Harnischfeger Corp. Case Harnischfeger Corp. is a large New York Stock Exchange company but with old-line, low-tech. This family-based old midwest company had a history for almost 100 years. When the recession hit the financial world during 1980-1981, Harnischfeger could hardly maintain its solid financial performance. Finally, it violated the bond covenants that significantly cause financial distress. In the year of 1984, a number of accounting policy changes were made by the new manager, Peter
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CHAPTER 3 OVERVIEW OF ACCOUNTING ANALYSIS HARNISCHFEGER CORPORATION 1 Identify all the accounting policy changes and accounting estimates that Harnischfeger made during 1984. Estimate, as accurately as possible, the effect of these on the company’s 1984 reported profits. i. Harnischfeger Corporation had changed from accelerated to straight-line method for computing depreciation expenses on plants, machinery and equipment in 1984.The cumulative effect is that net income for 1984 increased by
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all the accounting policy changes and accounting estimates that Harnischfeger made during 1984. Estimate, as accurate as possible, the effect of these on the company’s 1984 reported profits. Accounting policy changes made on core business activities: • Harnischfeger included net sales figure from Kobe Steel Ltd. Previously, only net gross margin generated from transactions with Kobe Steel Ltd was included. This change resulted in a net sales figure increase of $28 million. • Harnischfeger incorporated
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Harnischfeger Corporation Harnischfeger Corporation was a machinery based company based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The company had initially started as a partnership; however, in 1910 it was incorporated in Wisconsin under the name of Pawling and Harnischfeger. The company finally went public in 1929 and was listed in the New York Stock Exchange under the new name Harnischfeger. The company had two major segments of business P&H Heavy Equipment Group, which consisted of the construction equipment
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Accounting policy changes: Kobe steels impact on the accounting changes: -Owned 8.4% of the Corporations outstanding common stocks. -Owns 25% of the capital stock of Harnishfeger of Australia Pty. (the owner ship appers as the minority interest in the balance sheet.) -Net fee income received from Kobe was 4.3min in 84, an increase of 1.2 mill from previous year. -ten year agreement with Kobe supplying the corporation requirement for construction cranes for sale in US. -Join R&D program for
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Harnischfeger Corporation Questions 1. Identify all the accounting policy changes and the accounting estimates that Harnischfeger made during 1984. Estimate, as accurately as possible, the effect of these on the company´s 1984 reported profits. 2. What do you think are the motives of Harnischfeger´s management in making the changes in its financial reporting policies? Do you think investors will see through these changes? Answers 1. Identify all the accounting policy changes
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Identify all the accounting policy changes and accounting estimates that Harnischfeger made during 1984. Estimate, as accurately as possible, the effect of these on the company’s 1984 reported profits. In early 1980s Harnischfeger Corporation, a machinery company based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, faced a severe financial crisis. The company’s poor performance continued through 1983, however, the company reported net profit in 1984. This positive result was a consequence of a number of changes that have been
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Harnischfeger Corporation * * | * | * 945 | * | | * Harnischfeger Corporation Teaching Note INTRODUCTION The purpose of the "Harnischfeger Corporation" case is to expose students to the managerial motives for making major financial reporting policy changes. Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) allow companies wide latitude in the choice of accounting policies. After a firm chooses a set of accounting policies
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all the accounting policy changes and the accounting estimates that Harnischfeger made during 1984. Estimate, as accurately as possible, the effect of these on the company’s 1984 reported profits. a. Changes that affect the Harnischfeger Revenues: • The company start to account Kobe Steel sales in US, previously it only add the gross margin in the financial statement. (this sales represents $28 millions) Following are the accounting policy changes and accounting estimates that Harnischfeger made
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Week 3 case study: Harnischfeger Corporation 1. Identify all the accounting policy changes and accounting estimates that Harnischfeger made during 1984. Estimate, as accurately as possible, the effect of these on the company’s 1984 reported profits. * Harnischfeger retroactively changed its depreciation method from accelerated to straight-line for all depreciable assets. The cumulative effect of this accounting policy change, which not including the reduction in the current year’s depreciation
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