a).
|Account Balance |% change 2010-2011 |% Change 2009-2010 |
|Net sales |1.45% |2.70% |
|Cash |5.41% |-9.19% |
|Net income |16.50% |-39.54% |
|Accounts payable |37.09% |24.71% |
|Inventory |26.23% |1.05% |
b).
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The decline of inventory turnover presents the incresed possibility of inventory obsolescence which is likely to be assessed as higher business risk. In debts to equity part, the ratio in current year is much higher than that of preceeding year, which means the extent of use of debt in financing company is much higher than before. Pinnacle has used most of its borrowing capacity and has little cushion for addional debt.This action brought high business risk to Pinnacle. In addition, Pinnacle puchase more inventory in current year that that of preceeding year, and net sales are increasing also compared previous year. However, the net income is decreased significantly. These changes show expenses (maybe direct or indirect) have increased dramaticly. The company uses more expensive materials and labors to manufacure and sell products.
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Assistant: Markus Leroy Johnson PAC (Surgical assistant was used for soft tissue protection and retraction and also for maintaining reduction during temporary and permanent fixation use of surgical assistant was medically necessary, and to prove the safety and efficacy of the procedure.)
E. Why does the auditor not use the same tolerable misstatement or percentage of account balance for all financial statement accounts?
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