Chapter 1 Questions 1. How important is international trade to the world economy? a. International sales and trade can be a source of higher profit margins through additional sales. Unique products or technological advantages can provide competitive advantage that a company wishes to exploit by expanding sales in a foreign market 2. What accounting issues arise for a company as a result of engaging in international trade? b. New accounts added to the chart of accounts, foreign currency and exchange rates and the risk of falling rates, hedging, whether or not it is profitable for a company to invest overseas, financial reporting for overseas operations, international taxes, tariffs, fees associated with intercompany …show more content…
Chapter 2 1. What are the two most common methods used internationally for the order in which assets are listed on the balance sheet? Which of these two methods are the most common in North America, in Europe? a. The two common methods for assets to be listed is to go from noncurrent to current assets which is the least liquid to the most liquid and the other way is to reverse it and go from current to noncurrent which is liquid to nonliquid. The US goes from current to noncurrent and Europe does it the other way around. 2. What are the two major legal systems used in the world? How does each type affect accounting? b. There is the common law which is found in most English speaking countries and relies on a limited amount of statute law and has decisions establish precedents that develop case law that supplement the statutes. There is also codified Roman law which is followed in most non-English speaking countries that has relatively more statute law and covers a wide range of human activity. Code law generally has a commercial code which has basic parameters in which a business should act and often stipulates which financial statements should be published in accordance with a prescribed format. In countries with common law although there might be corporation laws laying down the basic framework, specific accounting rules are set up by the profession or an independent nongovernmental agency. In code law countries the accounting law
Classify each of the items as an asset, liability; revenue; or expense from the company's viewpoint. Also indicate the normal account balance of each item.
1. Political: “issues affecting our international vendors could materially adversely affect our business and financial performance.”(Page 8.)
* Statement of net assets (Balance sheet) presentation required classification of current and non-current of assets and liabilities. Equity section presents: Net Assets Invested in Capital Assets, Care Organizations Net of Related Debt, Restricted Net Assets, and Unrestricted Net Assets.
a. Arrange the following asset, liability, and owner’s equity elements of the accounting equation: Cash, Accounts Receivable, Office Furniture, Van, Accounts Payable, Common Stock/Dividends, and Revenues/Expenses. (See Exhibit 1.5)
International projects present multinational corporations with many complexities in organizing a profitable transaction structure.Foreign exchange risk is an underlying problem. Credit risk presents another challenge. Payment terms and the certainty of realizing them can be difficult points. Negotiations with foreign corporations and governments, and with agents and intermediaries, present additional challenges. An example of the demanding environment for global financial activities is presented in the case of "Avicular Controls and Pakistan Airlines". It is found in Cases in International Finance on page 40.
c. Exchange rate risks: significant portion of revenue stream born currency exchange risk (peso vs. USD) regardless of geographical and product diversification. These risks were absolutely external and thus could have been hardly mitigated.
(a) Indicate which items on the list would generally be reported as intangible assets in the balance sheet.
This order is most appropriate because it simplifies the reader’s experience; a randomly ordered list of assets would be less intuitive. The two largest currents assets were cash and cash equivalents, and marketable securities.
Balance sheets and income statements are a snapshot of a company’s stability and financial situation. Combined the statements show the income, expenses, and stockholder’s equity in the company. These statements are often analyzed by financial institutions when a company comes to them needing a loan. Stockholders and other investors also look at these statements to make sure their investment will return a profit for them. This paper will look at four different companies and their balance sheets and income statements. The companies are Eastman Chemical Company, Covenant Transportation
This course work is to evaluate the different factors affecting the international business. Such as political, social, economical, and technological. You will see all these factors to be discussed in a chosen company and it also contains supply chain with logistic process of the chosen company.
I. the ordering of assets: Club Med put fixed assets before current assets but U.S. companies would do it inversely. Also, the current assets, U.S. companies follow order of liquidity so they would put bank and cash in first place and then receivables.
3. Discuss how the fact that foreign companies are not subject to the same accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards and practices as U.S. companies poses a risk not typically encountered when investigating in the stock of U.S. companies.
The last one is the Balance Sheet which tells a person the lists of assets he has, the list of
3- The develop countries will solely Depends on the outsiders for majority of its economy, this put pressure on both company and the hoist country.
The business environment appears to get smaller with each passing day. Therefore, accountants face troubles in remaining protected from the progressions that occur around the world (Diaconu and Coman 2006). Globalization hint at the regularly changing procedure of incorporation and connection among governments, individuals and organizations. The key three things that declare incorporate globalization venture, worldwide exchange and data innovation (Diaconu and Coman 2006). Globalization moves the world to another level and places it to more at the leading edge statures reliably. Outstandingly, globalization procedure have both negative and constructive effects on accounting (Godfrey and Chalmers 2007). This is unmistakable as in,