a) -Revenues are inflows of assets or settlements of liabilities or both. Revenues come from activities of the entity’s central operations. -Gains are increases in net assets and from peripheral or incidental transactions of an entity. -The difference between gains and revenues depend to a great extent on the typical activities of a company. For example‚ when McDonald’s sells a hamburger‚ it records the selling price as revenue. However‚ when Mc Donald’s sells land‚ it records any excess of
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Prior to 1996‚ Supply Chain Strategy used by lucent technologies was adequate because Asian customers were away from order processing and manufacturing activities. All the orders were placed with AT&T‚ processed in New Jersey and then placed with factory for production in Oklahoma City. From there‚ the parts and subassemblies were shipped to staging center in California. So‚ Shipments to Asian customers were made directly from the United States. Asia was only related with supplying parts along
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Lucent Technologies Evaluate the asset‚ debt‚ and equity structure of Lucent Technologies‚ as well as trends and changes found on the common-size balance sheet. After reading case 2.1 about Lucent Technologies we see that their assets had a big decline from the years 2003 to 2004. The one thing that was good was that Lucent’s inventory holdings where able to rise during those years. In the case Lucent’s current assets of 2003 made up 49.4% of the company’s total assets. But as we see in 2004
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D CASE NUMBER: GS-01 JANUARY 2001 O LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES: GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT N For our business‚ traditional manufacturing is not strategic‚ but world-class supply and demand chain management and product reliability‚ are. - George Foo‚ International Manufacturing Vice President‚ Lucent Technologies1 O As they met in Hong Kong in early 2000‚ George Foo‚ International Manufacturing Vice President for Lucent Technologies‚ and his key staff reviewed with satisfaction
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furniture and seating furniture Encore Seating‚ Inc. March 19‚ 2012 3. 4052720 registration Management of vehicular traffic flow through advanced communications network and technology; Providing road and traffic information; Traffic information services; Transportation consulting services; Transportation information Lucent Group Incorporated April 5‚ 2011 4. 3234940 Registration Floor finishing preparation Buckeye International‚ Inc. June 15‚ 2005 5. 3330996 Registration MEDICAL DEVICES‚ NAMELY
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own words‚ define "revenues." Explain how revenues are different from "gains." b. Describe what it means for a business to "recognize" revenues. What specific accounts and financial statements are affected by the process of revenue recognition? Describe the revenue recognition criteria outline in the FASB’s Statement of Concepts No. 5. c. Refer to the Revenue Recognition discussion in Note 1. In general‚ when does Apple recognize revenue? Explain Apple’s four revenue recognition criteria. Do they
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Statement Four Revenue recognition issues top the list of reasons for financial reporting restatements and one of the methods for creative accounting practices. Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 Introduction 3 Literature Review 4 Revenue recognition 4 Sale of goods 4 Rendering of services 5 Interest‚ royalties‚ and dividends 5 Creative Accounting 5 To meet internal targets 6 Meet external expectations. 6 Provide income smoothing. 6 Taxation 6 Change in management
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The issue of revenue recognition practices is an area that has received a lot of attention from regulators. Whenever there is a report of financial restatements or negative earnings‚ regulators pay extra attention to review the financial statements in order to verify that that there are not any indications of financial fraud or that the organization overstepped their boundaries in the area of managed earnings. The reason that regulators have taken a special interest in financial accounting and potential
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The revenue recognition principle is a foundation of accrual accounting and one of the main principles of GAAP. The revenue recognition principle is a set of guidelines that helps accountants to identify when a revenue event has taken place and how to appropriately record cash exchanges before‚ during‚ and after the revenue event. According to the revenue recognition principal‚ revenue must (1) be realized or realizable and (2) earned‚ in order to be recognized. According to the SEC revenue is realized
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A: The primary criteria the auditor should use in determining revenue to be recognized are: (1): persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists. (2): Delivery has occurred or services have been rendered. (3): The seller’s price to the buyer is fixed or determinable. (4): Collectability is reasonably assured. The most basic principle for revenue recognition is revenue has been realized or realizable and earned. B: (1) a: Multiple deliverable. Does the software and one year internet service has
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