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The allowance would have been $8.5 million if they would have had consistency on the ratio from 1983 in 1984. As a result, the pre-tax income increase is $2.6 million due to the changed ratio in 1984.

10. Summarize all the accounting changes Harnischfeger made in 1984 and their effects on pre-tax profits and cash flows in 1984. Below are the changes that were made in 1984: Change in Sales recognition strategy with Kobe Steel - No net effect on pre-tax profits and cash flows in 1984; Change in reporting period for certain foreign subsidiaries - No net effect on pre-tax profits and cash flows in 1984; Change in Pension plan - Increased pre-tax profits and cash flows in 1984; Change in bad debt allowance ratio - Increased pre-tax profits and cash flows in 1984; Reduction in R&D expenses -

2. Considering your answer to item 1, the first three exhibits, and related introductory discussion, is it likely that the accounting system may distort product profit significantly? Why? (Ignore general, selling, and admin expense.)

I believe that this action was motivated by business considerations, since the accounting practices were not the best. In 1984, Harnischfeger´s reported profits during each of the four quarters, ending the year with a pre-tax operating profit of $5.7 million and a net income after tax and extraordinary credits of $15 million. As such, this made profits look positive.

Overall, depreciation changes resulted in an increase of $3.2 million in net income in 1984.

From 1976 to 1982 the compound annual growth in net sales was 18.5% and the compound annual growth of after tax profit was 25.9%. Therefore, a 10% net sales growth shown in the proforma financial data seems reasonable.

share increased an average of 27% per year. This remarkable increase in earnings did not go

Some of the significant changes I found on the income sheet were revenue which decreased by 8 million dollars in 2015 compared to 2014. SG&A expenses increased by .9% for the year. How-ever gross profit decreased by .3% in 2015. Also net income for the year decreased by -2.5% per-cent.

been profitable every year since 1932, and sales had increased every year since 1955. In 1984, the

It has come to our attention that much of Roman Holiday’s recent revenue growth came from acquisition of franchise right and existing restaurants rather than real growth in the franchise. Management is aware of these issues and may be feeling some pressure to meet growth targets and earnings forecasts. In the following working papers, we address this potential issue by reviewing the various accounting treatments for the reacquired franchise rights. We also examine the reacquired franchise rights from the Arizona acquisition and assess the reasonableness of management’s assumptions in its impairment analysis.

The return on equity (ROE) has also shown an increase in 2009 over the previous year suggesting a successful investment by shareholders. This increase, coupled with the fact that the basic earnings per share (EPS) has increased significantly from 61.78 cents in 2008 to 88.26 cents in 2009 (143%) shows great improvement in the profit per share. Please note that the basic EPS has been used in this analysis as the diluted EPS includes employee options (JBH Annual Report, 2009), skewing and reducing the value of the EPS.

Blockbuster implemented a new strategy for customers to access their rentals in “five channels of distribution: in-store, by mail, through vending machines and kiosks, online, and at home (direct to the TV)” (DATAMONITOR, 2009). However, this strategy was a reactive approach to the problem produced ten years behind schedule. Wooldridge et al., (2007) stated that Blockbuster should select and adapt their strategy to respond to the fast changing market and maintain a competitive position. This was an obvious failure for Blockbuster. The changes in the market produced a decline in profit at a faster pace than the strategies that Blockbuster implemented to combat these losses.

c. Construct Stephenson’s market value balance sheet after the equity issue, but before the purchase has been made. How many shares of common stock does Stephenson have outstanding? What is the price per share of the firm’s stock?

The first exhibit shows the ten-year financial summary in millions. It showed that the net sales in the United States and international in millions of dollars during the year 1980 was 1,450 and that increased to 1,904.7 in 1989. The cost of goods sold in millions was 831.1 in 1980 and it rose to 966 in 1989. The marketing, research, engineering, and administrative expenses also increased with the net sales and cost of goods sold. The earnings before income taxes climbed to the highest at 212.6 million in 1989. This

2. What would be the impact on Blockbuster's 1988 earnings per share if 5 amortization were applied to this goodwill?