other words, it establishes relationship between two items expressed in quantitative form. According J. Batty, Ratio can be defined as "the term accounting ratio is used to describe significant relationships which exist between figures shown in a balance sheet and profit and loss account in a budgetary control system or any other part of the accounting management." Ratio can be used in the form of (1) percentage (20%) (2) Quotient (say 10) and (3) Rates. In other words, it can be expressed as a to
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Evaluation of Corporate Performance – PetSmart, Inc. PetSmart is the largest pet retail chain that caters to all type of pet needs for the lifetime of the pet. The company employs 52,000 and currently has 1,289 stores. It also has more than 196 in-house pet hotels that specializes in boarding cats and dogs. PetSmart carries more than 11,000 products that include food, bedding, leashes, toys, training products and many books on all type of pets. PetSmart is a solid company and would be a good
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Although the Conceptual Framework views the primary use of accounting numbers as decision making, we still see accounting measures used in contracts for management compensation. why do you think that companies use accounting numbers in management compensation contracts? (4 marks) The conceptual framework is a set of interrelated concepts that define the nature, purpose and broad content of the general-purpose financial report that provides information useful for the users to make and evaluate
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Journal of Accounting and Economics 11 (1989) 295-329. North-Holland FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS AND THE PREDICTION OF STOCK RETURNS* Jane A. O U Santa Clara university, Santa Clara, CA 95053, USA Stephen H. P E N M A N Universi(v of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA Received January 1988, final version received April 1989 This paper performs a financial statement analysis that combines a large set of financial statement items into one summary measure which indicates the direction of
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Final Project SUO BUS 3101 Week 6 Assignment 2 Linda Taylor February 15, 2013 Instructor Donna Whitaker Abstract This paper is a comprehensive strategic plan for a floating fishing pliers manufacturing company that is made using an extrusion process. Included will be a mission statement, a resource needs assessment, business goal, measurable and observable objectives, the hardware, software and facility resource requirement, training
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March 29, 2013 ACC230 Nortel Networks Case The Nortel case does show that Nortel has agreements in associated to the guarantee under FIN 45. The payments based on a liability, charges relating to assets, or equities security that was provided by third parties has to be made to that third party. Nortel was able to retain liabilities for the events that occurred before the sale. Nortel guaranteed escrow for specified periods and had no limits of the potential amounts of the liabilities
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chapter 2 1) Assets = Liability + Shareholders’ equity Shareholders’ equity = Assets – Liabilities = ( 5,100 + 23,800 ) – ( 4,300 + 7,400 ) = 17,200 Net working capital = Current assets – Current liabilities = 5,100 – 4,300 = 800 2) Net sales 586,000 COGS 247,000 Depreciation 43,000 Earnings before interest and taxes 296,000 Interest paid 32,000 Taxable Income 264,000 Taxes ( 35% ) 92,400 Net income 171,600
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3-4(a) A tabular analysis of the transactions made during August 2010 by Witten Company during its first month of operations is shown below. Each increase and decrease in stockholders' equity is explained. | ------------------------------------------------- Assets | = | ------------------------------------------------- Liabilities | + | ------------------------------------------------- Stockholders' Equity | | | ------------------------------------------------- Cash | + | -------------------------------------------------
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regarding the financial status of an organization. (Chakrabarty, 2011; Gill, 2007) In the US, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) “are the accounting rules used to prepare and standardize the reporting of financial statements, such as balance sheets, income statements and cashflow statements, for publicly traded companies and many private companies” (Paul, 2008). Many countries, like the US, have their own set of GAAP. Globalization of business is increasing the need for a more unified
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General Ledger also keeps track of Non-Financial accounts such as “department sales and inventory; department and store headcount. Looking at the description on the intranet site, the General Ledger module as-well provides Financial Reporting such as Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Cash Flow, and Trend Analysis with period over period, store comparisons, and department comparisons, this module provides everything Kudler Fine Foods needs to produce all of the necessary financial reports and even budget
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