1. Describe clearly the accounting changes Harnischfeger made in 1984 as stated in Note 2 of its financial statements. The following summarize the accounting changes made and noted by Harnischfeger: a. Included equipment purchased and resold from Kobe LTD in net sales (full sales amount) as opposed to disclosing only margin. Since the purchase of equipment from Kobe Steel, Ltd. was for the purpose of resale (vs. use or lease), this change more accurately reflects net sales. b. Financial
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Harnischfeger 1.) Effective November 1, 1983 the corporation includes its net sales products purchased from Kobe Steel, Ltd and sold by the corporation transactions with Kobe. During the fiscal year 1984 such sales aggregated $28 million, previously only the gross margin on Kobe originated equipment. In 1984, Harnischfeger changed its accounting policy on depreciation. Previously before the corporation used an accelerated method for its US plants. The new policy employs a straight-line method
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| Week 2—Harnischfeger Case | | Overview For this assignment, purchase and read the case file “Harnischfeger Corp.” You can purchase the reading from Harvard Business Publishing Web site. After reading the case, answer the questions on page three of this document. Submit your assignment by the end of Week 2. Rubric Use this rubric to guide your work. Tasks | Accomplished | Proficient | Needs Improvement | Not Acceptable | Assignment (5 points) | Insightful response demonstrates
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Harnischfeger Corporation CHAPTER 3 OVERVIEW OF ACCOUNTING ANALYSIS HARNISCHFEGER CORPORATION 1 Identify all the accounting policy changes and accounting estimates that Harnischfeger made during 1984. Estimate, as accurately as possible, the effect of these on the company’s 1984 reported profits. i. Harnischfeger Corporation had changed from accelerated to straight-line method for computing depreciation expenses on plants, machinery and equipment in 1984.The cumulative effect is that net
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ACC 725 Harnischfeger Corporation Case Kai Chen 1. Prepare a brief description of the company and its environment. Harnischfeger Corporation was a machinery company based in Milwaukee. Harnischfeger was a leading producer of construction, mining and electrical equipments, export and foreign sales constituted more than 50% of the total revenues of the company. In 1980s, the company suffered a financial crisis due to the worldwide recession. Harnischfeger Corporation took some
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in accounting policy and accounting estimates that Harnischfeger made during financial year ending October 31, 1984. Also include in your discussion, what you believe may be real earnings management activities to affect profit. Estimate as accurately as possible, the effect of these changes on the company’s revenue, pre-tax profits and cash flows in 1984. Harnischfeger made the following changes in accounting policy and estimates: Harnischfeger made changes regarding the recognition of some types
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accounting estimates that Harnischfeger made during 1984. Estimate, as accurately as possible, the effect of these on the company’s 1984 reported profits. Harnischfeger made significant accounting policy changes after their financial crisis and specifically in 1984. One of the major changes was the inclusion of the full sale price of construction and mining equipment the company purchased from Kobe Steel, Ltd and sold themselves. These sales aggregated $28.0 million in 1984. Another change the company
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of only reporting the gross margin on Kobe-originated equipment. Secondly, in 1984 they changed to a straight-line method to depreciate their plants, machinery and equipment. They had previously been using an accelerated method. With these two changes, the company was able to report an increase of net income of about $16.4 million dollars. 2. The depreciation accounting method change on the reported income in 1984 caused a net income increase of about $11 million or $0.93 per common share. Since
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Case Write Up Harnischfeger Corporation Questions 1. Identify the accounting policy changes and accounting estimates that Harnischfeger made during 1984. Estimate the effect of these changes on the company's 1984 reported profits. Changes made and the effects of these changes: · In the financial notes, note 2, in 1984 the corporation calculated depreciation using the straight line method. In previous years they were using an accelerated methods of depreciating. By changing this method
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FEBRUARY 25, 2006 PANKAJ GHEMAWAT JAN W. RIVKIN Creating Competitive Advantage Some companies generate far greater profits than others. The pharmaceutical maker ScheringPlough produced an economic profit of more than $10 billion during the period 1984-2002. That is, the accounting profit it generated exceeded its cost of equity capital by that amount. Over the same period, U.S. Steel produced an economic loss of nearly $500 million; its cost of capital exceeded its accounting profit by a wide margin
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