* Step one: Identify Potential Red Flags After analyzing Wal-Mart’s annual report for 2010, attention has been brought to several items that require closer examination. A common “red flag” to questionable accounting has been found within Wal-Mart’s statement of cash flows and income statement. There is an increasing gap between the company’s reported income and the cash flow from operating activities. In the year 2008 reported income and cash flow from operating activities differed by $484 million
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Qklhokn 1 Accounting Theory Paper-8 M. Com. (Final) Directorate of Distance Education Maharshi Dayanand University ROHTAK – 124 001 2 jktuhfr foKku Copyright © 2004, Maharshi Dayanand University, ROHTAK All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means; electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the written permission of the copyright holder. Maharshi
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Dollar Tree Financial Statement Analysis DeVry University 8/19/12 Table of Content Introduction-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 Question 1--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 Question 2--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4 Question 3----------
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18-2 Accounting changes can be categorized into changes that affect consistency and those that do not affect consistency. The word “consistency” refers to the application of accounting principles. If a change in accounting principle or in the method of its application has a material effect on the comparability and consistency of the financial statements and the auditor concurs with the change, the auditor should refer to the change in an explanatory or emphasis-of-matter paragraph. Accounting changes
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INTRODUCTION International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) In 2011, international financial reporting standards (IFRS) will replace generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). This means Canadian publicly-traded companies will be required to present financial statements in accordance with IFRS. This change will not only affect those involved in the development of financial information but also those who use this information. Economic globalization brings increased demand for high quality
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12/31/20A? What is the funded status of the plan on that date? (Show your work). PBO: $522,139 Funded status: $143,881 PBO: __________________ Funded status: _______________ 2) Lease Lessor, Inc. leases a computer under a 6 yr noncancelable lease to Lessee, Inc. The lease calls for payments at the beginning of each year of $5,795, plus $205 yearly for a maintenance contract (total = $6,000). The following facts are known: FMV of computer @ inception: $32,000 Cost:
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1. Identify the key accounting policies (step 1) and primary areas of accounting flexibility (step 2) for Euro Disney Key accounting policies • Euro Disney Associés has opted for financial lease. The firm leases the Disneyland Park from Euro Disneyland S.N.C. EDL Hotels S.C.A., which is owned for 99,99% by Euro Disney Associés, leases the hotels from a specialpurpose financing company. • The special-purpose financing companies are fully consolidated in Euro Disney’s financial
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more rules-based, but the common conceptual framework is moving towards an objective-oriented approach. | IFRS is largely a principles-based approach. | Companies must disclose their accounting policies and estimates in the footnotes and Management’s Discussion Analysis. | Companies must disclose their accounting policies and estimates in the footnotes and Management’s Discussion Analysis. | CHAP – 25 GAAP (FASB) | IFRS (IASB) | When the outcome of a long term contract can b reliably estimated
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of Financial Statements and the Environments of Financial Reporting Accounting: The Language of Business | Relationships Among Financial Statements | Classifications in a Balance Sheet | Income Statement, Statement of Retained Earnings, and Statement of Cash Flows | GAAP and Key Accounting Principles | Balancing the Accounting Equation Accounting: The Language of Business Back to Top Do Not Underestimate the Power of Accounting! I vividly recall my first experience driving in a foreign country
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fees being paid by Big Bear for Goliath Co. would be excluded from the minimum lease payment. Reading further in 840-10-25-6 (e) it says “Fees that are paid by the lessee to the owners of the special-purpose entity for structuring the lease transaction. Such fees shall be included as part of minimum lease payments” so you would include these fees paid by Big Bear for the structuring the lease. In the Intermediate Accounting SIXTH EDITION p.832 under the Executory Costs “These expenditures simply are
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