Watering Can Inc.
To: Melanie
From: Serena Son, CPA, Director of Accounting
RE: SOLVING THE FINANCIAL ISSUES OF WATERING CAN INC. My role as a director of accounting is to help you, Melanie, with identifying the significant weakness in the company’s internal control, when to recognize the revenue, how to manage the inventory efficiently, and how to make allowance for bad debt accounts. Based on every issue that is addressed above, I will make recommendations for improvements and solutions.
USERS & OBJECTIVES There are 4 users who are using the financial statement of the Watering Can Inc.: Melanie and Jack Parkers, Sam Penn, and the Small Bank. Users are those who rely on financial statements to make decisions and their objectives are the financial reporting goal, the user strive to achieve. Melanie is the one of the sole owners of Watering Can Inc., and the primary user of the company’s financial statement. Her biggest interest is whether herself is booking the financial statement correctly, whether or not the internal control within the business is fully secured. Also, as the owner of the company, her major interest is to minimize the company’s net income, in order to pay the minimum interest to Sam and the Small Bank, under the legal constraints. Jack Parkers, the husband of Melanie, has the same interest as Melanie of minimizing the net income, as another owner of the Watering Can Inc. Sam, the Jack’s uncle, has invested $100,000 in the Watering Can Inc., and
In accounting there is much to be learned, about the financial aspects of a business. In the past five weeks I have learned the importance of financial reports and how they relate to the success of an establishment. These reports may include balance sheets and income statements, which help accountants and the public grasp the overall financial condition of a company. The information in these reports is really significant to, managers, owners, employees, and investors. Managers of a business can take and deduce financial
Fraser, L. M., & Ormiston, A. (201). Understanding financial statements (9th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
The objective of the audit report is to inform the manager of Debonairs Magaliesview the results conducted from our meeting with her earlier this month. The possible risks that Debonairs may face will be discussed and suggestions to avoid the risks by using internal controls will be given. The report will include the different internal control systems that are used in accounting. It will then clearly outline which internal and inventory control systems that Debonairs uses. It will evaluate whether or not these systems address the risks of the business and if they are suitably applies. The audit report will have recommendations on improving stock management and control within the business.
Hilton, R. (2011). Managerial accounting: Creating value in a dynamic business environment (9th Ed.). McGraw-Hill. Hardcover ISBN: 9780073526928.
Folk, M., J., Garrsion, H., R., & Noreen, W., E., (2002). Introduction to Managerial Accounting. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill/Irwin.
Item 7.| |MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS| | |25| |
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