Accepted Accounting Principles The health care industry is a business but unlike most business; the primary goal of health care organizations is to provide medical care to patients. The secondary goal is to have the financial means to provide care by earning a profit. The financial statement of an organization measures how the business did in the past, present, and has the potential to predict the future status. All businesses need to keep track of revenue and cost, including a having a consistent method
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the deductible, and the recovery is probable. Issues: * According to the Accounting Standard Codification (ASC) 235-10-50-3, in the notes to financial statements, the disclosure shall identify and describe the accounting principles followed by the entity and the methods of applying those principles that materially affect the determination of financial position, cash flows, or results of operations. In general, the disclosure shall encompass important judgments as the appropriateness of principles
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Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities | 18 | Item 6. | Selected Financial Data | 20 | Item 7 | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 20 | Item 7A. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk | 26 | Item 8. | Financial Statements and Supplementary Data | 26 | Item 9. | Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure | 26 | Item 9A | Controls and Procedures | 26 | Item 9B. |
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Potchefstroom Goldfield Evander Klerksdorp Klerksdorp Goldfield Potchefstroom N 0 100 Km Welkom Southern Free State Goldfield Wits Gold Prospecting Rights Mining Leases Witwatersrand Basin Basement Rocks Disclaimer Certain statements in this directors’ report may constitute forward-looking information within the meaning of securities laws. In some cases, forward-looking information can be identified by use of terms such as “may”, “will”, “should”, “expect”, “believe”, “plan”
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locations, through a 55%-owned subsidiary) and Australia (three locations). The Company also operates Costco Online, electronic commerce web sites, at www.costco.com (U.S.), www.costco.ca (Canada), and www.costco.co.uk (United Kingdom). CONTENTS Financial Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Letter to Shareholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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report include the financial statements, the managements discussion and analysis, notes to the financial statements, and a auditors report. Financial statements consists of four different statements. The income statements reports a company success or failure for a given time period. A balance sheet reports assets and claims at a specific point in time. The retained earnings statements show the net income retained in the business. These statements are concluded by the statements of cash flows which
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Financial Accounting and Reporting Royal Dutch Shell For the purpose of this paper Royal Dutch Shell a British petroleum company was selected, the company is registered in the UK and operating business in the energy sectors worldwide, it is one of the public limited company (PLC) and actively operating in the London Stock Exchange. Task .1 You are required to identify eight (8) user groups and obtain the latest published income Statement and Balance Sheet for a company listed on the London
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C H A P T E R 2 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR FINANCIAL REPORTING LEARNING OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter, you should be able to: •1 •2 •3 •4 Describe the usefulness of a conceptual framework. Describe efforts to construct a conceptual framework. Understand the objective of financial reporting. Identify the qualitative characteristics of accounting information. Define the basic elements of financial statements. •6 •7 Describe the basic assumptions of accounting. Explain the
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Chapter 2 1. The three main sections of this report are the introductory section, the financial section and the statistical section. 2. A) The entity’s annual report for 2007 was awarded a “certificate of achievement for excellence in financial reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association. This certificate is awarded when the reports meet in the standards of accounting and reporting of the Government Finance Officers Association. B) The key issues addressed in the letter of
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moving ahead UPS ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2007 HIGHLIGHTS Reached a five-year labor agreement with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters 10 months prior to the expiration of the current contract in July 2008. Adopted a new financial policy in early 2008 to enhance shareowner value by reducing the company’s cost of capital. Celebrated our 100th anniversary on August 28, 2007. Introduced several industry-first product innovations, including UPS Delivery InterceptSM, UPS PaperlessSM Invoice and
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