Internal control objectives for financial reporting


Problem:

Financial statement account identification. Mark each of the accounts listed in the following table as follows:

a. In column (1), indicate in which statement - income statement (IS) or balance sheet (BS) - the account belongs.

b. In column (2), indicate whether the account is a asset (A), liability (L), expense (E), fixed asset (FA), revenue (R), or stockholders' equity (SE).

Account Name    (1) Statement    (2) Type of Account
Accounts payable
Accounts receivable
Administrative expense
Buildings
Cash
Common stock
Cost of goods sold
Depreciation
Equipment
General expense
Land
Machinery
Notes payable
Operating expense
Prepaid salary
Retained earnings
Rent
Sales revenue
Selling expense

Income statement preparation. Use the appropriate items from the following list to prepare an Income Statement
for the year ended December 31, 2007. Make sure you calculate the net income/loss before and then after tax expense.
The tax rate is 40% for this company.
Item    Values ($000) at or for year ended December 31, 2000

Accounts receivable    $350
Accumulated depreciation    205
Cost of goods sold    285
Depreciation expense    55
General and administrative expense    60
Interest expense    25
Preferred stock dividends    10
Sales revenue    525
Selling expense    35
Stockholders' equity    265

In the income statement that you prepared above, calculate the following ratio:

Times Interest Earned =    Net income + interest expense + tax expense interest expense

What are the three internal control objectives for financial reporting?

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