Group Case Study “Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy” Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy ABSTRACT 2 This case study examines the factors explaining the difference between Microsoft’s market value of equity to book value of equity and overall financial reporting strategies employed at the firm. We analyzed financial information dating from 1985 to 1999 and 2011 annual report provided by Microsoft. We found factors explaining market value of equity are perceived risk and future cash
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Question 3: Frieda‚ an accounting student‚ states: “Strategy analysis seems to be an unnecessary detour in doing financial statement analysis. Why can’t we just get straight to the accounting issues? “Explain to Frieda why she might be wrong. Without strategy analysis‚ it is impossible to identify what drive profits and what are key risks. Moreover‚ assessing firm’s current performance and doing realistic forecasts of future performance are also directly linked with firm’s strategy. Three important
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objectives and the roles of financial accounting “Accounting is an information system that identifies‚ records‚ and communicates the economic events of an organization to interested users.”1. The basic objective of accounting is to provide information to the interested users to enable them to make business decisions and “Financial statements are the primary means of communicating financial information to parties outside the business organization.”2. Moreover‚ accounting can give the essential information
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REGULATIONS OF FINANCIAL REPORTING IN NIGERIA INTRODUCTION Regulation of accounting information is aimed at ensuring that users of financial statements receive a minimum amount of information that will enable them take meaningful decisions regarding their interest in a reporting entity. The bodies responsible for these regulations are often statutory agencies such as the Financial Reporting Council‚ Securities and Exchange Commission and the
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ACCT7102 Individual Case Study Assignment: ‘Biovail Corporation: Revenue recognition and FOB Sales Accounting’ Task Description: The financial reporting case study is a comprehensive case study which examines the specific application of case scenarios involving principally Topic 5 (Managerial incentives for financial statement management). The case will also be used to examine student report writing skills‚ general accounting knowledge‚ and ability to critically evaluate complex case
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other profession and that is why accounting has usually been thought of as highly technical field that can only be understood by the professionals (chartered accountants). Also‚ it has often been called ‘the language of business. Even‚ people in the business world owners‚ managers‚ banks‚ stockbrokers‚ investors‚ human resource managers‚ lawyers‚ to mention a few all uses accounting terms and concepts to describe their resources and the activity of every business they engage in whether large or small
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1 ACCOUNTING 1 (ACN101- M) STUDY UNIT 1: THE NATURE AND FUNCTION OF ACCOUNTING DEFINITION: • • • Accounting can be defined as the orderly & systematic recording of the monetary values of financial transactions of a business The reporting of results Providing financial information as a basis for decision making 3 main processes define the accounting process: 1. IDENTIFYING: Selecting evidence of economic / financial activity (transactions) 2. RECORDING transactions to provide a permanent
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ACCOUNTING FOR INCOME TAXES F 1. Taxable income is a tax accounting term and is also referred to as income before taxes. F 2. Pretax financial income is the amount used to compute income taxes payable. T 3. Deferred tax expense is the increase in the deferred tax liability balance from the beginning to the end of the accounting period. T 4. A deferred tax liability represents the increase in taxes payable in future years as a result of taxable temporary differences existing at the end
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Financial Reporting Quality and Investment Efficiency Rodrigo S. Verdi The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania 1303 Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall Philadelphia‚ PA 19104 Email: rverdi@wharton.upenn.edu Phone: (215) 898-7783 Abstract This paper studies the relation between financial reporting quality and investment efficiency on a sample of 49‚543 firm-year observations between 1980 and 2003. Financial reporting quality has been posited to improve investment efficiency‚ but there has been
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Rivera-Torres 1 Rafael A. Rivera-Torres ACCT 301.001 Mr. J. Eason March 6‚ 2014 Financial Reporting Research A. What were the cash and cash equivalents reported by Coca-Cola and PepsiCo at the end of 2011? What does each company classify as cash equivalents? 1. The only cash/cash equivalents Coca-Cola reported was their Operating Cash. The Company reported $9‚474(in millions) as Cash in their Selected Financial Data‚ Year Ended Dec. 31‚ 2011. 2. PepsiCo reported investments with original maturities
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