1. INTRODUCTION An investigation carried out by Income & Sales Tax Department disclosed that Nefret Stores, a large discount cosmetic department store chain, understated accounts payable and recorded fictitious supplier credits. Therefore, Nefret’s audit firm, Abdul & EL-Emir tested their accounts payable and supplier credits including supporting advertising credits, Nashwa credits and Zaki credits. 2. CASE ANALYSIS 2.1 Advertising Credits In this case, there were only 8 out of 2,500…
These incentives may include bonuses and rewards for performance as it is widely accepted that financial performance in the form of reported earnings are a ‘good’ measure of a firm’s financial performance. The word ‘good’ is abbreviated as reported earnings may not always accurately reflect the true earnings figure of the firm, therefore…
BUSN642: Nonprofit Chart of Accounts A chart of accounts in the most basic definition is a list of accounts that is used to show the various accounts that meet the needs of the organization; and although all chart of accounts may contain some general areas of focus and categories, each organization may vary in some of the details of the accounts listed. The larger and more complex an organization may be, the more accounts it may have, which is why it is important that chart of accounts be…
I will be looking at the Tesco Plc Annual Report and Financial Statements 2014 in this week’s learning journal since it is the company I chose in my week 1. Before I delve into discussing whether I think they use accrual-based account or cash-based accounting I will like to define the terms. Accrual basis accounting simply means the process of recording revenue and expenses as they take place even though there has not been an exchange of cash, while, cash basis accounting as the name typifies is…
The notes state that the consolidated financial statements are prepared on an accrual basis and in compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). The financial statements include the accounts the company uses, as well as its subsidiaries, and have been adjusted to create an honest representation of the company. One of the adjustments made was the removal of any…
improvement, these initiatives cannot wait for another annual assessment. In this case the frequency of monitoring should either be monthly, bi weekly or quarterly based on the financial reporting capabilities of the hospital. The most generally accepted financial term would be monthly however most departments/institutions take an additional 5 to 10 days after the calendar month has finished to close out the previous month 's financial numbers. This should be taken into consideration when the…
Academic year: 2016/17 Semester: First 1. Program: BA in Business Studies 2. Track: Accounting 3. Course Code: BE210 (BE210/4) 4. Course Title: Introduction to Financial Accounting 5. General Course Coordinator, GCC: Prof. Ahmad Al-Omari 6. TMA Grade Distribution: Criteria Content Deductions: Format & Presentation; Referencing; Word count and E-library Total marks Kuwait Food Company (Al Americana) Marks 20 each ; in total maximum deductions 20 About TMA: The TMA covers the…
preparing its income statement, HealthSouth deducted the contractual adjustment from its gross revenues to get net revenues, which were reported in the periodic financial reports and filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Since generally accepted accounting principles claim any increase in revenue or decrease in expenses on the Income Statement should be in accordance with either an assets increase or…
Financial Expansion Analysis Summary Capital budgeting is an important decision making tool used to help organizations decide whether to accept or reject potential projects. Through applying this method to Mel & Bud Inc. one is able to determine if the company should purchase new equipment to increase the company’s printing capabilities. Additionally, capital budgeting occurs in three steps, finding the required rate of return via the weighted average cost of capital (WACC), calculating…
businesses in the early 1990s, including his Atlantic City casinos, the Trump Shuttle and the Plaza Hotel. He reported huge losses for these enterprises to casino regulators. But we really do not know how and when the losses arose or whether the IRS accepted them, as the numbers on the returns are…