Legality and Ethicality of Financial Reporting ETH/376 August 25, 2014 Legality and Ethicality of Financial Reporting Excello Telecommunications has a history of excellent performance but with a surge in oversea competitors the company may not be able to meet its financial estimates for the first time. Executives were worried that not being able to meet the financial estimates could impact stock options, bonuses, and the share price of company stock. While looking to find a way to meet the financial estimates Terry Reed, the CFO, discovers a transaction on December 20, 2010 that might solve the problem. Excello sold $1.2 million of equipment to Data Equipment Systems. This type of transaction would be recorded as a sale on the …show more content…
All CPAs who are members of AICPA are purely governed by the AICPA code of conduct. The code takes into consideration the needs of all financial statement users. Consideration of public interest is the main aim of the code. The Excello accounting department has the duty of following the professional duties, be honest in the financial prospering and protecting the public interest. This means upholding their ethical status and protecting the interest of the public. In response to Reeds request the accounting department came up with three main scenarios they felt met his points of recording the $1.2 million transaction in 2010 and the decision must be defensible from a GAAP view point. They are as follows: 1. Transfers the products to an off-site warehouse owned by Excello by December 31 and hold it until January 11 when it would be shipped to Data Equipment. 2. Transfer the product to Data Equipment by December 31 and agree that the customer could return it for a full refund after it arrives at Data Equipment’s warehouse. 3. Offer Data Equipment a 10 percent discount to take the product by December 31. The first one, transferring the product to an off-site warehouse until January 11, is unethical. Despite the fact that the goods are located at an off-site storage facility, the product is still in the hands of Excello. They still hold the legal rights and therefore the sale has not happened. The second one, transfer the product to
The pallets or equipment will now be held in the HOLDING AREA, until they can be processed (usually within 48 hours or less). This process consists of being barcoded, if needed, and entered into the Lynxnet
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Excello Telecommunications has been a profitable company for many years, but recently the competitive landscape has become tougher. Competition from overseas manufacturers has lowered Excello’s market share and profits. For the first time it looks as is Excello will not meet earnings estimates. This information directly impacts bonuses, stock options, and the company’s share price. Top level management is concerned about the extent this impact will have on the company. This paper will serve to determine the ethicality of Excello’s actions and demonstrate what ethical standards and regulations
The year is quickly ending for Excello Telecommunications, and they are trying to maximize earnings for the company. With increased competition from foreign companies, Excello meeting its financial estimates are looking bleak. Failure to meet earnings expectations can reduce the availability of bonuses, stock options and could lessen the value of the company. Because of the threat in not meeting estimated earnings, the company’s CFO Terry Reed has a plan to make one last effort to meet company goals. Terry Reed has knowledge about a sale of $1.2 million to a
Determine the ethicality of the events within the case. This case walks the ethically slippery slope. Terry Reeds, the CFO panics about his personal gain if the company does not meet standard profitability. He forgets to put others first and tries to use his position to push other employees to tamper with sales information in the companies favor. The accounting department came up with three alternatives one of which meets ethical requirements. This area is still on the slippery side because the accounting department should only have produced ethical correct options.
ii) The sale recognized on June 30, 2002 because the equipment has been installed, tested, and accepted by the customer. And the collection is receivable.
Explains the impact of extraordinary important transactions on the company’s performance and positions for example BellSouth’s acquisition.
This has to be done between the time period of purchase and storage. They also have certain regulatory standards that are mandatory.
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The seller will sell, transfer and deliver to the buyer on the or before the 15th day of December, 2015, the following goods (the ‘Goods’):
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