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 Give a brief definition of a compilation and a review performed in accordance with SSARS. Include the type of assurance provided. Also, describe one difference in the auditor’s procedures when conducting a review under SSARS versus a review of interim financial information conducted under auditing standards. 

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 Find the current Federal Discount Rate. Find the current Prime Interest Rate. Explain what these rates are. Are these rates relatively low or high compared to historical averages? Explain why. If you were in charge of monetary policy in the U.S., would you be inclined to raise or lower the Federal Discount Rate from its current amount (explain)? Finally, how would the Saint Leo core values of responsible stewardship and integrity influence your decision? Please use 3 APA citation 

NOTE: Refer to the Instructions for Citrix in the Course Materials. Complete Case 7.3 Trans LAN Project in Larson and Gray by responding to questions 1, 2, and 3.  Combine items 1 and 2 into a single Risk Assessment Form (see Figure 7.6 in Larson and Gray) and use Microsoft Excel to complete this item. Use Microsoft Excel for the Risk Response Matrix (see Figure 7.8 in Larson and Gray) for question 3.  Note that additional items may be added to the Risk Assessment Form and the Risk Response Matrix. In addition to the requested items in the case, complete the following: Based on the risks that you identified on the Risk Assessment Form, create a Risk Severity Matrix (see Figure 7.7 in Larson and Gray). Note that additional information beyond the information shown in Figure 7.7 may be provided. Use Microsoft Excel to complete this item. Make any assumptions and document them as necessary to complete the aforementioned items. Based on the information in Appendix 12.1 in Larson and Gray, evaluate what type of contract(s) might be applicable to this project if you were to outsource certain aspects of your project to suppliers. Ensure that you justify your supplier contractual decisions based on the inherent risks related to your selected contract type(s).  Make any assumptions and document them accordingly.  Ensure that at least 350 words are provided.  APA formatting is not required.  Place your responses into a Microsoft Word file. Ensure that the Risk Assessment Form, Risk Severity Matrix, and Risk Response Matrix are included in the same Microsoft Excel File. Submit your Microsoft Excel File and your Microsoft Word File. Ensure that your last name is in your file names. While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. This assignment uses a scoring guide Please review the scoring guide prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. You are not required to submit this assignment to Lopeswrite. For more information read this:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_assessment

1. Did you have positive or negative cash flow? Are you able to incorporate any of the money saving ideas into your budget? What can you do now to improve your financial health? Weekly goals could include tracking your purchases every day, avoiding your financial weaknesses (expensive dinners out, designer coffee drinks, unplanned purchases), learning about a certain financial subject, and anything else that will keep you on track. What can you do each month that will improve your financial health? Monthly goals could include balancing your checkbook, contributing to your savings account or IRA, paying off a certain amount of debt (like a credit card bill), and checking to see if your actual spending was in line with your budget. Have you ever thought about your financial health in terms of an entire year? Where would you like to be financially one year from now? Yearly goals are more readily obtainable than your five-year goals and make great milestones in fulfilling your financial plan. These goals could include reducing overall debt by a certain amount, saving for a certain item or trip, or starting an IRA. The journal entry should include at least one weekly, monthly, and yearly goals to improve your financial health and a minimum of 250 words. The attached grading rubric provides detailed information. Weekly goal is to minimize out to eat spending. The monthly goal is to minimize access spending such as shopping movies etc. The yearly goal is to improve the credit score.

1. Little books inc. recently reported $3 million of net income. Its EBIT was $6 million,  and its tax rate was 40%. What was its interest expense? [Hint; write out the headings for an income statement, and fill in the known values then divide $3 million of net income by (1-T) = 0.6 to find the pretax income. The difference between EBIt and taxable income must be interest expense, use this same procedure to complete similar problems. [2. Pearson brothers recently reported EBITDA of $7.5 million and net income of $1.8 million it had $ 2.0 million on interest expense and its corporate tax rate was 40%. what was its charge for depreciation and amortization? 3. W.C. Cycling had $55,000 in cash at year-end 2014 and $25,000 in cash at year-end 2015 the firm invested in property, plants, and equipment, totaling 250,000 cashflows. Cash flow from financing activities totaled +$170,000a. What was the cash flow from operating activities b. If accruals increased by $25,000, receivables and inventories increased by $100,000 and depreciation and amortization totaled $10,000,  what was the firm’s net income.

Week 6 Homework For this assignment, you will read the scenario and then use the provided Excel and Word document templates to complete your assignment before uploading them to the assignment submission area.ScenarioLarry and Beth are both married, working adults. They both plan for retirement and consider the $6,000 annual contribution a must. First, consider Beth’s savings. She began working at age 20 and began making an annual contribution to her IRA of $6,000 each year until age 32 (12 contributions). She then left full-time work to have children and be a stay-at-home mom. She left her IRA invested and plans to begin drawing from her IRA when she is 65. Larry started contributing to his IRA at age 32. In the first 12 years of his working career, he used his discretionary income to buy a home, upgrade the family cars, take vacations, and pursue his golfing hobby. At age 32, he made his first $6,000 contribution to an IRA and contributed $6,000 every year up until age 65 (33 contributions). He plans to retire at age 65 and make withdrawals from his IRA. Both IRA accounts grow at an 8% annual rate. Do not consider any tax or inflation effect. Instructions Create a chart summarizing the details of the investment for both Larry and Beth. Write a one-paragraph summary in which you explain the results in terms of the time value of money for both Larry and Beth. (Hint: discuss why one person was able to save a great deal more than the other.)

Purpose This assignment is intended to help you learn how to apply statistical methods when analyzing operational data, evaluating the performance of current marketing strategies, and recommending actionable business decisions. This is an opportunity to build critical-thinking and problem-solving skills within the context of data analysis and interpretation. You’ll gain a first-hand understanding of how data analytics supports decision-making and adds value to an organization. Scenario: Pastas R Us, Inc. is a fast-casual restaurant chain specializing in noodle-based dishes,  soups, and salads. Since its inception, the business development team has favored opening new restaurants in areas (within a 3-mile radius) that satisfy the following demographic conditions·  Median age between 25 – 45 years old·  Household median income above national average·  At least 15% college-educated adult population Last year, the marketing department rolled out a Loyalty Card strategy to increase sales. Under this program, customers present their Loyalty Card when paying for their orders and receive some free food after making 10 purchases. The company has collected data from its 74 restaurants to track important variables such as average sales per customer, year-on-year sales growth, sales per sq. ft., Loyalty Card usage as a percentage of sales, and others. A key metric of financial performance in the restaurant industry is annual sales per sq. ft. For example, if a 1200 sq. ft. restaurant recorded $2 million in sales last year, then it sold $1,667 per sq. ft. Executive management wants to know whether the current expansion criteria can be improved. They want to evaluate the effectiveness of the Loyalty Card marketing strategy and identify feasible, actionable opportunities for improvement. As a member of the analytics department, you’ve been assigned the responsibility of conducting a thorough statistical analysis of the company’s available database to answer executive management’s questions. Report: Write a 750-word statistical report that includes the following sections:·  Section 1: Scope and descriptive statistics·  Section 2: Analysis·  Section 3: Recommendations and Implementation Section 1 – Scope and descriptive statistics·  State the report’s objective·  Discuss the nature of the current database. What variables were analyzed?·  Summarize your descriptive statistics findings from Excel. Use a table and insert appropriate graphs. Section 2 – Analysis ·  Using Excel, create scatter plots and display the regression equations for the following pairs of variables:·  “BachDeg%” versus “Sales/SqFt”·  “MedIncome” versus “Sales/SqFt”·  “MedAge” versus “Sales/SqFt”·  “LoyaltyCard(%)” versus “sales growth(%)”·  In your report, include the scatter plots. For each scatter plot, designate the type of relationship observed (increasing/positive, decreasing/negative, or no relationship) and determine what you can conclude from these relationships. Section 3: Recommendations and implementation·  Based on your findings above, assess which expansion criteria seem to be more effective. Could any expansion criterion be changed or eliminated? If so, which ones and why?·  Based on your findings above, does it appear as if the Loyalty Card is positively correlated with sales growth? Would you recommend changing this marketing strategy?·  Based on your previous findings, recommend marketing positioning that targets a specific demographic. (Hint: Are younger people patronizing the restaurants more than older people?)·  Indicate what information should be collected to track and evaluate the effectiveness of your recommendations. How can this data be collected? (Hint: Would you use survey/samples or census?)Cite references to support your assignment.

You work for a company that makes vehicle safety systems, such as radar, on-board cameras, and the ever-present back-up beeper. To reduce costs on your most mature product, the back-up beeper, you are considering moving production out of the United States. You are considering Mexico, the Philippines, and Singapore. You are interested in road infrastructure, port infrastructure, technological readiness, and wages. 1. Compare the four countries on these dimensions. Include the United States in your analysis as well as a baseline. For wages, use the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Foreign Labor Statistics website bls.gov/fls. In particular, use the Index of Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ichcc.t01.htm (Links to an external site.). For the other data, use the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report      http://gcr.weforum.org/gcr/ (Links to an external site.) The bar chart comparison feature is an efficient way to get the information you need.2. You are also interested in the overall business climate, which you consider consisting of factors like corruption, accounting standards, and a solid legal system. Use the Opacity Index Operations and Supply Chain Management for the 21st Century 121to compare the overall level of opacity of each of the four countries: http://www.kurtzmangroup.com/reports/opacity_index_2.pdf  (Links to an external site.)3. What other factors should be considered? 4. What is your recommendation? (You also can locate the reports by doing a web search on “opacity index” or/and on “BLS FLS Production Workers: Indexes of hourly compensation costs”)

What are the two examples go quantitative data? and explain.