Ratio‚ Vertical and Horizontal Analyses XXXXXXXXXX XACC/280 XXXXXXXXXX Ratio‚ Vertical and Horizontal Analyses The three tools of financial statements analysis are Horizontal (trend)‚ Vertical (common size)‚ and Ratio. The first financial statement analysis is horizontal which evaluates the performance of the company from one accounting period to the next. Horizontal analyses’ are conducted to assess any relative changes in different items over a specified time period. It also indicates
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Financial statements Julian D. Maujer XACC/290 November 30‚ 2014 University of Phoenix Financial statements The four simple financial statements provide a rundown of the monetary activities of a business or corporation. They can be prepared at any point in time and can apply to any time span. All four statements are needed to determine the company growth and profitably. Investor and creditors will use all four statements to determine if the company is a sound investment. 1. Balance sheet - The balance
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REGULATORY BODIES OF INDIA Financial Stability and Development council: The idea was first mooted in a committee headed by Raghuram Rajan in 1998. It is an apex regulatory body constituted by Government of India. It is an initiative to be better prepared for any future economic meltdown by regulating the economic assets. The aim of the body is to provide a stable financial sector development and inter-regulatory coordination. The body consists of: Chairperson: The Union Finance Minister of
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DQ 1 What would be the effect of removing either the Matching Principle or the Revenue Recognition Principle from the process? Use a concrete example of how doing so might affect accounting in a given period. From experience of handling financial records for various companies’‚ from start-ups to million dollar small business‚ I’ve found that removing these processes can lead to disaster. By eliminating them you are saving more work to do later‚ it doesn’t matter if it’s the end of the year
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The following are the major regulatory bodies in finance and accounting: • The Financial Accounting Standards Boards (FASB) o This body is responsible for setting standard for reporting information on finances to the public. The principles of the GAAP are used to establish the standards set by this governing body. The body is responsible to protect investors and the public from companies that may commit fraud. This brody serves as a source to resolve issues surrounding accounting and reporting
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Regulatory Bodies Checkpoint Basically‚ a regulatory body is a tiered system put in place to protect investors and banks from cons and scams. It helps to prevent fraud and punishes offenders for things such as insider trading. At the top of this regulatory structure is the United States Congress which is itself the in charge of the SEC or Securities Exchange Commission‚ this body puts regulations and laws in place which banks‚ brokers‚ investors and the Marketplace must abide by‚ it also
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Accounting Regulatory Bodies The success of an organization relies heavily on accounting. Investors are extremely important to publicly traded companies‚ and they rely on accurate accounting documents when choosing whether or not they want to invest in a company. Several accounting regulatory bodies exist‚ and each of them plays an important role in accounting and the effects that accounting has on an organization. The primary goal of these regulatory bodies is to establish a set of rules and
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The nine major regulatory bodies are: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) which is the federal agency responsible for administering and enforcing the Treasury department revenue laws through the assessment and the collection of taxes‚ determination of pension plan qualifications‚ and related activities‚ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) which is an independent federal agency that is responsible for regulating securities market in which stocks and bonds of the major companies is traded‚
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CheckPoint: Ratio‚ Vertical and Horizontal Analysis The calculations you perform for this CheckPoint form the basis of your analysis of your capstone project. • Write an essay in 250 to 300 words an explanation of the three tools of financial statement analysis and the function of each. • Examine PepsiCo‚ Inc.’s Consolidated Balance Sheet on p. A6 in Appendix A of Financial Accounting‚ especially its Current Assets‚ Current Liabilities‚ and Total Assets for years 2005 and 2004
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What are the major regulatory bodies and their functions? IRS (Internal Revenue Service): It is the oldest in the United States regulatory body also called the internal revenue service or IRS. The main goal of IRS is to manage and implement the internal revenue law. Their responsibility is to help individuals to understand their tax obligations as well as to tax collection. SEC (Security and Exchange Commission): SEC also called the Securities and Exchange Commission. Their main objective is
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