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Description Supplemental Resource Hi Class, to begin your understanding of financial ratio analysis you will need to understand two of the major financial statements. Ratios provide a broader understanding of the company’s financial performance but to complete them you must understand what the ratio categories are and what each ratio and category measures. It is important to explain these measures in your analysis that help understand the company performance. Review video below to understand the financial statements components and why and how they are arranged. Share your understanding of these concepts in your weekly participation. Financial Statement Analysis

Description Question 6-47 attached as file Instructions This assignment includes a focused look at an ethical dilemma in providing you with the opportunity for authentic application applying what you have learned up to this point.  Complete the Ethics Case 6-47 located on page 258 of your text, Principles of Auditing & Other Assurance Services. Answer Questions 1 through 3 and cite sources.

Description Your buddy mentioned that she is thinking about suing under the qui tam law. You are not sure what that is. a. Whatisaquitamprovision? b. Can employees who do not work for the govern- ment sue under this provision? c. Should the IRS offer a qui tam provision to reward citizens who help the government recover unpaid taxes? How many people would you “rat out” if you knew that you could collect, say, 20% of the unpaid taxes, fines, and penalties collected by the government? 4. Should whistleblower laws be transformed into mandatory rules that impose punishment on any person who has knowledge of a major financial reporting violation but knowingly fails to act? 5. Should the amount of the reward given to a whistle- blower depend on whether the whistleblower acted out of the purest of motives, rather than greed or a desire to impose revenge on an employer or a coworker? 6. Should coconspirators in any criminal matter be allowed to testify in court? If a whistleblower partic- ipated in perpetrating accounting fraud, should she be eligible to collect a whistleblower reward? 10. You currently work in the SEC reporting division of a midsize, publicly traded company. The com- pany has a Board of Directors and an Audit Com- mittee. You have worked there for three years, and you have a cordial but professional relationship with your direct supervisor. The company has a hotline for reporting “improper accounting, fraud, embezzlement, and other misconduct.” The hotline accepts anony- mous calls and is staffed by a division of a law firm that specializes in ethics and corporate com- pliance. The company also has a Code of Con- duct that strictly prohibits retaliation against any employee who reasonably believes that misconduct has occurred. In each of the following cases, state whether the likelihood of you reporting miscon- duct to your direct supervisor is Low, Medium, or High: A/ Late at night, you saw a colleague place anexpen- sive art object from the company’s front lobby in the trunk of his car and drive away. B/ Late at night, you saw the company CEO place an expensive art object from the company’s front lobby in the trunk of his car and drive away. C/ You were asked to improperly classify factory rent in General Overhead. It correctly should be capitalized as an element of Work in Process Inventory. Your colleague told you that, by doing this, the company’s Gross Profit Margin on sales would be higher, at least in the short run. This will lead stock market analysts to upgrade the com- pany’s stock. D/ You saw a colleague deliberately book a single sale twice. This results in reported Sales being too high. E/ You saw a colleague deliberately move a sale from January, Year 2, into December, Year 1, by alter- ing the shipping and invoice dates. F/ Your company sustained a loss when a burglary occurred. The actual loss was $30,000, but your colleague exaggerated this loss, filing a claim with the company’s insurer to recover for a $70,000 loss. G/ A client offered you a bribe during the course of an audit to “look the other way” and accel- erate the recording of an installment sale to a high-risk customer entirely into the year that goods were delivered. Under GAAP

Description Assignment: Draft a Protest Letter.  Please see "TEAM ASSIGNMENT 3 PROTEST TO APPEALS v(101521)-1" document for FACTS.

Description Overview A robust financial appraisal of a company's finances would normally entail the analysis of its cash flow, income statement, balance sheet, and retained earning statements. In this assignment, you focus your analysis on a public company's balance sheet to evaluate its financial health. The balance sheet represents high-level elements of the other reports, so it provides a good "big picture" view of the company's finances. Preparation Choose a publicly held company and review its 2019 annual report on the Internet. Pay particular attention to the balance sheet upon which this assignment is based. Instructions Provide a Web link to the balance sheet of the corporate report that you have chosen. Evaluate the company's health by analyzing its balance sheet. Do the following in 4-5 pages: Evaluate the corporation's financial health based upon an analysis of each section (assets, liabilities, and owner's equity) of its balance sheet. Make sure to reference specific items on each sheet and the ways that they relate to one another. Conduct the following tests on the balance sheet (show your results) and explain what each reveals: Vertical. Horizontal. Ratio Analysis. Make sure to compare your ratio with the industry benchmark or other competitors. Assess the company's current financial health based on the accurate interpretation of the findings of the three tests. Include risks in your assessment. Support your conclusions. Suggest and support three ways to significantly improve the company's financial health based on your analysis. This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is: Analyze a financial statement to determine corporate financial health.

Description 1. Why must a company estimate the amount of factory overhead assigned to specific jobs or job lots? 2. Why are overhead costs allocated to products and not traced to products as direct materials and direct labor are? 3. What is a variable cost? Identify two variable costs.

Description please read the instructions carefull. it highlights everything needed to achieve a very high grade.DO NOT USE AI FOR THIS, I cannot stress the importance of this enough. The 2 companies you will be looking at in this report are Coca-Cola HBC and Britvic. this is not mentioned in the document attached so please discuss about these 2 companies.

Description Assignment Instructions Persuasive Speech Slides & Speaking Notes For Module 7 Assignment, you will prepare a PowerPoint presentation based on the outline you created and submitted in Module 5. (Use the feedback you receive from your professor on your outline to help you prepare the speech.) At a minimum, the presentation should include the following elements: Title Slide Body of Your Presentation Attention Need Satisfaction Visualization Action References The body of your presentation should be a minimum of five slides (not including the title slide and references slide), but you can use more slides if you choose. Your slides must include either speaker notes placed in the "notes" section of the slide or you should record audio on each slide. References should be written in proper APA formatting. Instructions: The Notes panel of your slides will contain your speech script; this will be word-for-word exactly what you would say to accompany each slide. Be sure to read your speech aloud several times so that you're confident that the language you're using sounds conversational and not like a term paper or essay. Remember to use transitional words and phrases to make your speech flow smoothly. It's critical to cite the sources that back up your points and subpoints. Citing sources orally (as you would be doing for a speech) is different from citing them in a paper. For a refresher on how to do this, see Citing Sources Orally the Announcements in this course. Speeches that do not include sources cited in the body of the speech and on the reference page will earn a zero. When you are ready to submit your slides and script, you must save your slides in a format with the slides on the top of a page, with the accompanying notes (your script) beneath each slide, as seen below. Do not submit a PowerPoint file. Instead, print your notes pages to PDF, or export your presentation to Word, and choose the layout with "notes below slides." I must be able to see both your slide and script on the same page; if not, your speech will be returned with a zero for a grade, and you will have one opportunity to revise. See the course announcement How to Put Speaker Notes & Slide on Same Page for details. Be sure to review the FAQ for this assignment in the course announcements, as it will be a great resource for you as you get started turning your outline into a speech. Length/Formatting Instructions LengthA minimum of seven slides (a title slide, one slide for each of the five parts of Monroe’s Motivated Sequence, and a reference page/slide).FontFor the slides: 36-point minimum, preferably Calibri font For the slide notes: 12 point, preferably Calibri fontProgram/File TypeSubmit in PDF or Word, with a note beneath each slide. See the instructions above for directions. Do NOT submit in PPT.Referencing systemAPA referencing system is necessary in assignments, especially material found on the Internet. For examples of correct citations, visit the following link: In-Text Citations: The Basics File NameExample: SP180 Sam Taylor Assignment 7 Persuasive Speech Slides and Speaking Notes Grading Rubric Your work will be evaluated on the following criteria: CATEGORYExpertProficientApprenticeNoviceSlides / Visuals (20 points)20 points Slides highlight the main points of the speech, use visuals to tell your story more than words, and are aesthetically pleasing.16 points Slides highlight the main points of the speech. Visuals could be more aesthetically pleasing.14 points Slideshow presentation at least partially, but not fully, correlates to the main points of the speech.0 points Slideshow presentation is not included or slideshow presentation does not correlate to the speech.Introduction (10 points)10 points 1. Gets attention 2. Establishes your credibility 3. Clearly identifies your central idea 4. Previews the main points8 points Meets any three of the four criteria.7 points Meets any two of the four criteria.0 points Meets one or zero of the four criteria.Format & Organization (25 points)25 Points The three middle steps in Monroe's Motivated Sequence (Need, Satisfaction & Visualization) are present, clearly stated and well developed.20 Points The three middle steps in Monroe's Motivated Sequence (Need, Satisfaction & Visualization) are present, clearly stated,  yet require further development.18 Points The three middle steps in Monroe's Motivated Sequence (Need, Satisfaction & Visualization) are present, but not stated clearly and/or require further development.0 points Speech is disorganized. Monroe's Motivated Sequence not used.Conclusion (10 points)10 points 1. Summarizes central idea and key points briefly. 2. Concludes in a memorable fashion with impact. 3. Includes a clear and specific call for action.8 points .

Description Preparing a Written Protest to the Appeals Office   Generally, an appeal is initiated by filing a written protest stating the reasons why the taxpayer does not agree with the disputed adjustments. If the total amount of tax exceeds $25,000, a formal protest is required. The outline of a sample formal protest disagreeing with a proposed estate tax adjustment is as follows. See Appendix 22B for a complete sample protest. RE: Protest by Robert Richards Social Security Number Dear Mr. Richards: I, Robert Richards, hereby protest the proposed adjustments income tax liability set forth in your 30-day letter dated [date of 30-day letter], and the examination report transmitted therewith. The following information is submitted in support of this protest. Conference. Name, address and daytime telephone number of taxpayer. Itemized schedule of unagreed adjustments. Statement of facts. Statement of law. Summary of position. The Estate wants to appeal the findings to the Estate Tax Attorney and requests a hearing before the Appeals Office. [Name and address of taxpayer] [care of with name and address of attorney or accountant] [Telephone number] Oct 15, 2021 Reply Refer to:1484-6423 FYE 201812 Form 1040 Return filed April 15, 2020 Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I examined the facts stated in this protest, including any accompanying documents, and, to the best of my knowledge and belief, they are true, correct, and complete. [Alternatively, or additionally, the attorney or accountant may sign the protest using the following language:] This protest was prepared by the undersigned. The undersigned does (or does not) know personally whether the statements of fact contained in the protest [and any accompanying documents] are true and correct.

Description the cases are listed below, choose any two from them. detailed case file will be provided the submission provided must be your own original work. If outside resources are used you are expected to use proper citations and references using APA or MLA formats. Use the questions related to your chosen cases as a guide in preparing your case analysis. Your analysis should be between 2-3 pages, typed, and double spaced using a minimum 11 point font. Exhibits do not form part of the page count. (Note: please submit in only Word or Excel formats) Master Decker Perform a business size-up of Master Decker by completing the following: 1. Analyze the expansion opportunities of service offerings – deck building, selling exclusive stains, and selling manufactured cleaning chemicals – from a qualitative strategic perspective. 2. Using the excel template file, identify which of the cash flows associated with the opportunity are relevant. If the cash flow item is relevant, identify if the item is recurring or a one-time cash flow. 3. Prepare a 1 year differential analysis to determine return on investment for each alternative. (Hint: if the cash flow item is relevant and recurring, it should be included in your analysis to determine incremental net cash flow. ROI would be your incremental net cash flow divided by your total of one-time cash flow items.) 4. Which expansion opportunity would you recommend? Explain. Style Inc. 1. Analyze the custom tailoring industry in Canada. What implications can be drawn? 2. Analyze Style’s current operations. What implications can be drawn? 3. Calculate the unit contribution, total contribution, and contribution margin ratio for each of the 7 clothing lines. Do any product lines earn a contribution margin ratio lower than either the company’s target contribution of 35% per clothing line or the annual total target contribution of $25,000? 4. Should Style discontinue the lowest contribution margin product line? Or should Style increase its retail selling price of this line? Explain. Good Night Hotel: 1. Should Justin McGregor accept the offer to fill his motel for the two weekend nights in October at half the room rate? Consider both qualitative and quantitative factors in your analysis. Provide calculations to support your answe