Assume You Have Prepared a Horizontal Analysis of Your Company's

question 61

Essay

Assume you have prepared a horizontal analysis of your company's balance sheet and income statement and have found some account balances you believe need to be investigated.What would be a cause of each of the following changes in account balances?
a.Decrease in accrued salaries
b.Sales increased by a greater percentage than cost of goods sold
c.Accounts receivable decreased
d.Significant drop in long-term debt
e.Decrease in retained earnings

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Definitions:

Straight-Line Depreciation

A scheme for apportioning the cost of a concrete asset over its lifespan in steady yearly payments.

Capital Budgeting

The process of evaluating and selecting long-term investments that are in line with the goal of shareholder value maximization, such as new machinery, replacement of machinery, new plants, and research development projects.

Straight-Line Depreciation

An approach for distributing the cost of a physical property over its useful life in uniform annual sums.

Straight-Line Depreciation

A strategy for apportioning the cost of an asset consistently throughout its period of use.