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Project 1: Number Cruncher VS. Strategic Thinker
Robin Deel
Intermediate Accounting 1 (ACC303009VA016-1194-001)
Professor Dr. Tim Creel, CPA, CMA, CIA, CFM
05/01/2019
In this world of financial reporting and investment decisions we are relying more and more on a combination of reports to help us to make decisions. Be it a personal decision, or a business decision, we still count on numerous reports to help us along our financial journey. A
company’s financial statement is made up of four main reports, the balance sheet, the income statement, the statement of cash flows, and the statement of retained earnings (Kieso, Intermediate accounting volume 1, pages 81-82)
I have chosen a real company to explore their financial statements and come up with ideas on what could be done to change things, for the better, for this company. The company I
chose is Nestle Food Group and I have reviewed their financial reports to the extent that I have gotten a few ideas on some things that could increase their profit and lower some of their
cost’s. One of the first things I would change with the company is to cut inventory down to nothing and use a real time ship out from the vendors. One of the things this would change is the amount of funds used to purchase the inventory, instead of paying for the items as they are
sold and ship to the customer. Another thing this would change is the need for a full warehouse staff and inventory staff, these individuals could be reassigned to other departments. The financial report this would affect is the balance sheet, and by lessening the inventory carried on hand would let me think, as an investor, that there is more cash flow in the company. I believe this change would also affect the payroll under the income statement, since we would be able to lessen the amount of people that are in the warehouse, either by reassignment to another department or by dissolving the position all together. By dissolving
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Which statement is correct:
Select one:
a.
Management accounting’s focus and emphasis is on past-oriented reports.
b.
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c.
All statements are correct.
d.
Management accounting focuses on measuring, analyzing, and reporting financial and nonfinancial information to help managers estimate future revenue, costs, and other measures to forecast activities and formulate strategies to increase the competitive advantage of the organization.
e.
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PROBLEM
Below is a list of the qualitative characteristics identified in FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts No. 2. Following the list is a series of descriptive phrases.
a. feedback value
b. relevance
c. decision usefulness
d. reliability
e. comparability
f. predictive value
g. varifiability
h. consistency
i. representational faithfulness
j. timeliness
k. neutrality
_____ 1. When information can make a difference in a decision.
_____ 2. Making information available when it is needed.
_____ 3. When accounting policies and procedures are unchanged from period ro period.
_____ 4. When information is verifiable and neutral.
_____ 5. Occurs when the measurement results can be duplicated.
_____ 6. The overall qualitative characteristics accounting information should possess.
_____ 7. When information enables decision makers to confirm prior expectations.
_____ 8. When accounting information is reported the same way by different companies.
Required:
Match each characteristic…
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Question 9 options:
a)
Regulations or standards govern the information provided to users.
b)
The focus is on using information from the formal accounting system to guide the organization's activities.
c)
Reports provided to users are timely and focus on the future.
d)
The users of the information provided include managers and executives within the organization.
e)
Users utilize both financial as well as nonfinancial information to make decisions.
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Ma1.
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Exercise 1 Convergence.
One of your clients has recently read about the goal ofconverging to International Accounting Standards and they are concerned about what impact itmay have on their company.
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Q19
Ms. Sabiha submitted the financial reports of the company in a theoretical form, whereas she needs to draft in to a tabular form showing proper statistics so that the report is immediately understood by the users. Which feature of useful financial information is neglected by Ms. Sabiha?
a.
Timeliness
b.
Relevance
c.
Comparability
d.
Understandability
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13. Which of the following is a true statement?a. Neither financial nor management accounting are mandatory.b. Both financial and management accounting emphasize relevance and flexibility.c. Both financial and management accounting place more emphasize on past.d. Both financial and management accounting are based upon the concept of stewardship.
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Select one:
A. Both report to the same group of accounting users.
B. Both report past financial events.
C. Both use the same accounting standards of MASB.
D. Both provide information for decision making.
11. Which of the followings is NOT a temporary or nominal account?
Select one:
A.
Utility Expense.
B.
Prepaid Insurance.
C.
Drawings.
D.
Depreciation Expense.
12. Which of the following statements related to expenses is CORRECT?
Select one:
A.
Expenses decrease owner's equity and has a credit normal balance.
B.
Expenses increase owner's equity and has a debit normal balance.
C.
Expenses decrease owner's equity and has a debit normal balance.
D.
Expenses increase owner's equity and has a credit normal balance.
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