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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DQ 6.1‚ 6.2‚ 6.12‚ 6.13‚ 7.1 P6.9‚ P6.11‚ p7.7‚ P7.9 * 6.1 balance sheet income statement statement of cash flow * 6.2 to disclose the information about the company that may effect future decisions‚ but is not necessarily included in financial statements 6.12 asset must be from a past transaction must have future economic benefit control by the entity 6.13 must have a present obligation obligation involves economic cost in the future * * 7.1 no measurement of environmental
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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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within Citigroup’s balance sheet and income statement? Balance Sheet Asset Cash and due from banks Deposits with banks Federal funds sold and securities borrowed or purchased under agreements to resell Trading account assets Investments Total loans‚ net Liability Total deposits Short-term borrowings Long-term debt Equity Common stock Additional paid-in capital Retained earnings Income Statement Income Total revenue Total provisions Total operating expenses Net income These are
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CHAPTER 2 – Investing and Financing Decisions and the Balance Sheet I. THE OBJECTIVE OF FINANCIAL REPORTING‚ THE ELEMENTS OF THE BALANCE SHEET‚ AND THE RELATED KEY ACCOUNTING ASSUMPTIONS AND PRINCIPLES. A. Primary objective of financial reporting 1. To provide useful economic information about a business to help investors and creditors make good financial decisions. a. Decision makers are expected to have a reasonable understanding of accounting concepts and procedures
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has a very detailed and organized balance sheet and income statement in which all of the company ’s information is listed in the proper order. The balance sheet can be viewed annually or quarterly and all amounts are in US dollars by millions except for per share amounts. The balance sheet first begins to lists the company ’s assets. The assets section is broken down by current assets‚ cash‚ net receivables‚ inventories‚ and other current assets. The balance sheet then lists in order the total current
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Approach to Credit Risk: Risk-weighted Off-balance Sheet Credit Exposures 1. This Guidance Note and its Attachments set out the procedures and requirements for calculating the risk-weighted amount of an authorised deposittaking institution’s (ADI’s) off-balance sheet credit exposures under the standardised approach for capital adequacy purposes. Scope 2. The risk-weighting process used for measuring an ADI’s off-balance sheet credit exposures covers all the ADI’s off-balance sheet business‚ including
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Star River Electronics Ltd. Team 14 Constantine Brocoum Courtney Delia Stephanie Doherty David Dubois Radu Oprea December 19th‚ 2009 Contents Objectives 1 Management Summary 1 Financial Health 1 Financial Forecast for 2002 and 2003 3 Key Driver Assumptions 5 Star River WACC 5 Free Cash Flows of the Packaging Machine Investment 7 Appendices 7 i. Objectives This report seeks to answer the following five questions about Star River Electronics Ltd.: 1. Assess the current
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Appeal of Low Income Housing Tax Credits Overview of the LIHTC The Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) provides incentives for corporations and individuals to invest in the acquisition‚ development and rehabilitation of affordable housing. The program offers federal tax credits to private equity investors that work with profit or non-profit developers in constructing or renovating rental properties for low-income tenants‚ those who earn 60 percent or less of the median family income for their county
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or inside the client’s organization. External information is considered more reliable than internal documentation. b. Explain why confirmations are normally more reliable evidence than inquiries of the client. Confirmations are normally more reliable evidence than inquiries of the client because of the independence of the outside party confirming the information. c. Explain why recalculation tests are highly reliable but of relatively limited use. Recalculation tests are highly reliable because
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