Generational accounting

In 1857 “a third son of William, Thomas Shields Bisland purchased Fairfax Plantation, located in St. Mary Parish from Joshua Baker” … the father-in-law of Thomas’ brother, William Alexander Bisland. “Baker, who served a brief term as a military governor of Louisiana in 1868, played an important role in the maintenance of the Bisland plantations during the war.” Scarborough speculates his appointment as a Unionist Governor during Reconstruction helped to keep Hope Farm and Aragon as working…

Background- Positive Confirmations: Before we perform our audit of Simply Soup Inc.’s cash balance, the audit associate examined the bank reconciliation statement established by the client, and the test shown some supports for the management assertions to the cash balances of the company. Although the test shown some support evidences for the cash balances of Simply Soup Inc., it’s more reliable to test support documents from external sources. Therefore, we have to request the cash…

The fraud perpetrated at Rite Aid could have been detected through the reconciliation of liabilities with monthly statements from the creditors. By reconciling the liabilities with the vendors’ statements, the auditors would have been able to detect any omission of liabilities or the reversal of expenses as was the case at Rite Aid. Also, the auditors could have used analytical procedures such as ratios for the year of audit and compared it to prior periods to detect unusual patterns or trends.…

“Direct reimbursement plans gives the sales manager some control over both the magnitude of sales expenses and the kinds of activities sales people will be motivated to do. On the other hand, managers can discourage their subordinates from spending time on unimportant task by refusing to reimburse expenditures for such activities” (Johnston & Marshall, 2009). For example, with a direct reimbursement plan the sales force representative would meet with potential clients for lunch or dinner at a…

America: Riveting Prospects, the article written by Ed Crooks, discusses the issues within the United States lack of exporting goods. He briefly touches on five reasons why our economy is not quick to jump at the opportunity that trade can bring. Here within I will discuss those five areas along with my opinion on international commerce. 1. The United States are not custom to selling internationally. Mr. Crooks speaks about there only being 1% of goods exported to other countries at the time…

Audiences continue to embrace the exploration of the final frontier – as Star Trek Beyond vigorously beamed itself to the top of the box office… With a healthy debut of $59.6 million, Star Trek Beyond, starring Chris Pine as Captain James T. Kirk, could not be touched – and easily won the weekend. While any victory is usually good news, Star Trek Beyond’s opening numbers do indicate a decline for the franchise. This third installment, the first without J.J. Abrams in the director’s chair,…

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…

The four key changes that were apparent in the HCA’s results were that revenue increased 8.5 percent to $8.434 billion, compared to $7.769 from the previous year. The revenue growth was attributed to patient volumes and patient utilization at the organizations facilities. Admissions increased 7.4 percent, a substantial percent increase from the previous year. Their cash flow from operations totaled $1.263 billion compared to $1,387 billion the year before. The facility emergency room visits…

The overall attractiveness of the industry is moderate. As a whole, the audio entertainment industry provides hundreds of thousands of jobs directly and indirectly. As a consumer, the attractiveness of this industry is high. The consumer has the ability to choose between the programming of AM/FM, internet, and satellite radio, based on their likes and dislikes, vis-a-vi payed programming versus commercial programming. The attractiveness remains high on the part of the consumer due to their…

The cost-plus-award-fee contract is contract where the contractor will offer estimated proposal for the cost to complete the project. The main goal is performance has incentive if contractor reach project’s specification. The incentive is geared towards completing the project to required specification for contractors to have additional compensation. The last resource to be sacrifice is the performance measurements. The downside is the buyer will be obligated to pay the stated fee and any…