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    Target Corporation’s first store was opened in 1962 and was focused on discount retailing. Today, Target has opened more than 1,500 stores in 47 states, including a line of SuperTarget® stores which have expanded to include grocery shopping at those Target stores, in addition to the photo processing, pharmacy, and Food Avenue® restaurants found in almost every other Target. Recently, Target has also expanded it’s presence to other countries such as India. In addition to Target Corporation’s retail

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    Who are the firm’s auditors? Do they provide a clean opinion on the financial statements? On page 53 of the Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc 10-K Annual Report, they state that PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, has audited the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. They provide a clean opinion on the financial statements. On page F-2, the auditor had written a note stating, “In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated

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    should recognize revenue at the moment or in the period in which product is delivered to the Distributor’s facility since in that precise moment both ownership and responsibility over the goods is transferred from Biovail to the client The generally accepted accounting standards (GAAP) explain the method of recognition of revenue. This case does not provide any extra evidence on persuasive information, bills, purchase order, invoices that support the transaction between distributor and Biovail including

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    MBAD 6211 10A Date Due: Sept 19, 2017 Group: Alyse Conn-Powers, John Early, Colette Kent, Kate Rhoad, Erica Jie Wang Case 1 (Starbucks - Part 1) a) The nature of Starbucks’ business is to generate income based on operating activities. When referencing the Statement of Cash Flows and looking at their operating activities, you can see that Starbucks generates $2,908.3M in net cash provided by operating activities. Investment is a significant item in this statement as well. The company spent $785

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    Case Study 1:- Krispy Kreme Doughnuts inc Maytham Hussein Saeed Question 1 Is Krispy Kreme financially “healthy”? What do the statement show, what do the ratio show? Answer Based on the Common Sized Financial Statement of Limited Service Restaurant Averages and Krispy Kreme (KKD) the value of KKD’s cash and equivalents is 3.1 and its lower that the 3 years industry average’s value of 12.8 in 2001, 12.4 in 2002 and 13.7 in which is not a good sign

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    The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) enforced the harmonization of the accounting standards into a single set of accounting standards that is to be used globally in the preparation of financial statements and is called the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). This essay will discuss the benefits of developing the IFRS, which is to enhance and increase the quality of the companies’ financial statements through transparency and comparability, value relevance, timely loss

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    FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING Module 9: Basic Theory and Financial Reporting Module 10: Inventory Module 11: Fixed Assets Module 12: Monetary Current Assets and Current Liabilities Module 13: Present Value Module 14: Deferred Taxes Module 15: Stockholders’ Equity Module 16: Investments Module 17: Statement of Cash Flows Module 18: Business Combinations and Consolidations Module 19: Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Module 20: Miscellaneous Module 21: Governmental (State

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    estimation of market price when buying any products or services. Measurement’s role in Accounting is by then not any less than a vital role. Indeed, all transactions or assumptions provided in the Accounting Information Systems are presented by numbers, which are results of the measurement process. The issues in relation to Measurement in Accounting are typically broad due to the fact that Theories of Accounting are quite new in the Industry. Directly or indirectly, financial reporting measurements

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    * Step one: Identify Potential Red Flags After analyzing Wal-Mart’s annual report for 2010, attention has been brought to several items that require closer examination. A common “red flag” to questionable accounting has been found within Wal-Mart’s statement of cash flows and income statement. There is an increasing gap between the company’s reported income and the cash flow from operating activities. In the year 2008 reported income and cash flow from operating activities differed by $484 million

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    Question 1 2 out of 2 points Which of the following statements is CORRECT? Correct Answer:    Sole proprietorships and partnerships generally have a tax advantage over many corporations, especially large ones. Question 2 0 out of 2 points Which of the following statements is CORRECT? Correct Answer:    One of the disadvantages of a sole proprietorship is that the proprietor is exposed to unlimited liability. Question 3 0 out of 2 points You recently sold 100 shares

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