Accounting

I have been assigned an Oral Presentation for Accounting. DELL CORPORATION has been assigned to me. FOCUS ONLY on DELL!!! File attachments from the book, his uploaded document outlines and video examples will uploaded. I have attached an email my professor sent us on what he expects. With this presentation being Oral. I need the outline he provided to be filled out exactly how he wants it (1st Page) The 2nd page will be information about DELL company I can discuss for my video speech. (5 MINUTES LONG) I have to present due to Covid -19. Below I have attached video links of past submissions other students have submitted. You will need to discuss and address ONE company only which is DELL. THIS VIDEO IS MY GRADE PLEASE DISCUSS SAME TOPICS AS THESE VIDEOS. Examples to view: https://youtu.be/4FWrE2pH7Dw https://youtu.be/0VEQPXH613Q ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Page 1: The outline must contain each relevant heading similar to the example outline provided in the class site. If information does not exist, there is no need to include it on the outline. The outline must not contain any figures because I will write those items on the outline as I watch each video submitted and then check them for accuracy. An outline is like a “trailer” for a motion picture, and should not include all the information of the company which is presented. Page 2: The oral presentation is based on the largest portion of 2018 financial information available for each company since not every company uses a calendar year as its fiscal year. If your company has a fiscal year end of March 31, and you look at the 2018 annual report, it would include a majority of 2017 information since only January – March of 2018 would be reported. Therefore, you would need to pull the 2019 annual report and use the financial data from it to meet the requirements of the presentation. Lastly, each company’s class of stock is printed on the Form 10-K submitted to the Securities and Exchange Company, which should have been your starting point for the presentation. In the attached image for the 2018 10-K for Autozone, you will notice only one class of stock listed. This is the type of information to be used in your presentation. If there is more than one stock class listed, you must determine the closing stock price for each class provided as well as the 52-week high and low. Failure to include any of the relevant information will result in appropriate reductions from the overall presentation grade. The overview will require students to complete each step from CP 13-6 found on page 623 of the textbook as well as two more details found in the selected company’s annual report that provides 2018 information***. The additional two details will require students to (1) indicate the manner of presenting the statement of cash flows (direct method or indirect method), and (2) identify at least one contingent liability for the selected company from the notes to the financial statements. Every company on the Fortune 500 list has contingent liabilities and the statement of cash flows is a required financial statement according to GAAP. THE MARKET PRICE FOR DELL SHOULD BE OBTAINED USING THE CLOSNG STOCK PRICE FOR JUNE 29, 2020!!!!! *** NOTE: Since not all companies have a calendar year end, each student will need to look at the Form 10K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to determine the fiscal year end, and prepare the oral presentation for the year that includes the majority of 2018 figures. For example, if Company XYZ has a fiscal year end of March 31, a student would not use the annual report files in 2018 because it would only include three months of 2018 data. Therefore, the 2019 annual report must be used as the basis for the oral presentation.

Yahoo database(cf. #7 below, the MSN database) If you choose yahoo.com, then proceed to ‘finance’(on the left margin), on the next screen you should see ‘lookup’, please insert the name of your company, perhaps Walmart, Sears, Apple, Microsoft, or whomever you wish, and this will produce your company. Choose any company that you wish to research. Go to the far left columns, under ‘charts’ and choose ‘basic chart’ and this will provide you with the basic chart of your company’s stock prices thru time for however long a period you wish, most notably a day, a week, a month, six months, 1 years, 2years, 5 years, max. Also see “key statistics” on the stock you choose to report on: p/e ratio, and some key statistics on the company’s financials. Spend sometime researching some ‘news’ about the company to be able to give a brief summary about the company, the nature of the business, capital intensive manufacturer(such as a Boeing or a Ford, GM), retailer, service co, or whatever it is. Also take a look at ‘financial blogs’(people just on the board and telling you what they think, or perhaps ‘Competitors’ to give you a look at who some of the other companies are in the ‘industry’…. Required: Prepare a 3 – 5 page paper that covers a publicly traded corporation of your choosing. Be thorough with your information. Your paper will be scrutinized for plagiarism. Each student, if they choose this option, is responsible for researching a stock. and tendering a stock report, 3- 5 pages that covers the contents of your research and due diligence, ‘in your own words’. Items to include in your report: -Who they are and what they do, what industry(capital intensive, retailer/wholesale, service); -Please provide some information as to earnings, most notably earnings per share(EPS), P/E ratio and perhaps other p/e’s of companies in the industry(does it appear to be an expensive stock??, or perhaps just an indicator of superior earnings potential in a ‘growth’ industry?) -Run a stock ‘chart’ from either yahoo or MSN and be able to comment on where the price of the stock has been in the past, do a bit of technical ‘analysis’ and try to derive a theoretical price based on the ‘charts’(is this ‘fundamentally’ a sound way to predict price?) Another way of putting this is based on where the stock has been priced in the past, how is it priced now. Based on today’s price is your stock overpriced, under priced, or in line with historical averages. Based on your ‘technical’ analysis be able to derive a ‘good deal’ on the stock(this is the ‘theoretical price of a stock given the chart like you did in the previous procedure on ‘run a stock chart’ right above this paragraph; perhaps the ‘bad deal’, where is the stock priced at now, where it ‘may’ go in the not too distant future, would you recommend an ‘investment’ in the stock, or perhaps a ‘risk investment’ in options?

-Use the Internet or Strayer Library to research a publicly traded company that received an unqualified audit report from external auditors and faced accusations of reporting false or misleading accounting information. -Discuss the departures from generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) that you have researched, and give your opinion as to whether or not the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) should levy sanctions against the CPA firm for issuing the unqualified report. -Identify the sanctions and section of the report the company should have modified to address departures from GAAP. Support your position. -Compare the code of professional conduct for CPAs to the code of professional conduct for accountants who are non-CPAs. -Determine the major ethical issues created by the mergers of public accounting firms with non-CPA firms that perform accounting services. Explain your rationale.

Instructions In this unit, you examine different types of liabilities. For this assignment, compose an essay that answers the following questions: What are three main characteristics of liabilities, and why is it important to classify liabilities into short-term and long-term? Include examples of short and long-term liabilities in your response. Your essay must be at least one page in length. Be sure to include an introduction that gives the purpose of your essay and engages the reader. You must use at least your textbook as a reference, but you may use other resources as needed. Any information from a resource must be cited and referenced in APA style, and your essay should be formatted in accordance with APA guidelines

Davies, Paul J. (2020, July 2). How Wirecard Went From Tech Star to Bankrupt. The Wall Street Journal, https://www.wsj.com/articles/wirecard-bankruptcy-scandal-missing-$2billion-11593703379 1. Summarize Davies (2020) in about 100 of your own words (no copying and pasting) . Cite Davies (2020) at least once. 2. Who was the at-fault auditor of Wirecard? Explain in about 50 words. 3. Optional: Reference and attach PDF printouts of additional sources. Be sure to also cite these sources in the answers above. The reference should be in the same format as Davies (2020) above.

Answer the following questions: 1.If a corporation’s bonds are unexpectedly given a downgrade (e.g., Moody’s lowers the rating on Brady Corp. Bonds to Baa from Aa), what do you expect will happen to the yield to maturity on Brady’s bonds? 2.What is a call feature in a debt issuance? Is this beneficial to the corporation issuing the bond, the bond investor, or both? Explain. 3.Assuming everything else is the same, which bond would have a lower coupon rate at issuance: one with a sinking fund provision or one without a sinking fund provision? Why? 4.What is the difference between the coupon rate of a bond and the yield to maturity of a bond? Which rate is more important and why? 5.What is a preemptive right as it relates to common stock? Which investor would value preemptive rights more, Benjamin Solowitz who owns .0001% of the shares of XYZ Inc., or Carl Icahn who owns 50.1% of the shares of XYZ Inc.? Why? 6.Why do firms accept underpricing of their initial public offerings (IPOs)? Submission Instructions: Complete and submit the assignment You should submit your completed problem set in a Word document or Excel spreadsheet if needed.

COMPUSTARTUP, a public company, has been found guilty of defrauding shareholders. The base fine has been computed at a Level 30 offense (See HERE to determine amount). Aggravating factors include information that suggests the Senior Vice President of Accounting knew about the corruption and turned a blind eye. Despite this, it was the CEO — who had no knowledge of the fraud — who alerted the SEC and the company, aside from the perpetrators’ initial untrue statements to the grand jury, has willingly cooperated. The net worth of the company is approximately $28 million. Establish the total fine that you recommend using the three-step process under the FSGO. Show your computations for the fine that you recommend and explain how you arrived at your culpability score. What if the CEO had been involved, and he or she has already been convicted on SEC fraud before? How would that change your culpability score? How can companies take proactive steps to minimize culpability scores?

Instructions Cookie Creations (Chapter 2) This assignment is a continuation of the Cookie Creations case study, which began in Chapter 1. From the information gathered in the previous chapter, read the continuation of the Cookie Creations case study in Chapter 2 of the textbook on p. 2-42. The case study allows you to apply what you have learned about accounting and the recording process. This assignment will enable you to practice what you have learned so far. After researching the different forms of business organization, Natalie decides to operate Cookie Creations as a proprietorship. She then starts the process of getting the business running. In November 2019, the following activities listed below take place. Nov. 8: Natalie cashes her U.S. Savings Bonds and receives $520, which she deposits in her personal bank account. Nov. 8: She opens a bank account under the name “Cookie Creations” and transfers $500 from her personal account to the new account. Nov. 11: Natalie pays $65 for advertising. Nov. 13: She buys baking supplies, such as flour, sugar, butter, and chocolate chips, for $125 cash. (Hint: Use the Supplies account.) Nov. 14: Natalie starts to gather some baking equipment to take with her when teaching the cookie classes. She has an excellent top-of-the-line food processor and mixer that originally cost her $750. Natalie decides to start using it only in her new business. She estimates that the equipment is currently worth $300. She invests the equipment in the business. Nov. 16: Natalie realizes that her initial cash investment is not enough. Her grandmother lends her $2,000 cash, for which Natalie signs a note payable in the name of the business. Natalie deposits the money in the business bank account. (Hint: The note does not have to be repaid for 24 months. As a result, the note payable should be reported in the accounts as the last liability and on the balance sheet as the last liability.) Nov. 17: She buys more baking equipment for $900 cash. Nov. 20: She teaches her first class and collects $125 cash. Nov. 25: Natalie books a second class for December 4 for $150. She receives $30 cash in advance as a down payment. Nov. 30: Natalie pays $1,320 for a 1-year insurance policy that will expire on December 1, 2020. Answer the questions below using an Excel spreadsheet. You should create a new tab on your spreadsheet for each calculation used for a total of three tabs on your spreadsheet. Prepare journal entries to record the November transactions. Post the journal entries to general ledger accounts. Prepare a trial balance at November 30. Please show your work, and do not take any shortcuts. Make sure to complete item “a” completely before moving to item “b,” and then move to item “c.” You cannot jump ahead unless you have completed each step sequentially in full. Submit the Excel document in Blackboard upon completion.

Why do students choose to pursue a degree in accounting: What are the salary expectations of accounting and non-accounting majors? Discuss the major challenges inherent in pursuing an accounting degree? What can be done to help students overcome these challenges? What can be done to encourage more qualified students to pursue a degree in accounting? Discuss possible “roads less taken” in accounting career paths (explain pros and cons, specifics on how to succeed, etc.)

Write a five- to seven-page comparative financial statement analysis of the three companies listed below, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. In this analysis, you will discuss the financial health of these companies with the ultimate goal of making a recommendation to other investors. Your paper should consist of the following sections: Company Overview, Comparison of Accounting Methods, Ratio Analysis, Final Recommendation, Conclusions. You will also submit an appendix as a separate document. Additional research may be necessary to provide company background information, or to support your analysis and recommendations. Your paper needs to include a minimum of two scholarly, peer-reviewed, and/or credible resources in addition to the textbook as references. Download the Form 10-K for each company. The Coca-Cola Company: Form 10-K. (Links to an external site.)Financial statements and notes start on page 60. Accounts receivable, page 81 Inventories, page 82 Depreciation, page 96 Goodwill, page 83 Dr. Pepper Annual Report (Links to an external site.). Click on the 2018 Annual Report Accounts receivable, page 72 Inventories, page 72 Depreciation, page 73 Goodwill, page 74 PepsiCo Annual Report (Links to an external site.). Financial statements and notes start on page 79. Accounts receivable, page 124 Inventories, page 89 Depreciation, page 95 Goodwill, page 88 Here is a breakdown of the sections within the body of the assignment (Use paragraph headings to indicate each section): Company Overview Provide a brief overview of the three companies (at least two pages). What industry is it in? What are its main products or services? Who are its competitors? Where is the company located? Ratio Analysis Calculate the current ratio, quick ratio, gross profit percentage, inventory turnover, accounts receivable turnover and asset turnover ratios for all three companies for the current year. Note: Cash includes cash and cash equivalents and short term investments. Explain how the ratio is calculated and discuss and interpret the ratios that you calculated. Discuss potential liquidity issues based on your calculations of the current and quick ratios. Are there any factors that could be erroneously influencing the results of the ratios? Discuss liquidity issues of the three companies. Comparison of Accounting Methods In your paper, ascertain from the notes of the financial statements the following: Explain the difference between the allowance method and the direct write off method for accounts receivable. Document the method used for each of the three companies. Explain the difference between the straight line, double declining balance and the unit-of-production depreciation methods. Document the method used for each of the three companies. Explain the difference between LIFO and FIFO and document the method used for each of the three companies. Explain the different categories of intangible assets and document the method used for each of the three companies. Recommendation Based on your analysis, would you recommend an individual invest in these companies? What strengths do you see? What risks do you see? It is perfectly acceptable to state that you would recommend avoiding this company, as long as you provide support for your position. Conclusions Include an appendix in a separate document. The appendix must include screenshots of the financial statements and information obtained for the receivables, intangible assets, depreciation, and inventory. You can get help with creating an appendix in APA format by using the Ashford Writing Center’s guide, Tables, Images, & Appendices (Links to an external site.). The Financial Statement Analysis Final Paper Must be five to seven double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.) Must include a separate title page with the following: Title of paper Student’s name Course name and number Instructor’s name Date submitted For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.). Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance. Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper. For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) as well as Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.), refer to the Ashford Writing Center resources. Must use at least two scholarly/peer-reviewed and/or credible resources in addition to the course text. The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment. Must document any information used from sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. See the Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications. Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.