Debt to total assets, also known as simply debt ratio, is calculated by taking the total liabilities for the company divided by the total assets for the company; this information is found on the company’s balance sheet. This ratio determines the portion of debts a company has that are paid and financed through its debt. For Huffman Trucking the calculation would look like this for 2011: ($90,283+$71,365)/$267,265 = $161,648/$267,265 = 0.6048 or 60.48% (Huffman Trucking, 2013). Time interest earned, also known as interest coverage ratio, is calculated by taking the earnings before interest and tax and dividing it by interest expense; this information is found on the company’s income statement. This ratio determines the rate and ability in which the company is able to pay its debts off.
In deciding how to account for an unusual or unique transaction for financial reporting purposes, should one consider the tax treatment applied to the transaction? 3. Did Peat Marwick have a right to change its position on the proper accounting treatment for the stock redemptions? What factor or factors may have been responsible for Peat Marwick’s decision to change its position regarding these transactions? Facts In 1983, GEICO announced plans to purchase several million shares of its outstanding common stock for $60 per share.
| Huffman Trucking | Memo To: Graham Grove, Vice President of Industrial Relations From: Paul Johnson Director of Accounting CC: Simone Ojeda Accounting Specialist Date: [ 4/9/2012 ] Re: Results from ratio calculations and horizontal and vertical analysis What do the liquidity, profitability, and solvency ratios reveal about the company’s financial position? Liquidity ratios are the ratios that measure the ability of Huffman Trucking to meet its short term debt obligations. These ratios measure the ability of this company to pay off its short-term liabilities when they fall due. Profitability ratios measures Huffman Trucking’s ability to generate earnings relative to sales, assets and equity. These ratios assess the ability of the company to generate earnings, profits and cash flows relative to some metric, often the amount of money invested.
Employers favor defined contribution plans. Defined contribution plans are 401k plans, profit sharing, stock bonus plans, employee stock ownership plans, savings incentive match plan, section 403(b) tax deferred annuities, and section 457 plans. Contributions are expressed as a percentage of an employee’s wage or salary. Employers contribute a percentage of each participant’s compensation annually. Employers can choose from a variety of investments such as company stocks, diversity stock market funds, or federal government bond funds.
The other benefit our government received had to do with the changes caused in the economy when the 9/11 terrorist attacks happened. What happened that day, cost the U.S. $20 billion dollars and caused the global market to fall over $100 billion dollars. This made it easier for our government to trade certain goods with other certain countries. This is also a good excuse to raise taxes and the prices of oil and anything else people need so the government is spending money but maybe not as much as they were receiving. The terrorist attacks also caused the major debt the U.S. was in
To what extent should the 1920’s in America be remembered as good times or bad times? After World War one and the Treaty of Versailles, America became an isolationist. This meant they isolated themselves from all the other countries and didn’t get involved in other countries problems, America decided to take care of her own problems. During the 1920’s the USA became the richest and most powerful country in the world as a massive economic boom had occurred. However in 1929 disaster struck as banks went bust and share prices hit rock bottom.The roaring twenties, the age of excess and the Jazz age.
Eventually people started investing more money than they had in the stock market, using loans from lenders. It got to the point where the amount of money being traded on the stock market from lenders and the amount of money sitting in shares exceeded the amount of money in circulation at the time. Compare the approaches of Hoover and FDR to the problems of the Great Depression? President Hoover believed it was best to leave business alone to right the economy
Many eager businessmen with a few extra dollars invested in the railroad and real estate businesses, and soon this gave way to massive over speculation. Over the next few years, 89 of the country’s 364 railroads went bankrupt, over 15,000 businesses failed, and unemployment skyrocketed to 14%. Eventually, the economy managed to get itself back on its feet, and by the 1880s the country was back to normal. The government passed a number of reformative protective tariffs which were meant to ensure that nothing like the panic would ever happen again. Unfortunately, it did.
The Collapse of Enron Once a Fortune 500 company, Enron was forced to file bankruptcy in 2001. The bankruptcy action stemmed from the realization that Enron’s financial records were riddled with inaccuracies and other arrangements that were off-the-records. It is apparent that all of the higher-ups at Enron were out to make more money for themselves without real thought to the consequences or effects that their collective actions and illegal activities would cause. When news of the accounting discrepancies and possible illegal activity became known, the company’s stock plummeted. This led to Enron laying off thousands and shareholders losing billions (Ferrell et al., 2011).
From 1979 to 2006, the financial industry’s share in the nation’s corporate profits grew from a fifth to almost a third. By 2006, bankers and insurers were making 70 percent more, on average, than workers in the rest of the private sector. Then they set off again one of the worst financial crises since the Great Depression, and taxpayers bailed them out. The corruption is just not limited to Wall Street but also politicians who made money off of looking the other way. My input on this is that we did not learn anything from the crash of the stock market in 1929.