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Understanding the basic financial statements is crucial for effective performance in any healthcare management position today. The financial statements are presented in detail in your textbook. Select any one of the financial statements, explain its primary purpose, and discuss important aspects of that statement. Also, comment on how the statement you selected relates to other key financial statements ( mine is the Financial statement: balance sheet)

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The class should discuss all of the questions listed below as they relate to the financial statements of any U.S. public company of your choice in its latest annual report. You can find the financial statements of any U.S. public company by visiting Morningstar, Yahoo Finance or MSN Money, and using the stock market symbol for your chosen company (which can be looked up on Morningstar, Yahoo Finance or MSN Money). If you work for a U.S. public company, you probably want to use the financial statements of your company - but the choice is up to you.

NOTE: Sometimes Yahoo, MSN Money and Morningstar omit numbers. Only the annual report from the company web site or the SEC form 10-K (for U S Companies) can be guaranteed to have all numbers correct. The 10-K Business section and Management Discussion and Analysis contain valuable information about the business, competitors and what happened to financial results. It can be found on the SEC web site: www.sec.gov. Click on Edgar and then enter the ticker symbol for the company. Search for 10-K.

It is useful to compare financial ratios for a company with financial ratios of its industry. Industry financial ratios can be found on Morningstar.com, Yahoo Finance and MSN Money.

Please answer the following questions:

1) What 3 items of important information does the income statement reveal about the financial performance of the company over the last three years?

2) What 3 items of important information does the balance sheet reveal about the financial position of the company over the last two years?

3) Can you identify the major sources of funding used by the company from the information presented in the company's Cash Flow Statement?

If not, how could you get this information?

4) Who is responsible for: a) the issuance, and b) the content of the company financial statements?

5) What assurance, if any, is there that the financial statements are in compliance with GAAP, and are free of material misstatements?

6) Of what use, if any, are the notes to the financial statements? Give 2 facts learned from reading footnotes.

7) What can you learn from the Business Section of the 10-K? Give two facts about the company that you picked from the Business Section.

8) What can you learn from the Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in the 10-K? Give two facts about the company from this section.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Shareholders

Amazon.com, Inc.

We have audited Amazon.com, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (1992 framework) (the COSO criteria). Amazon.com, Inc.’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

In our opinion, Amazon.com, Inc. maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013, based on the COSO criteria.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheets of Amazon.com, Inc. as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2013 of Amazon.com, Inc. and our report dated January 30, 2014 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Seattle, Washington

January 30, 2014

Please answer the following:

review the audit report prepared by the auditors. Let us know the name of the company, the name of the CPA firm that prepared the audit report and tell us the type of opinion that was provided. Also, discuss the role of the audit firm in the audit process.

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Week 3 Individual Case Study Assignment 1

Cash flow forecasts and projected financial statements

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For the following Individual Case Study, you assume the role of someone who has been asked to provide a Business Report for a group of friends who have invested in an organisation, Fashion Clothing. They had heard you are taking an Accounting and Finance Module and have asked for your advice.

The scenario

A group of friends have formed a new business called Fashion Clothing, an online and mail-order clothing business, in which they have invested £200,000 of their own capital. They intend to manufacture and sell quality clothes. They have set up the business and are selling direct to the final consumer, using a combination of aggressive marketing across a range of different media and also with the use of an automated Web site that accepts online orders. To support this, they also have a department of telephone sales and support staff ready to help customers. The sales staff work in teams and receive a basic salary plus commission for each successful sale. By the start of July 20X5, they have spent £150,000 on tangible non-current assets, and they currently have the remaining £50,000 in their business bank account.

They provide you with the following forecasted figures for their first 6 months of trading:

£

Sales for the next 6 months

1,350,000

Cost of the materials used up in sales

390,000

Labour costs for the 6 months

480,000

Other expenses for the 6 months, including marketing costs and £15,000 depreciation of tangible non-current assets

345,000

Materials purchased during the 6 months

520,000

Their projected cash receipts and payments are estimated to be as follows:

Month (20X5)

Sales Receipts

Payments for Materials

Labour and Other Expenses

£

£

£

July

150,000

120,000

These payments are divided equally over each of the 6 months.

August

120,000

100,000

September

150,000

60,000

October

210,000

60,000

November

260,000

60,000

December

285,000

60,000

Totals

1,175,000

460,000

In addition to the above, they expect to have to pay a tax bill of £20,000 in December 20X5 and also plan to buy (and pay for) £30,000 additional tangible non-current assets in that same month. All transactions will go through their business bank account.

Required

You are asked to provide a Business Report (1,000 words for the main body of the report) for the friends who have invested in Fashion Clothing, commenting on the business’ prospects and including the following five financial statements:

Since none of the investors have a background in accounting and finance, you should also explain what each of these statements means as a part of your report.

  1. An opening statement of financial position at the start of July 20X5.
  2. A monthly cash flow forecast, showing the bank balance at the end of each of the 6 months and indicating what level of overdraft facilities the friends need to negotiate with their bank manager. Explain what additional expense they should take into account as a result of needing this financial assistance (overdraft).
  3. A projected income statement for the first 6 months of trading.
  4. A projected statement of financial position for Fashion Clothing at the end of its first 6 months of operations.
  5. A projected statement of cash flows for the first 6 months of trading and using the indirect method.

Keep the following in mind:

  1. Using a spreadsheet may help you to produce your cash flow forecast. Remember here that £150,000 of the initial £200,000 has already been spent. Hence, your opening bank balance should be £50,000. Your closing bank balance should be included in your statement of financial position as at 31.12.20X5.
  2. Think carefully about the £15,000 depreciation charge when working out your monthly cash outflows for labour and other expenses.
  3. Also think carefully about the figures for closing stocks (inventories), creditors (payables) and debtors (receivables).
  4. Please remember that your qualitative analysis and explanation of your five statements are justas important as the calculations themselves. These, together with your presentation of a professional report, will contribute towards your grade for this assignment.
  5. Please be sure to re-visit the Key Concept Overviews for Weeks 1 and 2, as well as Week 3. These should serve as a reminder of the accruals concept, plus the difference between a cash flow forecast and a statement of cash flows. They also include detailed numerical examples that should assist with your calculations for your financial statements.

Ideally a business report should be produced with a suitable structure and quality of discussion around the following key areas:

Executive summary

Table of contents

List of figures

  1. Introduction
  2. Main financial findings.

2.1 Summary of the first 6 months business operations

2.2 Financial accounting statements

  1. Analysis

3.1 Initial analysis in context of the three financial statements.

3.2 Investigations to increase efficiency

  1. Conclusion
  2. References

ANNEX I: Statement of financial position Fashion Clothing – 01.07.20X5 and 31.12.20X5

ANNEX II: Income statement Fashion Clothing – 6 months to 31.12.20X5

ANNEX III: Statement of cash flows Fashion Clothing – 6 months to 31.12.20X5

ANNEX IV: Projected cash flow forecast for the first 6 months of trading

To complete the assignment:

  • Be sure to read over your Individual Assignment before submitting it to your Instructor. Make sure the spelling and grammar are correct and the language, citing and referencing you use when providing your opinion are appropriate for academic writing.



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