Provide possible ways forward for the company to deal with those issues.

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The purpose of the briefing paper will be to highlight issues which company management need to consider, provide some background to the issues to enable directors and senior management to understand the situation, and provide possible ways forward for the company to deal with those issues.

Students can expect the matters to be covered to relate to both dealing with the current pandemic situation, as well as preparing the company for the return to normal business following the cessation of the current crisis. The matters covered will relate to topics explored during the course of the study period.

The assignment is to be no more than 3,500 words, excluding executive summary, table of contents, references (both in text and reference list) and appendices. Students are encouraged to include tables, charts and other visual content, provided it assists the reader to understand the content of the paper. As you are writing for a company’s senior management, you will need to ensure your writing is concise and clearly understood!

Decide whether you would like to invest in this company and explain why you want to invest it and why not using at least four techniques

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Please select a firm that you are interested in to invest. (5 points) Step 2: Decide whether you would like to invest in this company and explain why you want to invest it and why not using at least four techniques

Step 1: Please select a firm that you are interested in to invest.
Step 2: Decide whether you would like to invest in this company
step3: and explain why you want to invest it and why not
step 5: analyze using at least four techniques- residual income model, abnormal earnings growth model, P/E, P/S, ROCE.

Calculate for 2013 all liquidity and Solvency Ratios listed in the Power Point Slides for Credit Analysis

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ACC 519

Dell Credit Analysis Assignment

  1. Using the Dell financials on the excel sheet provided for your ratio assignments and the copy of Dell’s 2013 10k, analyze Dell’s credit as follows:
    1. Calculate for 2013 all liquidity and Solvency Ratios listed in the Power Point Slides for Credit Analysis
    2. Does Dell have any other sources of liquidity in 2013? If so, what are they?
    3. Does Dell have any debt that will mature in the next 2 years(2014-15)? If so, how much and when?
    4. What about the C’s of Character and Condition for Dell? Would they be positives or negatives in credit analysis?
    5. Many times a simple model can be used to get a predicted credit rating. For example, Aswath Damodaran, a professor at NYU suggests simply using the interest coverage ratio. Using the chart found here: http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/New_Home_Page/datafile/ratings.htm  and your calculations for Dell, estimate what its credit rating would have been in 2013.  Note that Dell’s market cap was > &5 billion in 2013

 

What alternatives could Cookie & Coffee Creations Inc. consider instead of bank financing?

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For this assignment, you will apply what you have learned from Chapter 18 as an introduction to the financial analysis. This assignment will allow you to practice what you have learned so far.

Natalie and Curtis have comparative balance sheets and income statements for Cookie & Coffee Creations, Inc. They have been told that they can use these financial statements to prepare horizontal and vertical analyses, to calculate financial ratios, to analyze how their business is doing, and to make some decisions they have been considering. Below, you are provided with the balance sheet and income statement of Cookie & Coffee Creations Inc. for its first year of operations; the year ended October 31, 2021. Review the calculations below, and then review the additional case information to calculate the ratios.

Review the additional case information below.

Natalie and Curtis are thinking about borrowing an additional $20,000 to buy more equipment. The loan would be repaid over a 4-year period. The terms of the loan provide for equal semi-annual installment payments of $2,500 on May 1 and November 1 of each year, plus interest of 5% on the outstanding balance. Dividends on preferred stock were $1,400. Since this is the first year of operations and the beginning balances are zero, use the ending balance as the average balance where appropriate.

Complete the tasks listed below.

  1. Calculate the following ratios:
    1. current ratio,
    2. accounts receivable turnover,
    3. inventory turnover,
    4. debt to assets ratio,
    5. times interest earned,
    6. gross profit rate,
    7. profit margin,
    8. asset turnover,
    9. return on assets, and
    10. return on common stockholders’ equity.
  2. Comment on your findings from item “a.”
  3. Based on your analysis in items “a” and “b”, do you think a bank would lend Cookie & Coffee Creations Inc. $20,000 to buy the additional equipment? Explain your reasoning.
  4. What alternatives could Cookie & Coffee Creations Inc. consider instead of bank financing?

Complete your calculations for item “a” in either an Excel spreadsheet or a Word document. If you complete item “a” in an Excel spreadsheet, complete items “b–d” in a Word document, and submit the Excel spreadsheet and the Word document in Blackboard. If you complete items “a–d” in a Word document, submit your calculations to item “a” and your responses for items “b–d” in a single Word document in Blackboard.

Your total submission should be a minimum of two pages in length, including your calculations. Include at least two references. Adhere to APA Style when creating citations and references for this assignment.

 

 

 

Analyze the trends of the ratios and relate any trends to the strategic plan

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Company is : Amazon

Use the financial statement of your company to compute the following ratios for the past 5 years: Return on Assets, Cash Return on Assets, Return on Equity and Debt to Assets. Analyze the trends of the ratios and relate any trends to the strategic plan, demand analysis and any other aspects that you have uncovered over the past the weeks.

Critically assess the relevance of financial literacy to business managers

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Task 1:

The following list of balances has been extracted from the books of Danny Ltd.

Accounts payable                                              £16,120

Accounts receivable                                          £16,480

Carriage inwards                                               £2,440

Computer equipment at cost                             £10,000

Carriage outwards                                             £4,000

Drawings                                                            £6,500

Electricity                                                            £7,000

Loan interest                                                       £480

Provisions for doubtful debt                                £1,000

Insurance                                                            £1,500

Motor vehicles at cost                                         £51,200

Capital                                                                 £84,760

Opening inventory                                               £3,600

Accumulated depreciation –motor vehicles         £9,200

Petty cash                                                            £40

Bank                                                                     £59,120

Purchases                                                            £26,400

Rent                                                                      £5,600

Sales                                                                     £60,600

Telephone                                                             £4,320

Insurance                                                     £27,000

The following information is also available:

i.The value of inventory as at 31stDecember 2019 was £10,200

ii.Motor vehicles are to be depreciated at 20% on reducing balance basis and computer equipment at 10% on cost.

iii. An electricity bill for £1,000 for the last three months to 31stDecember 2019 did not arrive early, so this is yet to be reflected in the books

  1. Of the insurance payments, £500is for the year ending 31stDecember 2020.
  2. Unpaid taxes for the period amount to £1,920

Required:

  1. a) Complete the Journal entries required to reflect the above additional information
  2. b) Draw up an updated Trial balance
  3. c) Complete the financial statements: Statement of Profit or Loss and Statement of Financial position, for Danny Ltd for the year ending 31stDecember 2019.

Task 2:

A primary objective of financial reporting is to keep the users of financial statements informed about the performance of a business overtime. Business managers are primary users of accounting information/ financial reports.

Critically assess the relevance of financial literacy to business managers (maximum word limit :1000)

Summarize the information from “NKE-FY20-10K (annual report) pdf” and write them in your own words.

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– please use the “NKE-FY20-10K (annual report) pdf” document to find the information to answer the questions in the “accounting – assignment 2”
– summarize the information from “NKE-FY20-10K (annual report) pdf” and write them in your own words.
– DO Not copy and paste the information!

Presuming that one of the four is audited, do you anticipate any difficulty with the IRS? Explain.

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Natalie (a CPA), Mathew (an attorney), Jacob (a banker), and Avery (an insurance agent) all live and work in the same community. They have been friends since college. Every Friday, they have lunch together and make it a point to discuss some business matters. They take turns paying for the group’s lunches, and each deducts the amount he or she paid for the lunch as an entertainment expense. Presuming that one of the four is audited, do you anticipate any difficulty with the IRS? Explain. Use in-text citations to support content.

Discuss why an understanding of ratios and their fluctuations is essential for Hotel management in analysing the information seen in their financial statements.

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Analysis of the Financial Statements (85% of total marks overall)
Hilton Hotels and Resorts is a global brand with a range of resorts and flagship hotels. The chain has a number of hotels within the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. As the Company Accountant for the UK branch, you have been tasked to produce a report for the Chief Executive addressing the following:
a) Calculate suitable ratios for 2018 and 2019 to aid the analysis of the financial information included within the attached financial statements. You should discuss the trends seen in these ratios in detail, and draw appropriate conclusions about the profitability, liquidity and gearing of the hotel chain.
b) Discuss why an understanding of ratios and their fluctuations is essential for Hotel management in analysing the information seen in their financial statements.
c) Discuss the benefits and limitations of using ratio analysis to aid decision making within the hotel and tourism industry.
(2000 words)
Task 2
Presentations (15% of total marks overall)
Produce and deliver a 5 minute presentation which gives a brief overview of the report contents and conclusions.

How can you create and maintain customers?

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This project requires you to evaluate a PC-based accounting system to see how the system handles recording transactions, collecting data, and generating reports and information. The accounting system you use is up to you. Several suggestions are given below.

STEP 1. SELECT A SOFTWARE PACKAGE

STEP 2. EXPLORE THE SOFTWARE

Check to see if the application has a tutorial that demonstrates some of the features of the application, and if so, review the tutorial. Review any online documentation regarding how to use the application.

STEP 3. TRY OUT THE SOFTWARE USING A SAMPLE COMPANY

  • The application you select should have a sample company that you can use to evaluate the system. If it does not, you may need to set up a sample company, but this would be very unusual. Once you are in your sample company, you must explore the sample company to determine how you can do the following.

Revenue Activities (e.g. sales, collections, billing)

  • How can you create and maintain customers?
  • How can you create customer invoices/bills?
  • How can you process customer payments?
  • What are the reports available to support your revenue activities? Expenditure Activities (e.g. purchasing, invoicing / payments)
  • How can you create and maintain vendors?
  • How can you create and maintain purchases?
  • How can you generate payments to vendors?
    • What are the reports available to support your expenditure activities?

Other Activities (e.g. payroll)

  • How can you create and maintain employees?
  • How can you process payroll transactions for your employees?
  • How can you create and maintain your chart of accounts?
  • How can you generate financial statements?
  • What are the reports available to support your other activities?

    STEP 4. DOCUMENT YOUR RESULTS (YOUR PAPER)

Once you have completed your evaluation, you will need to develop a report using the following layout.

Section I (Overview of the Accounting System): Provide a general overview of the accounting system that you are evaluating. Make sure the overview provides the reader with a general understanding of the application, including the projected purchase price and any special hardware and software requirements. Finally discuss the ease of use of this system for accountants and non-accountants.

Section II (Review of Revenue Activities): Describe how the system selected handles processing & recording accounting transactions related to revenue-related activities. You should provide at least one detailed example of how one would record a specific accounting transaction/ business activity. Your summary should be in general terms and not in “how one does this in the system.”

Section III (Review of Expenditure Activities): Describe how the system selected handles processing & recording accounting transactions related to expenditure-related activities. You should provide at least one detailed example of how one would record a specific accounting transaction/ business activity. Your summary should be in general terms and not in “how one does this in the system.”

Section IV (Review of Other Accounting Activities): Describe how the system selected handles processing & recording accounting transactions related to other activities. You should provide at least one detailed example of how one would record a specific accounting transaction/ business activity. Your summary should be in general terms and not in “how one does this in the system.”

Section V (Accounting System’s Strengths & Weaknesses): In this section, you will identify and discuss at least two strengths and two weaknesses with the system. Also, you will identify at least one technology advancement that this system lacks. Examples of technology advances includes but not limited to (a) digital signatures; (b) single sign-on and bio-metrics; (c) bloc chain; and (d) data analytics

Section VI (Conclusion): In this section, you will summarize your final thoughts on the application you chose. You should include why you selected the application. Finally, discuss how this assignment will help you to evaluate an AIS for your firm in the future.

Paper Guidelines

Page Length: Your response should not exceed eight pages (double-spaced) or four pages (single-spaced). Note that the cover page, reference page, and appendix, if provided are excluded from the page count.

References: You will need to include at least four literary references (one reference must be from the readings in our class) and at least four in-text citations to support your paper. These references must be related directly to the topics covered in the paper. References & citations must be properly formatted as noted below.

Headings: You will need to use headings (short, brief, and centered) to separate each area of your paper. Your headings should have an appropriate title such as Overview of the System instead of Part I.

Margins & Font Sizes: Use standard margins (minimum .5″; maximum 1.5″) and standard font size (minimum 10 point; maximum 12 point) in your paper.

Writing Style: APA is the preferred writing style, but you can choose any appropriate writing style (e.g. MLA), except that all references are to be formatted via APA. assistance regarding the choice of styles and formatting of references via APA.