ACC 548 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Reporting Requirements M to purchase http://allmysolution.com/ACC-548_c119.htm Product Description One issue in accounting is the qualifications of an accountant when working for a client. It is expected that a CPA will not engage in an assignment without proper qualifications. Your firm has the ability to bid on two projects: the first is engagement and examination work—not consulting or audit—for a small county hospital. The second is work for a private, not-for-profit nursing home. Prepare a memo of 700-1,050 words for the senior partner.
The demand for a product/service goes up so the price of the service goes up. The opposite to anticipation inflation is unanticipated inflation which is when the price of goods/products unexpectedly rise. Ms.Wang originally spent £1900 a month on drawings and then she cut it back to £1000 a month. This saved her a total of £900 a month meaning she saved £10,800 in a year. She cut her
The next stage is Depression, this is where there is a lengthy period of declining Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – this is where there is little to no customer spending (there is some increase in the rise of employment). The last stage is Recovery, this is where the business starts to get better; the customers increase their spending, the business starts to feel more confident in their products and profits & unemployment is still continuing. b) Describe what influence the recession stage would have on your chosen business. If Tesco go into the recession stage of the business cycle that would influence them to cut back on hiring new employees when their revenues and profits start to go down, and also the business might chose to stop buying new equipment and stop new
Notwithstanding increasing dividends and a moderately stable share price, the home improvement retail industry remains to struggle due to the fragmentary world wide economic complications. Throughout 2009 Home Depot recorded expenses as much higher as well as the drop in sales. While Home Depot the company is very strong, the drop in sales and net earnings brought fourth some restraints until the economy shows signs of improvement. With this in mind The Home Depot, Inc. initiated strategies in the fiscal year 2008, to help minimize losses while maintaining a strong customer base. Which in turn may have the company to increase their credit programs for consumers with the intention to increase sales.
Nordstrom Nordstrom uses demand forecasting to minimize leftover inventory. Nordstrom’s overall corporate leadership is based on two main goals. Nordstrom correlates purchasing with demand to keep inventory lean and show both customers and employees Nordstrom’s inventory including warehouses. Nordstrom keeps its items in stock for a very short period of time so that if a customer wants it, they only have limited time to purchase it. Compared to Macy’s who keep an item in inventory for 119 days, Nordstrom keeps its items in inventory for 62 days.
As seen on the income statement by accounts receivable and annual credit sales Amazon was able to decrease the amount of days it took to collect on accounts receivable. The financial state of Amazon at this point of review, as some concerns with common stock outstanding, this led to the period in which the income statement shows a $-39 million dollar on net income. In 2012 sales did increase only due to more electronic transactions, new innovative Internet transactions and the rise in shipping costs, due to this there was a significant rise in prices of the products that Amazon sells. In 2013 Amazon must increase net income and retained earnings in order to continue to be a successful corporation.
The major quality that Wal-Mart possesses is its ability to adapt and change according to the needs of its customers while striving to keep prices of goods and services low. With annual sales of about $300 billion, around 68% of the sales come from Wal-Mart Stores, 19% from its international operations, and 13% from its Sam’s Club. Wal-Mart’s annual profits are about $10 billion and they have a market value of over $250 with assets worth over $105 billion (Mujtaba & Maxwell, 2011). This success has hurt many competitors in the process but their success is an example that many manufacturers and businesses should use as a case study to perfect their own inventorial
Financial ratios, especially when listed for multiple years in a row, can really expand what you are seeing on the financial statements with just a glance. The asset turnover ratio was decreasing towards 1 from 2000-04. As Krispy Kreme expanded assets were likely increasing. The fact that the ratio pushed from 2.1 to 1.01 in just four years shows those sales were not increasing proportionately with all the growth the company was experiencing. Exhibit 7: By a raising current ratio, we can see that Krispy Kreme is much more able to pay debt within the next year.
Through this entity, Armco was recognized as the leading supplier of grinding media products in the United States. The carbon wire rod was not a profitable product. The labour cost of Kansas City were higher than most of their competitors; however, their plant was not efficient, because it should have accommodate five times as many as current employees. Because of this disadvantage, the managers increase the value of their products to increase the profit and sales. All salaried employees in the Works were eligible for cash incentive awards based on performance evaluation made by their immediate superior and Rob Cushman with a range 5-30% of annual salary.
Doing business in an area whose predominate members are retirees, opened a niche for this business to primarily offer easy to grow container or small home garden items. This keeps inventory costs low and in demand; allowing Redwoman to charge premium prices. Operating only February through August, Wednesday through Saturday; in a 20’ x 30’ greenhouse, owned by the CEO keeps operating costs very low for this small business. All three employees are experts in container and home gardening. Each employee is required to research, grow and educate themselves on each variety of plant offered.