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Undergraduate 2
02/29/2012

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Loan covenant
Definition
Terms of a loan agreement, if violated lender can renegotiate loan terms or force repayment
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Securities ACT 1933
Definition
Focuses on initial sale of stocks and bonds
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Securities Act 1934
Definition
Focuses on subsequent trading in stocks and bonds
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Definition
responsibility for reports goes to board of directors
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GAAP vs IFRS
Definition
GAAP:categorize by function
IFRS:categorize by nature
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material misstatements
Definition
must be large enough to influence the decisions of financial statement users
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Unqualified audit opinion
Definition
passes GAAP standards
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Qualified audit opinion
Definition
does not follow GAAP standards
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Time series analysis
Definition
compares a company's results for 1 period against its own results for a series of time period
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cross-sectional analysis
Definition
compares results of 1 company w/ those in same section of industry(rival)
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Debt to Asset Ratio
Definition
Total liabilities/total assets*100

The proportion of total assets financed by debt
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Asset turnover ratio
Definition
Sales Revenue/avg. total assets

asset efficiency
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Net profit margin ratio
Definition
net income/sales revenue * 100

profitability
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Internal control
Definition
Policies intended to reasonably ensure that assets are protected+reports are accurate
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Principals of Internal Control
Definition
Establish responsibility
Segregate duties
Restrict access
Document procedures
Verify
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Cash count sheet
Definition
documents the amount of cash a cashier receives
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Cash received by mail
Definition
mail clerk handles+records amounts received on cash receipt list
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Goal of Internal Controls
Definition
to ensure that he business pays for only properly authorized transactions
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Imprest system
Definition
process that controls the amount paid to others by limiting total cash in an account
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perpetual inventory system
Definition
inventory is updated after any transaction
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periodic inventory system
Definition
records inventory after a certain period
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Sales return+allowances
Definition
refunds given to customers after goods have been sold+found unsatisfactory
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Sales Discount
Definition
price reduction for customers who promptly pay their account balances
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Consignment inventory
Definition
when the goods being sold at a business are owned by someone else
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FIFO
Definition
Oldest goods are sold 1st
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LIFO
Definition
newest goods are sold 1st
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Effects of de/increasing costs on FIFO/LIFO
Definition
FIFO LIFO
Inventory higher lower
COGS lower higher
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Days to sell formula
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365/inventory turnover ratio
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Inventory turnover ratio
Definition
COGS/avg. inventory
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Gross profit ratio
Definition
Gross profit/sales
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