It turns out that, while debt reduces a company’s tax liability because interest payments are deductible expenses, increasing amounts of debt raise both the cost of equity capital and the interest rate on debt because of the increasing probability of bankruptcy. In other words, higher amounts of debt raise the financial risk of a company, and this risk is reflected on the cost of all the types of capital the company uses. As such, the relationship between financial leverage and WACC is not a straight line, but more of a U-shaped curve, with a minimum WACC between the extremes of debt utilization. Apart from the risk associated with a firm’s fundamental
a) What are the consequences of telling the president of your gross miscalculation? In order to determine the sales and income projection, it is useful to forecast the budget based on prior performance of the company. The business performance of the current year will shows how the company is actually performed and this is a good indication to expect the company will perform better in future. As to obtain an accurate sales projection, we collected all the information from the company because each area of business operation might have a separate budget. For example, Fernetti Conductor has a specific budget for advertising, purchasing, sales production and cash budget.
Known in this case as Johnson Services which has accumulated significant losses. Issues: 1. Outstanding purchase of stock (a) Mr. Jones would like to know if he should purchase the stock of Smithton outright, leaving Smithton intact. He also wants to know if he issues debt in his Johnson Services to pay for the Smith Company would that raise debt to equity issues (b) Mr. Jones also wanted to know should he convert Smithton to an S Corporation and change the fiscal year to a calendar year. (c) Mr. Jones also asked what are the potential tax ramifications that exist for
Unfortunately, the stock had been gradually going down, and then now it is gradually going up. Moreover, my prediction was accurate enough to say the today’s economy; diamond mines would have a hard time to seek reserves for diamonds. Base on their recently quarterly annual report, the financial portion on their statement reported losses7. Basically, this is one of the sign of the stock to go down. Most probably, their management team has not been fulfilling the factors to succeed in a business, or they do those factors, but not with full potential.
It’s not sure how much more. Most Americans truly want to know what the solution will be regarding the fiscal cliffs. Everybody will be affected by the fiscal cliff. It will be a temporary fix to the nation's debt crisis. Politicians in Washington were supposed to work on a permanent plan over the past year and a half.
Stockholders may assume when reading the financial statements that they would be receiving a higher return each month or quarter when in reality that would not be the case especially if they are planning on switching to LIFO. It is unethical to make a huge financial decision based on only short term goals. The Sabarnes-Oxley act of two-thousand and twelve, contains 11 sections detailing rules and regulations for financial reporting. The SOX act section 404 requires that management of
In 2011 the current ratio was 1.86. By 2012, it decreased to 1.77 rating in the lower second quartile group in the industry. That said, Company G’s ability to repay its debt is consistent with showing a weakness from year to year based on the industry’s quartiles of 3.1 with a strong ability to cover liabilities 2.1 at the median to 1.4 stating a weakness. As such, this is an area of concern. 2.
Leslie Fay Companies 1.) Clearly Inventories was a big item to address along with Accounts Receivable. Sales and gross profit were stellar in a time of industry unease. Furthermore Accounts Payable decreases as a percentage of current liabilities while Inventories increase as a percentage of current assets. This is an implausible trend on the Balance sheet that BDO should have investigated further, especially with Leslie Fay’s outstanding Income Statement.
(asic.gov.au) · As the financial markets became mainstream and matured, the access to capital markets and their scrutiny have both increased. Along with the added volatility, the lending markets have seen similar risks as equity markets. With the increased speed of both financial information and market changes, the rating agencies are more important as a first step, as they are to be scrutinized for their ratings and the trend in their rating changes. (investopedia.com) · CRAs and their ratings played a critical role in the recent market turmoil. Unlike securities trading on deeper, more transparent markets, credit ratings have had an inordinate impact on the valuation and liquidity of subprime RMBSs and RMBS backed
The operating budget is a detailed projection of a firm’s income and the expenses it will incur to generate that income in a specified period of time which is usually a year. An operating budget disciplines a firm’s management because it pinpoints issues and forces its members to co-ordinate efforts to plan ahead in order to meet the firm’s goals and objectives. First and foremost, a firm must set a goal. This goal consists of how many units it plans to produce to generate a profit. In order to achieve that goal, a plan must be implemented.