BYP 1-6 (a) Who are the stakeholders in this situation? The stakeholders in this situation would be the vice-president of finance, the president of Robbin Industries, Wayne Terrago, and the users of Robbin Industries’ financial statements. Each of these stakeholders will be affected by any choices Robbin Industries make that affect the company’s financial statements. These individuals each have something to lose by the company providing falsified or inaccurate financial statements (Weygandt, Kieso, & Kimmel, 2010). (b) What are the ethical issues involved in this situation?
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.
I understand your concern for the financial statements. Thank you for the questions you asked concerning the effect on your financial statements if you lost the lawsuit. You have various questions regarding the mortgage, Chapter 11, patent impairment, and contingencies in the event Fabrikam lose the lawsuit. Filing Chapter 11 does not forgive debts. Rather, it only reorganizes debts and formats them for you to repay over time.
Write an ‘Analysis’: Analyze the TECHNIQUES used by the author (‘Language’, ‘Purpose’, ‘Audience’, ‘Mode of Development', etc). By analyzing the writer’s techniques you will be able to answer this basic question: Did the author achieve his/her purpose successfully? Don’t forget to justify your answer by citing evidence from the text. 5. Write a ‘Response’: Respond to the writer’s IDEAS (main idea, first) by evaluating them and pointing out whether or not you agree with any of them.
JACKSON HEWITT TAX SERVICES AND ITS UNETICAL DILEMMAS Introduction Jackson Hewitt Tax Company is known for preparing taxes and getting customers bigger refunds. While the company stands behind its reputation and does a great service to those in need. Research shows that there is some evidence of unethical behavior from the company. Fee increases, fraudulent tax returns, employees pay cut, bonuses not being paid to employees to name a few. A closer look at the organizational behavior of Jackson Hewitt is needed.
Financial Analysis A company’s strengths and weaknesses are better understood by their financial statements such as Income Statement, Cash Flow statement, and Balance sheet. As Financial consultants, our goal is to help CanGo understand their financial statements and where CanGo needs to improve to gain the competitive edge in the market. Every company needs to understand their own financials before analyzing the market or industry. After analyzing CanGo’s efficiency ratios, we found them to be very un-attractive for investors. For example, CanGo has a very high receivables turnover rate.
Week One Discussion Questions • What are the purposes of a personal budget, balance sheet, and statement of cash flow? The purpose of a personal budget, balance sheet and statement of cash flow is to give a full picture of ones finances. Being oblivious to where ones money is actually going can cause stress which is small compared to the more severe instance of leading to bankruptcy because of a failure to properly manage money. • The Internal Revenue Code (IRC) is the supreme source of income tax law. When trying to resolve an income tax question, a tax practitioner will look to other sources in addition to the IRC.
The objective of an audit of financial statements is to enable the auditor to express an opinion whether the financial statements are prepared, in all material respects, in conformity with an identified financial reporting framework of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. In essence, materiality should function as a cut-off threshold to determine the nature of the audit testing. Auditors should not reveal its materiality level to clients because clients might take advantage of it to deceive the auditors and make its financial statement better. When the Deloitte auditors are suspicious of certain accounts, they not only can’t reveal it but also make more substantive investigation into these accounts. Question 4: Existence: the
If we want to help the people who are suffering in this crisis and recession, then we should make financial policies with them directly in mind. Just throwing money at the banks will not get the job done.” In reference to “Bailout Nation”, Wolfson proves that bailing out large insolvent banks hurt the taxpaying people. He brings to light where the people’s money really goes, and how it’s
Protection risk is another, Making sure they have policies that deal directly which the risk of banking. 4. Name at least two risks banks face. (1.0 points) A bank or a bank panic and bad investments are two risks a bank faces. Lesson 2 (3.0 points) 1.