are (1) the conduct must be intentional or reckless, and (2) the misstatement must be material to the financial statements. 7. Common examples of fraudulent financial reporting are failure to write down obsolete inventory and recognizing revenue before the sale has been made. 8. Separation of duties helps prevent financial fraud because it limits the opportunity to commit the fraud. To commit financial fraud when a separation of duties exists, two or more individuals must
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Antonio retired from his 35 years of leadership, he named his eldest son, Frank, as the new CEO and was asked to double the company’s revenues within five years, of which2 years have passed without any credible strategy adopted yet. He did not want to disturb the special company culture or risk their reputation for quality food services on the race to double the revenue. Now he finds it difficult to carry out his father’s directives. The humanistic and emphatically pro-employee company culture should
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1.“Revenue hours” represent the key activity that drives costs at Salem Data Services. Which expenses in Exhibit 2 are variable with respect to revenue hours? Which expenses are fixed with respect to revenue hours? We think that Variable Expenses considering the revenue hours as driver are: • • hourly personnel salaries expense Power Expense Fixed expenses with respect to revenue hours: Rent custodial services computer leases Maintenance depreciation of computer equipment, office
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Debit Credit Assets Inc. Dec Liability Dec. Inc S/E Dec. Inc Revenue Dec. Inc Expense Inc. Dec Adjusting Entries Accrued Wages Wages Expense DR Wages Payable CR Office Supplies Consumed Off. Supp. Expense DR Off. Supp. CR Depreciation Deprec. Expense DR Accumulated Dep., Equip. CR Prepaid Rent Rent Expense DR Prepaid Rent CR Accrued Taxes Taxes Expense DR Taxes Payable CR Accrued Interest Interest Expense DR Interest Payable CR Rev. Earned, Cash not
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Custom Snowboards, Inc has seen exponential growth over the past few years and is seeking to expand their business into different areas throughout the world. The opportunity for growth is apparent when considering the company’s financial situation, profitability and liquidity. However, it is important for Custom Snowboards to understand the associated risks involved when considering obtaining a loan from the bank and expanding their business into a new market. Summarize the key points of the
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Chapter 5 REVENUE AND MONETARY ASSETS Changes from Tenth Edition The chapter has been updated. The SEC’s SAB101 Revenue Recognition tests have been added. Approach The sequence of transactions for accounts receivable and bad debts often causes difficulty; indeed, the time that one is sometimes forced to spend on this topic is all out of proportion to its importance. Students often do not understand why an Allowance for Bad Debts account is necessary at all; they do not grasp the notion
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Financial Analysis (COURSE CODE: JET Task 1) A1 a. Horizontal Analysis Results Income Statement Based on the review of Competition’s Bike’s Horizontal Analysis, revenue shows a decline of $897,000 or 15% in Year 8 compared to Year 7. The decline was mainly due to the current economic conditions. This also resulted in the decline in gross profits by $266,600 or 16.3%. The selling expenses of the company fell by 14.9%, compared to a 16.3% decline in the gross profits from year 8 to
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solutions to small and medium sized businesses in the U.S. It also has a subsidiary in Germany, even though it generates less than 1% of Paychex total revenue. The Service Revenue mainly comprises of Payroll and Human Resource portfolios of the services and products they provide. Payroll service revenue serves as the Backbone for Paychex. Paychex revenues exceed $2.3 billion in fiscal 2013, mainly included payroll processing, payroll tax administration services, employee payment services and other ancillary
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figures indicate that, unless there was a sale of common stock, the earnings from the continuing operations of the company decreased during 2010. This should give the company’s management some concern because they will not always be able to count on revenue or gains from irregular items. 4. Companies report a change from FIFO to average cost pricing for inventory retroactively. That is, they report both the current period and any previous periods reported on the face of the statement using the new
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