...Module 3 Discussion An income statement is a summary of revenues and expenses and gains and losses, ending with net income for a specific period of time. Indicate the two traditional formats for presenting the income statement. Which of these formats is preferable for analysis? Why? When you respond to this discussion question, I expect to see a brief discussion on the importance of the income statement. After which, you need to respond to the other requirements completely. The income statement of any company is often considered the most important reporting tool. The income statement shows revenues, expenses, gains, and losses. It gives the users of financial information a snap shot view, at any specific point in time, the profitability of the company. If the net amount of revenues and gains minus expenses and losses is positive, the bottom line of the profit and loss statement is labeled as net income. If the net amount (or bottom line) is negative, there is a net loss. According to Averkamp in an article in Accounting Coach, he states that, “People pay attention to the profitability of a company for many reasons. For example, if a company was not able to operate profitably—the bottom line of the income statement indicates a net loss—a banker/lender/creditor may be hesitant to extend additional credit to the company. On the other hand, a company that has operated profitably—the bottom line of the income statement indicates a net income—demonstrated its ability to...
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...Analyzing Financial Statements Financial analysis is necessary in any human service agency as it allows it to get a clear picture of the financial standings for the fiscal year. According to Martin (2001), “financial analysis is defined as the process of using information from financial statements to calculate financial ratios that assess the financial standings of human service agencies.” There are six formulas used when conducting the financial analysis: long-term solvency ratio, contribution ratio, programs/expense ratio, current ratio, general and management ratio, and the revenue/expense ratio. Importance of Financial Ratios Current Ratio The current ratio is used to give an idea of the company’s ability to readily pay back its short-term liabilities with its short-term assets. These calculations are found on the balance sheet or the statement of financial position. 2002 Current Ratio = $104,296/$139,017 = 0 .75 2003 Current Ratio = $82,058/$93,975 = 0.87 2004 Current Ratio = $302,902/$337033 = 0.90 (rounded up) Long-term Solvency Ratio The long-term solvency ratio is also developed from the statement of financial position (or the balance sheet). The long-term solvency ratio determines whether an agency’s cash flow is sufficient to meet short and long-term liabilities. 2002 Long-Term Solvency Ratio = $391,270/$310,246 = 1.26 2003 Long-Term Solvency Ratio = $359,863/$259,979 = 1.38 2004 Long-Term Solvency Ratio = $699,004/$338.937 = 2.06 ...
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...Strategy and the Master udget After studying this chapter, you should be able to ... LO 10-1 Describe the role of budgets in the overall management process LO 10-2 Discuss the importance of strategy and its role in the master budgeting process LO 10-3 Outline the budgeting process LO 10-4 Prepare a master budget and explain the interrelationships among its supporting schedules LO 10-5 Deal with uncertainty in the budgeting process LO 10-6 Identify unique characteristics of budgeting for service companies LO 10-7 Understand alternative approaches to budgeting (viz., zero-base, activity-based, time-driven activity-based, and kaizen budgeting} LO 10-8 Discuss various behavioral considerations in budgeting If you don't know where you're going, you'll end up somewhere else. A Yogi Berra Johnson & Johnson (J&J), one of the largest manufacturers of health care products in the world, started (in 1887) as a small manufacturer of health and well-being-related products. Today, it has more than 118,000 employees and more than 250 operating companies in 60 countries. J&J sells its products in more than 175 countries. Surveys conducted over the years by Business Week, Forbes, Fortune, and other business journals repeatedly rank J&J as one of the most innovative and well-managed firms in the world. How does J&J do it? It relies on a comprehensive formal planning, budgeting, and control system in formulating and implementing strategy, coordinating and monitoring operations...
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...Visit the website of your favorite U.S. company. Find the company’s financial statements in the section of the website for investors. Post a link to the statements. What did you find interesting about each of the four financial statements, which include balance sheets, income statements, statements of cash flows, and statements of owners’ equity? How could the information in those statements be useful to an investor and to a manager? I do not really have a favorite company. Being a car enthusiast, I do pay close attention to the automotive industry. Out of the three major U.S. auto makers, Ford Motor Company is the only one who did not accept government bailout money, further enforcing the fact that the company can stand on its own two feet. This makes Ford my favorite company out of the three. The following information is based on the financial statements of Ford Motor Company which can be found in Ford’s annual report located at http://corporate.ford.com/doc/2011_annual_report.pdf. Ford’s annual report contains both a consolidated balance sheet and a sector balance sheet; both consolidated and sector cash flow statements, and consolidated statement of equity. The report contains no income statements. The financial statements of Ford Motor Company follow a traditional format. The information contained in financial statements can be beneficial to both investors and managers. When making a financial investment in a company, it is important to know how healthy the company...
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...Revenues $800,000 Selling Price Per Kayak 400 Variable Selling Expense Per Kayak 50 Variable Administrative Expense Per Kayak 20 Total Fixed Selling Expense 150,000 Total Fixed Administrative Expense 120,000 Merchandise Inventory, Beginning Balance 80,000 Merchandise Inventory, Ending Balance 100,000 Merchandise Purchases 320,000 1. Prepare a traditional income statement for the Quarter. 2. Prepare a contribution format income statement for the Quarter. 1. Traditional Income Statement La Jolla Surf Shop Income Statement For the Period Ending June 30 Sales $800,000 Cost of Goods Sold (80,000 + 320,000 – 100,000) 300,000 Gross Profit 500,000 Operating Expenses Selling Expenses 250,000 Administrative Exp 160,000 Total Operating Expenses 410,000 Net Operating Income $ 90,000 Selling Exp = (50*2,000)+150,000 Admin Exp = (20*2,000)+120,000 2. Contribution Format Income Statement La Jolla Surf Shop Income Statement For the Period Ending June 30 Sales $800,000 Variable Expenses Cost of Goods Sold 300,000 Selling Expenses 100,000 Administrative Expenses 40,000 Total Variable Expenses 440,000 Contribution Margin 360,000 Fixed Expenses Selling Expenses 150,000 Administrative...
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...The role of the cash flow statement and it's classification: The quality and content of the financial reporting have expanded impressively since the accounting profession used the cash flow statements (CFS) as an essential part of the financial statement. A standard structure configuration has been given not just for deriving valuable ratios to supplement the traditional ratio analysis, but also it shows the difference between the more realistic companies. The accrual accounting does not measure cash flows. Consequently the shortage of cash flow data has made issues for different partners in evaluating an organization's execution, operating capability and liquidity. Accounting information characteristics of value once in a while string along...
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...Accounting Horizons Vol. 24, No. 3 2010 pp. 471–485 American Accounting Association DOI: 10.2308/acch.2010.24.3.471 COMMENTARY A Framework for Financial Reporting Standards: Issues and a Suggested Model American Accounting Association’s Financial Accounting Standards Committee (AAA FASC) James A. Ohlson, Stephen Penman, Robert Bloomfield, Theodore E. Christensen, Robert Colson, Karim Jamal, Stephen Moehrle, Gary Previts, Thomas Stober, Shyam Sunder, and Ross L. Watts SYNOPSIS: This paper addresses the issues that confront the FASB and IASB in developing a new conceptual framework document. First, we suggest characteristics that a conceptual framework ought to exhibit. Most of these suggestions are based on our critique of the existing framework and the FASB-IASB work in progress. Second, we present a model framework that exhibits these characteristics. We emphasize up front that this framework is quite explicit. It goes to the heart of what a framework document should do: it places specific restrictions on what constitutes admissible accounting standards. The purpose of our effort is to stimulate broad discussion of alternative approaches to foundational documents and to offer a specific example of such an alternative approach. Keywords: FASB; IASB; conceptual framework; accounting standards; financial reporting. JEL Classifications: M40. In 2008, the American Accounting Association’s Executive Committee asked the Financial Accounting Standards Committee...
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...Date: Jan 4, 2013 To: Paul Livoria and Sam Livoria From: Dev Das Introduction Livoria Sandwiches needs to achieve growth in sales to reach $1.1 million in Net Income by 2015 while paying off its litigation payment of $500,000 by May 2015 and back taxes of $22,500 by Q1 2013. This report will analyze the two options available namely diversifying the menu or converting the business to a franchise and identify the alternative that will achieve growth targets and meet payment obligations. Financial Assessment Livoria Sandwiches has a good underlying business model and financial performance in 2012 except for the litigation charge (See Appendix 4). Contribution margin % was 53% compared to the industry’s 45%. This means Livoria’s costs of labour and materials as a percentage of sales are lower than the industry. As well, sales grew by 5% versus industry growth of 1% meaning that Livoria has taken market share from its competitors, an indication of the high quality of the sandwiches. Operating income % excluding the litigation charge is 24% compared to the industry’s 18%. This indicates that fixed operating and manufacturing costs as a percentage of sales are also lower than industry averages. Analysis of the issues and the related alternatives Alternative 1: Diversify menu in existing locations Pros: a) Maintains the tradition and quality of sandwiches b) Customers like the layout of the restaurant and its unique decor c) Takes advantage of the fact that Dawkins has the...
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...Exercise 14.1 Selected information taken from the financial statements of Maxum Company for two successive years follows. You are to compute the percentage change from 2010 to 2011 whenever possible. Round all calculations to the nearest whole percentage. 2010 2011 a. Accounts receivable…………………………………………… $126,000 $160,000 b. Marketable securities………………………………...……….. - 0 - 250,000 c. Retained earnings………………………………...…………… 80,000 (80,000) d. Notes receivable……………………………………..……….. 120,000 - 0 - e. Notes payable…………………………………………………. 870,000 800,000 f. Cash………………………………………………………..…... 84,000 80,000 g. Sales………………………………………………………...….. 970,000 910,000 a. (126,000-160,000) / 160,000 x 100 = -21% b. (0-250,000) / 250,000 x 100 = -100% c. Computation of the percentage change is not appropriate. d. Computation of the percentage change is not appropriate. e. (870,000-800,000) / 800,000 x 100 = 9% f. (84,000-80,000) / 80,000 x 100 = 5% g. (970,000-910,000) / 910,000 x 100 = 7% Exercise 14.2 Compute trend percentages for the following items taken from the financial statements of Lopez Plumbing over a five-year period. Treat 2007 as the base year. State whether the trends are favorable or unfavorable. (Dollar amounts are stated in thousands). ------------------------------------------------- 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Sales……………………….. $81,400 $74,000 $61,500 $59...
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...contentious, difficult and a source of opportunity for the manipulation of financial statements. To what extent do IAS 11 and IAS 17 resolve these issues? What can you tell us about any anticipated changes to International Accounting Standards in respect of construction contracts and leases and about how such changes may impact upon Brick to Brick PLC?” In order to explore the reasons companies distort their financial statements, we would first need to understand the importance of financial statements and why the utmost care needs to be observed when preparing them. Financial statements are official records of the financial activities and position of a business or other entities. These statements should be presented at the end of each financial year by the board of directors in a structured manner and should be easy to understand as the statements will be incremental to decision making. Statement of Financial position and Income statements are examples of financial statements. Having accurate statements serves to signal future performance by indicating how the firm might perform over the next financial year. It also helps to monitor budgets, revealing how much wiggle room the company has so they don’t end up making losses and most importantly, financial statements are released to the general public especially potential investors and shareholders. Often, preparers of these statements distort them in order to make their company look more attractive to potential investors...
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...completing the accounting process. Accounting cycle also refers to traditional procedures that performed by the company in order to record all the business transactions during the accounting periods. There are several sequences includes in the accounting cycle such as identifying, collecting and analyzing documents and business transactions, records the process in journals, posting the journalized amounts to ledger, preparing the trial balances and financial statements. Usually, an accounting cycle of the company begins when a business transaction take place and finishes the accounting cycle when the financial statements are prepared. The period of the accounting...
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...And in one way or another from it were devised a series of complex mathematical systems that tend to keep records of various activities – mostly business and financial ones. We will take a look at a certain example and eventually prepare an income statement utilizing the given data. Also in preparing the net income statements, the direct (variable) and full absorption will be considered which according to one of the sources considered here are the traditional methods (Martin, Management Accounting: Concepts, Techniques & Controversial Issues). With the assumptions given in the problem, that (a) costs per unit are the same for units in beginning inventory and units produced during the year; (b) and also, prices and unit costs did not change during the year, we now look at the income statement for this problem. DIRECT (VARIABLE) COSTING INCOME STATEMENT With the given 450,000 production capacity plus a selling price of $29.00 per unit and also considering an ending inventory of 55,000 units, we arrive with total ideal sales of 345,000 units or $11,455,000.00. Figure 1 Direct (Variable) Costing Income Statement FULL ABSORPTION COSTING INCOME STATEMENT Figure 2 Full Absorption Costing Income Statement In these statements, it will be clear that the data are still the same and that the only varying element is on the way the figures are presented in the chart. One of the myths in business is the more products being availably sold in the market the higher the profit...
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...What we’ll cover: 1. Income Statement 2. Format of the Income Statement 3. Reporting Irregular Items 4. Special Reporting Issues 1. Income Statement a. Usefulness • Evaluate past performance • Predicting future performance • Help assess the risk or uncertainty of achieving future cash flows b. Limitations • Companies omit items that cannot be measured reliably • Income is affected by the accounting methods employed • Income measurement involves judgment c. Quality of Earnings • Companies have incentives to manage income to meet or beat Wall Street expectations, so that o market price of stock increases and o value of stock options increase. • Quality of earnings is reduced if earnings management results in information that is less useful for predicting future earnings and cash flows. 2. Format of the Income Statement a. Elements of the Income Statement • Revenues – Inflows of assets or settlements of its liabilities that constitute the entity’s ongoing major or central operations. Examples of Revenue Accounts: o Sales o Fee revenue o Interest revenue o Dividend revenue o Rent revenue • Expenses – Outflows or other using-up of assets or incurrences of liabilities that constitute the entity’s ongoing major or central operations. Examples...
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...Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 3 2.0 The major components of Sugar Investment Trust (SIT) annual report: 3 3.0 The Five potential users 5 4.0 How useful are companies’ annual reports in addressing the needs of users of accounts? 6 5.0 Company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) 8 6.0 To what extent does the regulatory framework govern the preparation of an Annual Report? 9 7.0 To what extent reported profit figures can mislead users of accounts? 10 8.0 Cash flow statements 11 9.0 Accounting Ratios and Cash Flow Statement Analysis 11 10. Cash Flow Statement Analysis 14 11. Criticism of traditional financial accounting and problems encountered in inter-firm comparison. 14 12. Contribution list 16 13. References 16 1.0 Introduction T he Sugar Investment Trust (SIT) is a body corporate established under an Act of Parliament in 1994 which operates as a company under the Companies Act 2001. It is the largest shareholder based public company in Mauritius with more than 40,000 members. It has more than 55,000 shareholders. The foundation of Sugar Investment Trust (SIT) constitutes a landmark in the Mauritian history. It was set up primarily as a participation scheme in the sugar industry but it has become a model of economic democratisation in the country. It provides a forum for participation of planters and workers at corporate decision making level of sugar milling companies and as equity participation. Therefore, it ensures a share of...
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...year. Organic Smoothie Company has designed a business plan for consumer needs for every month of the year with a direct detailed approach considering the freshest produce. Our direct overhead and variable expenses have been applied to all products in our store, to ensure accurate profit. Produce delivery charges, current store costs and maintenance on equipment supply the bulk of our overhead costs. All of our variable expenses include materials and labor. We have three full time employees that cost a total of 46,080 annually. Our overhead expenses are 11,300, for a net income of $147,620. Our expected payback period is 5 years at 5%; investors will receive $3,750 in interest for a total payback amount of $78,750 with monthly payments of $1,312.50. The income statement for the fiscal year for OSC is listed below. Organic Smoothie Company | | Income Statement | | | | | | | | Revenues: | | | Sales Revenue | $205,000 | | | | | | Expenses: | | | Salary...
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