| QUT 08/10/2012 | AYB 227: International Accounting:Individual Assignment | Name: Chuan Yang - LiStudent no: n7592736Word count: 1461 | Executive summary i Introduction 1 Development factors and culture characteristics of country 1 * United Kingdom 1 * Germany 2 * Japan 2 Hofstede’s cultural dimensions 2 Accounting Practices predictions 3 Opacity Impacts on Business Investments 4 Limitations in Financial Reports‚ with respect to Ratios and Accounting Practices
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The Bear Minimum Case Summary: Big Bear Power is a public utility with a strong financial position for past several years. The company is in compliance with all its debt covenants because of its positive cash flow. Big Bear leased combustion turbine from Goliath Co. The lease term is non-cancelable for ten years. The lease was signed on December 15‚ 2004‚ but the lessee’s right to use the turbine starts on January 1‚ 2005. Issues and Facts There are three specific provisions associated with the
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profitability for companies? What is the role of operating leverage? Cost behavior is used to analyze risk and profitability with operating leverage and shifting the cost structure. The cost structure should depend on sales growth expectations. A fixed cost structure should be used for expectations of revenues to increase; however if sales growth is ambiguous a variable cost structure is more plausible. Shifting cost structure from fixed to variable reduces risk and also profitability. Companies with higher
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have been reasonably accurate. However‚ direct labor has declined in importance over the years while overhead has been increasing. This suggests that there is no longer a direct link between the level of direct labor and overhead. Indeed‚ when a company automates‚ direct labor is replaced by machines; a decrease in direct labor is accompanied by an increase in overhead. This violates the assumption that overhead cost is directly proportional to direct labor. Overhead cost appears to be driven by
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“certificate of achievement for excellence in financial reporting” by the Government Finance Officers Association? What is the significance of this award? Yes‚ it is significant because it is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting‚ and its attainment represents a significant accomplishment by a government and its management. (Page 13) b) What are the key issues addressed in the letter of transmittal? Major initiatives in the city of Charlotte
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the Hobbit movie. New Zealand has a both advantages comparative and absolute. Comparative advantage means “A situation in which a country‚ individual‚ company or region can produce a good at a lower opportunity cost than a competitor.” (Gans‚ King‚ Stonecash‚ & Mankiw‚ 2011) And Absolute advantage means “The ability of a country‚ individual‚ company or region to produce a good or service at a lower cost per unit than the cost at which any other entity produces that good or service.” According to
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use? Users rely on financial statements to gauge the strength and outlook of companies. Others understand that. One would want that company to make money for them when they invest. If companies didn’t make money for you there would be no reason to buy stocks and no reason the price of a stock would ever go up. If one does not look at the financial statements‚ they would not know if they were choosing a good company to invest in. Others understand that financial statements often cause more
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10% of the sales are estimated to become irrecoverable. b) Direct materials are acquired one month prior to production and are paid the following month of purchase. One special component (KWQ 12) uses 2 units of direct materials. The company keeps stock of 25% of the next months estimated sales. Balance of direct materials as at 31 December 2013 amounts to 140‚000 units of direct material at $0.25 per unit. There is no change in the cost direct material.c) The Direct
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Berhad which is listed on the main board of the Bursa Kuala Lumpur. Apollo Food Holdings Berhad is a Malaysia-based company engaged in investment holding and provision of management services. Its own subsidiaries are Apollo Food Industries (M) Sdn Bhd‚ which is engaged in manufacturing and trading in many compound such as chocolates‚ chocolate confectionery products and cakes. The company is manufacturing and selling its products in Malaysia and other countries. Besides‚ our group had done a good researching
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Comparing Accounting Software Programs to Manual Accounting Manual accounting uses several paper ledgers to record financial transactions. It is very time consuming to record each single transaction onto paper‚ being very cautious not to make an error. There are several ledgers for each part of the accounting system‚ such as accounts payable‚ accounts receivable‚ and revenue accounts. Combining these ledgers into one general ledger‚ provide the balance for each ledger. The general ledger
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