Financial Statement Differentiation Annette Neblett University of Phoenix Accounting 561 Don Schroedle October 10‚ 2012 Financial Statement Differentiation Every business in today’s society uses financial statements. Regardless of the size of the business‚ they must prepare this statement to ensure that his or her business is running smoothly. It also gives the business insight into the financial condition of the business. The stakeholders use the information from these statements to
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Donna Sanders Financial Statement Fraud Week 12 There are many things that can motivate financial statement fraud. Taking a look at Donald Cressey’s hypotheses which is now known as the fraud triangle depicts the certain criteria for the mind frame of the fraudster. The fraud triangle is a theory that consists of perceived pressures‚ perceived opportunity‚ and rationalization. It gives us the different pressures placed on individuals that would make them consider “cooking the books.” It also
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strike price is $51. The option expires on July 31‚ 2010. On March 31‚ 2010‚ the market value of Reese stock was $48 per share and the time value of the option was $120. The put option is not designated as a hedge. If the company has to prepare financial statements on March 31‚ 2010‚ what would the entry be? A debit to the Put Option and a a. credit to Unrealized Holding Gains/Losses – Income $805. b. credit to Unrealized Holding Gains/Losses – Equity $805. c. credit to Unrealized Holding
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are two of the four key qualitative characteristics of financial accounting information. The others being understandability and comparability. Relevance requires that the financial accounting information should be such that the users need it and it is expected to affect their decisions. Reliability requires that the information should be accurate and true and fair. Relevance and reliability are both critical for the quality of the financial information‚ but both are related such that an emphasis
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other functions. A company in a tight financial position will give more weight to financial consideration and devise its marketing and production strategies in the light of financial constrain. On the other hand management of the company‚ which has a regular supply of funds‚ will be more flexible in formulating its production and marketing policies. Hence financial management may be considered as one of the most important area in the field of management. Financial management is an integral part of
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Azham Md. Ali Due to the outbreak of financial scandals involving Bursa Malaysia listed companies Transmile and Megan Media‚ it may be argued that 2007 was a “challenging” year for the auditing profession in Malaysia. The “ripple” effect of the scandals caused turbulence in the auditing industry which spilled over to 2008 when the auditing profession was once again in the limelight‚ in the case of Oilcorp Berhad. he negative publicity connected with these financial scandals could very easily damage
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IMPORTANCE OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTION TO NIGERIA ECONOMY Nature and Role of Financial Institutions in the Economy 1. Nature of financial institutions Financial institutions are the organizations which perform the essential functions of channeling funds from those with surplus funds (suppliers of funds) to those with shortages of funds (user of funds).Financial institutions are active in today’s global markets include commercial banks‚ insurance companies credit unions‚ finance companies‚ savings
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5 Analyzing financial statements using ratios 0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011 Generally there are two approaches in analyzing financial statements by use of ratios: 1. Common size percentages – where a key item in the financial statements is identified and then all the other items are expressed as a percentage of the item. 1 Accounting and Reporting II 1 1.4 Analyzing financial statements using ratios 0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011 Common size percentage can be applied as follows:
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1. EXAMINE & ANALYZE THE FINANCIAL RATIOS FOR EIGHT PAIRS OF UNIDENTIFIED COMPANIES A) Health Products From the market data‚ the beta of company B is slightly higher than company A. Company A appears to be less risky than company B. It is likely because company A is a diversified health-products company. Since it manufactures various products and involves in different segments‚ risk could be reduced. The liquidity ratios show that both companies A and B might not face liquidity problem. Current
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Financial Ratio Analysis PROFITABILITY - Ability to sell a product for more than the cost of producing it. - Not an exact estimate of the company’s pricing strategy but give a good indication of financial health. - Without an adequate gross margin‚ a company will be unable to pay its operating and other expenses and build for the future. - Should be stable should not fluctuate much from one period to another‚ unless the industry it is in has been undergoing drastic changes which will
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