Accounting

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Drakopoulou’s article A Review of Fundamental and Technical Stock Analysis Techniques (Links to an external site.) from the Journal of Stock and Forex Trading (2015). Review the financial statements for one publicly traded company, such as Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), General Motors (NYSE: GM), Sony Corp (NYSE: SNE), International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM), Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ: AAL), or Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN)). The financial statements may be found at EDGAR | Company Filings (Links to an external site.). Enter the company’s stock ticker in the Fast Search box, Enter 10-K in the Filing Type box, and click on the latest 10-K. If you wish, you can save the whole 10-K report to your computer. After examining the financial statements of your selected publicly-traded company, refer back to the article A Review of Fundamental and Technical Stock Analysis Techniques (Links to an external site.). Assume you are a daily equities trader with an actively traded equity portfolio. In your initial post of at least 200 words, Discuss the differences between fundamental analysis and technical analysis techniques you will employ to select the stock of your preferred publicly traded company. Dive deeper into the details of how these two approaches differ, the criticism against technical analysis, and how technical and fundamental analysis can be used

It is common industry knowledge that an audit plan provides the specific guidelines auditors must follow when conducting an external audit. External public accounting firms conduct external audits to ensure outside stakeholders that the company’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) or International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).  Use the Internet to select a public company that appeals to you. You may also use the company dossier in the Nexi Uni database to find company information. Imagine that you are a senior partner in a public accounting firm hired to complete an audit for the chosen public company. Write a 4–6 page paper in which you: Outline the critical steps inherent in planning an audit and designing an effective audit program. Based upon the type of company selected, provide specific details of the actions that the company should undertake during planning and designing the audit program. Examine at least two performance ratios that you would use in order to determine which analytical tests to perform. Identify the accounts that you would test, and select at least three analytical procedures that you would use in your audit. Analyze the balance sheet and income statement of the company that you have selected and outline your method for evidence collection which should include, but not be limited to, the type of evidence to collect and the manner in which you would determine the sufficiency of the evidence. Discuss the audit risk model and ascertain which sampling or non-sampling techniques you would use in order to establish your preliminary judgment about materiality. Justify your response. Assuming that the end result is an unqualified audit report, outline the primary responsibilities of the audit firm after it issues the report in question. Use the Strayer Library to locate at least two quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other similar websites do not qualify as academic resources. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: This course requires use of new Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details. Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow SWS or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

Identify the factors that influence the amount of cash/bank balances an organization will hold at any one time. You will need to consider the following questions.  Why do organizations hold some of their assets in the form of cash? What are the costs of holding too much cash? What are the costs of having too little cash? To what extent are the reasons for holding cash similar to those for holding stock? I have included 2 examples that you can use and reword please do not just copy these.

SCENARIO: A routine financial audit reveals that several people receiving paychecks are not, and have never been, on the payroll. A system review indicates they were added to the payroll approximately one month prior, at the same time, via a computer in the financial department. What is your response? INJECT: You confirm the computer in the payroll department was used to make the additions. Approximately two weeks prior to the addition of the new personnel, there was a physical break-in to the finance department in which several laptops without sensitive data were taken. OPTIONAL INJECT: Further review indicates that all employees are paying a new “fee” of $20 each paycheck and that money is being siphoned to an off-shore bank account. Having this additional information, how do you proceed? Discussion questions • What actions could you take after the initial break-in? • Do you have the capability to audit your physical security system? • Who would/should be notified? • Would you able to assess the damages associated with the break-in? • Would you be able to find out what credentials may have been stored on the laptop? • How would you notify your employees of the incident? • How do you contain the incident? o Optional Inject question: How do you compensate the employees?

     Begin your paper with a brief introduction on the importance of cost controls. A good introduction will sufficiently introduce the reader to the topics of your paper as well as the purpose of your paper. An introductory paragraph is at least three to five sentences in length. Cost Controls – Back of the House             In a minimum 250 word overview in a Word document following MLA format, outline a minimum of five different procedures and strategies that will be implemented to control costs in the back of the house for your business concept. Here are some areas to consider: planning, ordering, purchasing, receiving, storage and product rotation, inventory, food specifications, portion control, recipe standardization and costing, and waste accountability. Conclusion             Your last paragraph of every MLA formatted report is a concluding paragraph. This last paragraph emphasizes the main topics of the paper. Some conclusions may also provide a forward looking approach or a question to ponder. Most importantly, the concluding paragraphs will wrap-up the key points of the essay.

Include two Chapter: A / methodology part ( collect data from annual reports from public websites of an accounting firm and recruitment material of accounting firms: (1) statistics on the number of women in the profession, and  (2) rules (both laws and community norms) about gender in the profession and in education.  B) Analysis of data

Jordan Corporation is considering dropping product W22T. Data from the company’s accounting system appear below: Sales, Variable expenses,$650,000 $234,000 $206,000 Fixed manufacturing expenses, Fixed selling and administrative expenses $170,000. All fixed expenses of the company are fully allocated to products in the company’s accounting system. Further investigation has revealed that $125,000 of the fixed manufacturing expenses and $114,000 of the fixed selling and administrative expenses are avoidable if product W22T is discontinued. What would be the effect on the company’s overall net operating income of dropping product W22T? 

In prior weeks, you learned about finance and financial analysis. This week you will put it all together. Using the Walmart Case Study and your selected country, you will complete a comprehensive recommendation to Walmart executives either recommending or forgoing expansion into your selected country. In your paper, Summarize the culture and financial climate of the country and why it would be favorable or unfavorable for Walmart to expand in that region. Describe your country’s foreign exchange rates and how those rates could impact Walmart’s future financial performance. Be sure to address: interest rates, balance of payments, government policies, and other factors such as taxes and tariffs. Describe how Walmart needs to manage foreign exchange risk. Analyze any potential political risk and its impact to the financials. Propose how Walmart should fund this new expansion. The Walmart International Expansion Recommendation Final Paper Must be 10 to 12 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Prior to beginning work on this assignment, Watch the Week 6 Final Paper video above with Dr. Kevin Kuznia, Academic Department Chair. Review the Walmart Case Study interactive below. Review the current financial statements of Walmart. Option 1: Yahoo! Finance (Links to an external site.) web page Enter the stock symbol of Walmart, Inc. (WMT) in the search bar Click on the “Financials” tab Option 2: EDGAR | Company Filings (Links to an external site.) database Enter “Walmart Inc.” in the search barStyle as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.) resource. 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. as well as Writing a Thesis Statement Must use at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed, or credible sources 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. Must document any information used from sources in APA Style Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style

With the recent worldwide pandemic leading to people working remotely, this presents an opportunity to change how work is performed. Something to consider is potential taxation issues. Whether people move around domestically, or internationally, what do you think are some tax considerations people should take if they are able to work remotely?

Managerial Accounting Course: The paper itself has to deal with: Restoring Trust after Fraud or Management Failures. Thus you have to embark on the research task by investigating some of the prominent issues relating to Corporate Governance and Accounting Scandals or Evidence of deliberate Deceptions or Corruptions. Examples of how to frame your Research Topic: Restoring Trust after Fraud: The Case of——————–