to maintain 2010 turnover ratio = $420‚021.00 2. The Robinson Company has the following current assets and current liabilities for these two years: 2010 2011 Cash and
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hypothesis and its implications on the information perspective of accounting. As information perspective was later replaced by the measurement perspective‚ we will discuss recent accounting measurement issues‚ including fair value accounting and off-balance sheet liabilities. Positive accounting theory‚ earnings management‚ executive compensation and economic consequences of standard setting will be covered in the last part. Financial Accounting Theory is a rigorous subject requiring not only accounting
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