Straight Line Reports Samples For Students

Abstract

Several accounting principle have been put in place to ensure that the financial statement presented to users are free and fair. The principle of consistency ensures financial statements are prepared using the same principle year after year. Materiality concept ensures that only valuable information is included in financial statement. Principle of disclosure ensures that all valuable information is included in preparation of financial statement. Then the principle of conservatism makes sure that losses are recorded when foreseen while profits must be earned before recording.
The fixed asset register keeps eye on all fixed assets of a firm. The assets ...

About the report

The report is based on our assistance given to Wheel Industries where we have analyzed the long term investment opportunities available with the company using the techniques of capital budgeting. To facilitate better understanding for our readers, we have included all the calculations within this report while every calculation is explained comprehensively.

Project Details

Wheel Industries is considering a three-year expansion project, Project A. The project requires an initial investment of $1.5 million. The project will use the straight-line depreciation method. The project has no salvage value. It is estimated that the project will generate additional revenues of $1.2 million per ...

Introduction

Bend (flexure) testing is often done in springs as well in brittle materials whose behaviors of failure are linear like concrete, wood, plastic, glass and ceramics. Bend testing is suitable for evaluating the strength of brittle materials where the results of tensile tests aren’t easy to interpret due to the breaking of specimens around the gripping (Schoffstall, Charles, and Robert 234). In bend testing experiment, smooth rectangular specimens without notches are recommended under three or four point bend arrangements. Figure I below illustrates three point and four point bend arrangements respectively.
Figure 1. Bend testing of a smooth ...

Question 1

The factor that would be interesting to an investor is the decline in revenue. The management of the company has reported a decline in revenue from the year 2012, resulting from a contraction in the overall PC market as well as competitive pricing pressures. These causes negatively impacted the performance of the company’s major segments. The factor would be interesting to the investor since the primary objective of investors is to maximise their returns. A decline in revenues indicates that the business is experiencing challenges that if not addressed, may have an adverse effect of the future profitability and growth ...

Disclosure Index

The financials in 2010 and 2011 have been prepared according to the relevant AASB standards. The expansive disclosure section is quite thorough, informing potential investors and current shareholders about existing trends within the company. The financials disclose all required information about the company’s operations, including the detailed requirements for financial instruments and other items that have to do with extended credit. During the year under report, there were quite a few changes in the AASB reporting requirements, as the financials note, but none of those changes had a significant effect on the reporting methodology at David Jones.

The 2010 and ...