Inversely, when a share repurchase is seen as treasury stock, the cost of the treasury stock is naturally disclosed as a decrease in total shareholders’ equity. Alcoa would report the purchase of the treasury stock by debiting treasury stock and crediting cash for the charge of the purchase. The treasury stock ought to be disclosed independently in the shareholders' equity area of Alcoa’s balance sheet as an unallocated cut of shareholders' equity. These shares are treated as issued although not part of common stock outstanding. If subsequently resold for a sum larger than the cost, Alcoa should report for the sale of the treasury stock by debiting cash for the sale cost, crediting treasury stock for cost, and crediting additional paid-in capital from repurchased stock for the excess of the selling price over the cost.
Peter Swap I. Issue: Will recognizing compensation expense as part of Mizri Corporation’s stock compensation plan faithfully represent the exchange? II. GAAP List: * 718-10-30-22: An equity instrument for which it is not possible to reasonably estimate fair value at the grant date shall be accounted for based on intrinsic value * 718-20-35-3: A modification of an equity award shall be treated as an exchange of the original award for a new award incurring additional compensation cost for any incremental value III. Alternatives: A.
For purposes of external financial reporting, LIFO may not be used with the lower of cost or market approach. c. If LIFO is used for external financial reporting, then it cannot be used for tax purposes. d. None of these. 83. If inventory levels are stable or increasing, an argument which is not an advantage of the LIFO method as compared to FIFO is a. income taxes tend to be reduced in periods of rising prices.
2. a. Critique Ace Repair’s current method of estimating its before-tax cost of debt. b. Is the earnings yield (E/P) an appropriate measure of the firm’s cost of equity? 3. a.
Market failure refers to a situation in which the market does not allocate resources efficiently. ANSWER: T TYPE: T KEY1: D SECTION: 2 OBJECTIVE: 7 RANDOM: Y [cxxii]. Since taxes affect only the price paid by the buyer, they cannot have an adverse impact on the allocation of society’s resources. ANSWER: F TYPE: T KEY1: C SECTION: 2 OBJECTIVE: 7 RANDOM: Y [cxxiii]. A monopolist has market power.
Discuss how Hincapie should report the proposed preferred stock issue. * General Disclosure- either on the face of the financial statement by means of parenthetical disclosure, or in the Notes of the financial statements "o 505-10-50-2: If both financial position and results of operations are presented, disclosure of changes in the separate accounts comprising shareholders’ equity (in addition to retained earnings) and of the changes in the number of shares of equity securities during at least the most recent annual fiscal period and any subsequent interim period presented is required to make the financial statements sufficiently informative. Disclosure of such changes may take the form of separate statements or may be made in the basic financial statements or notes thereto " "o 505-10-50-3: An entity shall explain, in summary form within its financial statements, the pertinent rights and privileges of the various securities outstanding. Examples of information that shall be disclosed
The second ratio measures the effect of interest; it indicates the proportion of earnings before interest and tax that is retained after paying interest. It should be considered together with the leverage component (assets/equity). The third ratio measures the company’s operating profit on sales; it can be broken down into subcomponents such as gross profit margin. Common-sized income statements can help with
Advantages and Disadvantages of Issuing Preferred Stock vs. Bonds Stock is a share of ownership in a company, sold by the company to its investors. “A bond is a form of an interest-bearing note…..requires periodic interest payments with the face amount to be repaid at the maturity date.” Both stock and bonds come in different classes: common and preferred stock, convertible, term, serial, callable and debenture bonds. Preferred stock, as defined by the Financial Accounting textbook, is “one or more classes of stock with various preference rights such as a preference to dividends.” Dividends are “distributions of a corporation’s earnings to stockholders.” These dividend rights are shown as a dollar amount per share or a percentage of par (Warren/Reeve/Duchac, 2012). There are several advantages and disadvantages to issuing preferred stock. A couple of the advantages to preferred stock are fixed rate of dividends and no voting rights.
Cost of capital As Roper Industries uses a mix of equity and debt to finance its acitivities, the cost of capital will be calculated as a weighted average of the various sources of funding. No cost of preferred stock will be calculated as it is not used by the firm. Risk-free rate The first element that we need to evaluate in order to calculate the cost of capital is the risk free rate. To do so,
The components of the statement of cash flow shows how changes in balance sheet and income accounts affect cash and cash equivalents, and breaks the analysis down into operating, investing, and financing activities. The statement shows the current operating results for a period of time. These details are reflected in the balance sheet. As an analytical tool, the statement of cash flows is useful in determining the short-term viability of a company, particularly its ability to pay bills. o Which financial statement is the most important?