Project Homework
Length: 1800 words (7 to 10 pages).
Select a company that you will review for your Course Project. Select the most current copy of the company's 10-K annual report. Notify your professor which company you have selected for your project.
Based on the requirements below, submit to your professor your paper that analyzes specific elements of the company's financial statements.
Objective
• To analyze the financial statements of a publicly traded company
Obtain an annual report from a publicly traded corporation that is interesting to you. Be sure the company's financial statements include deferred taxes, postretirement benefits, dilutive securities, and share-based compensation.
Using techniques you have learned in the previous weeks, respond to the following questions.
a. What amount of deferred tax assets or deferred tax liabilities are on the two most recent years on the balance sheet? What gives rise to these deferred taxes? What information is disclosed in the footnotes related to deferred taxes? Please define a deferred tax asset and deferred tax liability.
b. What temporary and permanent differences does the company disclose in their footnotes? What are some other examples of temporary and permanent differences?
c. What is the amount of income tax provision in the two most recent years on the income statement? What information is disclosed in the footnotes relating to income tax expense? Does the company have a net operating loss carryforward or carryback? What are the guidelines for carryforwards and carrybacks?
d. Does the company have a defined benefit or defined contribution plan? What are the key elements of the plan discussed in the footnotes? What amounts on the balance sheet relate to this plan? What are the differences between defined benefit and defined contribution plans?
e. Does the company have leases? If so, what are the amounts and terms of the leases? What are the five tests to determine if a lease is a finance lease? What is the difference between a sales-type lease and a direct-financing lease?
f. Does the income statement contain any separately reported items, such as discontinued operations, in any year presented? If it does, describe the event that caused the item. (Hint: There should be a related footnote.)
g. Are there any subsequent events, errors and irregularities, illegal acts, or related-party transactions that have a material effect on the financial statements?
h. Does the company use the direct or indirect cash flow presentation method? What is the difference between these two methods? How does the cash flow statement agree to the other financial statements?
i. What investing and financing activities does the company have? What are some other examples of investing and financing activities?
j. What noncash transactions does the company have on its cash flow statement? What are some other examples of noncash transactions?
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
a. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
b. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
c. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.