Evaluation of Audit Software The role of an auditor is to analyze a company’s financial transactions and to form an opinion as to whether the accounts show a true and fair view of a company’s financial position. Auditors use generalized audit software (GAS) to analyze huge amount of financial data efficiently. Two leading standalone GAS software programs are Audit Command Language (ACL) and Interactive Data Extraction and Analysis (IDEA). This paper will evaluate the two programs for needs assessment
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1) Financial ratios are of little use without benchmarks to compare them against. Benchmarks are guidelines or general rules of thumb related to a specific industry or business segment. In order for financial operational performance measures to have evaluative meaning, the user must have some reference (comparison) benchmarks against which to compare the actual outcome. As benchmarking and ratio analysis continue to grow in popularity, the availability of such data will also improve. Various
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A1a: Horizontal Analysis: To adequately understand what we are looking at it is helpful to understand the true meaning of horizontal analysis. In Webster’s new world dictionary horizontal is defined as “1. Parallel to the plane of the horizon; not vertical. 2. Flat and even; level.” (Simon and Schuster Inc., 1990) Analysis is then defined as “1. A breaking up of a whole into its parts to find their nature, etc. 2. A statement of the results of this…” (Simon and Schuster Inc., 1990) Therefore in
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made huge investment of capital expenditures, inventory and personnel. As a result, The Home Depot’s earnings dropped 42% from $14.1 million to $8.2 million, while revenue increased 62%. Since this expansion is largely financed through debt, the financial leverage increased rapidly from 1984 to 1986. With increased asset base by adding new stores and reduced profitability, The Home Depot’s ROA and ROE both dropped about 50%. The selling, general and administrative costs were about 20% of sales in
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regarding Tootsie Roll Industries current financial position, how Tootsie Roll Industries plans to implement the funds from the loan, and how the funds will promote future company growth. Financial Statement Summary….Michelle (~375 words) (due Jan 7th) A General financial statement summary is important when requesting a loan for expansion or any other reason like inventory purchases or debt retirement. The Tootsie Roll Company has four important financial statements that reflect important information
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FINANCIAL ANALYSIS RATIOS TABLE | | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | Current Ratio | .75 | .87 | .90 | Long-Term Solvency Ratio | 1.26 | 1.38 | 2.06 | Contribution Ratio | .53 | .51 | .49 | Programs/Expense Ratio | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.11 | General & Management/Expense Ratio | .30 | .28 | .23 | Fundraising /expense Ratio | | | | Revenue/Expense Ratio | .98 | .94 | 1.11 | Each ratio is important for all three years of the Data for XYZ Corporation. The reasons are as follows: 1. Current Ratio
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………………………………………………………………... 4 3.2 ExxonMobil …………………………………………………………………….. 4 3.3 Chevron ………………………………………………………………………... 5 3.0 Financial Analyses and Benchmarking ………………………………………….. 5 4.4 Accounting Standards ………………………………………………………. 5 4.5 Common size Income Statement …………………………………………. 6 4.6 Benchmarking with Financial Ratios ………………………………………. 7 4.7 Business Segments ……………………………………………………………. 19 4.0 Issues ……………………………………………………………………………………. 22
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Impact of high-frequency trading on stock Exchanges Maastricht University | | | | School of Business & Economics | | | | Place & date: | Maastricht, 22 January 2013 | | | | Name, initials: | B.G.M. Lens | | For assessor only | | ID number: | I6048482 | | 1. Content | | Study: | International Business/Economics | | 2. Language structure | | Course code: | EBS1001 | | 3. Language accuracy | | Group number: | C | | 4. Language: Format & citing/referencing
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Sample Article: The Financial Crisis in Spain Summary Unemployment in Spain has reached 17.4 percent, according to figures released April 24 by the National Statistics Institute. Even without the global recession, Spain's economy likely would be going through a rough patch now due to the country's overheated housing market; with the recession, it is also suffering from a banking crisis and an industrial slump. Analysis Spain's unemployment rate rose from 13.9 percent in the fourth quarter of
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concepts you can expect to see. Test Overview Career Skills Verbal Skills (15 questions) This section of the BAT is designed to assess reading comprehension. You are asked to read a series of brief news articles on topics that impact the financial world and to answer questions that assess your critical and inferential comprehension of the information presented in the passage. Math Skills (15 questions) This section of the BAT is
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