Question: Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making
Both parts will be combined and submitted in one 1500-word essay saved as a MS Office Word attachment.
Part 1
Answer questions A-F in problem CT12-1 in Financial Accounting (p. 640).
Section headings are required for this assignment. Identify the first section heading as Statement of Cash Flows. This section will follow the essay introduction paragraph. Under this section discuss your answers for questions (a) -(f). Conclude this section with an analysis of the company''s management of cash based on your discussion regarding the statement of cash flows.
Enter your answers and supporting calculations on the provided Excel Workbook.
Part 2
The second section heading for your essay will be identified as Common Stock (after the first section heading, Statement of Cash Flows). In this section answer and discuss the following questions.
What is the par or stated value per share of Apple''s common stock?
What percentage of Apple''s authorized common stock was issued at September 27, 2014?
How many shares of common stock were outstanding at September 28, 2013, and at September 27, 2014?
The third section heading for your essay will be identified as Ratio Analysis (after the section heading, Common Stock). Answer and discuss the questions below.
Calculate the payout ratio, earnings per share, and return on common stockholders'' equity for 2014.
What do these ratios indicate about the financial performance of the company?
The essay will comply with APA formatting guidelines. Introduction and conclusion paragraphs are required. As noted above, the essay will have the following section headings: (1) Statement of Cash Flows, (2) Common Stock, and (3) Ratio Analysis. The questions above are not to be used as section headings. Avoid stating the questions in the body of the essay. Please note that essay submissions saved as a MS Office Excel or another type of software attachment will not be accepted for grading.
The essay will not be supported if cited sources (in-text citations and References page) are omitted. If the instructor is not able to access the electronic copies by the provided URL links the essay is not supported.
Use the Week 5 Excel Workbook (provided with the assignment instructions) to show the answers and supporting calculations for Part 1.
Attachment:- Assignment apple inc.rar