DAM561 Applied Accounting & Budgeting - Individual Project

This document provides a comprehensive solution to an individual project in Applied Accounting and Budgeting (DAM561). The project covers various aspects of accounting and budgeting, including inventory valuation using FIFO and weighted average methods, preparation of financial statements in compliance with NZ IFRS and Public Finance Act 1989, cost of capital calculations (debt, preferred stock, common stock, retained earnings), and capital budgeting analysis using Net Present Value (NPV). The analysis includes detailed calculations and explanations for each section, offering a thorough understanding of the concepts and their application. The document also includes responses to questions regarding accounting policies, inventory accounting, and investment decisions. Desklib offers a range of resources for students, including solved assignments and past papers.

Running head: APPLIED ACCOUNTING AND BUDGETING
Applied Accounting and Budgeting
Name of the Student:
Name of the University:
Author’s Note:
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Table of Contents
Question 1:.......................................................................................................................................3
Requirement a:.............................................................................................................................3
Requirement b:.............................................................................................................................3
Question 2:.......................................................................................................................................4
Requirement a:.............................................................................................................................4
Requirement b:.............................................................................................................................4
Requirement c:.............................................................................................................................5
Question 3:.......................................................................................................................................5
Question 4:.......................................................................................................................................8
Requirement a:.............................................................................................................................8
Requirement b:...........................................................................................................................10
Part 1:.....................................................................................................................................10
Part 2:.....................................................................................................................................11
Part 3:.....................................................................................................................................11
Question 5:.....................................................................................................................................11
Requirement 1:...........................................................................................................................11
Requirement 2:...........................................................................................................................12
Question 6:.....................................................................................................................................13

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Requirement a:...........................................................................................................................13
Requirement b:...........................................................................................................................14
References:....................................................................................................................................16

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Question 1:
Requirement a:
Requirement b:
Weighted average method = $70,640/(170+500+400+1,000+1,000) = $23.01

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Question 2:
Requirement a:
In order to prepare financial statements, ABC Company Limited needs to adhere to the
terms and conditions mentioned in the Public Finance Act 1989 and other standards mentioned in
generally accepted accounting practices and treasury instructions in New Zealand. The
accounting policies need to be implemented and chosen in a manner, which ensures that the
financial information results meet the relevance and reliability concepts (Budding, Grossi &
Tagesson, 2014). Finally, the statements prepared have to be in accordance with International
Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
Requirement b:
ABC Company Limited is required to present its financial statements by complying with
NZ IFRS. This standard describes the basis for preparing financial statements so that
comparability could be ensured with the financial statements of the prior periods of the
organisation along with comparison with the financial reports of other organisations (Henderson

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et al., 2015). The statements need to provide necessary information regarding overall financial
condition of the organisation, which would be beneficial to a number of users for undertaking
economic decisions. In addition, they need to disclose information regarding assets, liabilities,
income, expenses and equity of the concerned organisation. Therefore, the financial reports of
ABC Company Limited would include the income statement, balance sheet statement, statement
of changes in equity, cash flow statement and notes to accounts of the financial statements.
Finally, the firm needs to disclose all material classes distinctively of identical items. Thus, it
need not offset assets, expenses, income and liabilities unless needed or permitted by NZ IFRS.
Requirement c:
ABC Company Limited is needed to comply with NZ IAS 2 in order to conduct
accounting processes for inventories. The main issue related to inventory accounting is that there
is recognition of cost amount in the form of asset and until there is ascertainment of associated
revenues, the same is carried forward (Wahlen, Baginski & Bradshaw, 2014). For valuation of
inventory, the organisation needs to choose from either cost or net realisable value, whichever is
lower. The buying cost of inventories mainly comprises of buying price, import duties, transport,
handling charges and others. The cost needs to be computed by using either weighted average or
standard costing methods. If standard costing method is chosen, it is necessary to review the
standard costs regularly and they need to be revised for reflecting actual costs, when required.

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Question 3:
Question 4:
Requirement a:
Before-tax cost of debt:

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After-tax cost of debt:

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Cost of preferred stock:
Cost of common stock equity:

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Cost of retained earnings:

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Requirement b:
Part 1:
Part 2:
Part 3:

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Question 5:
Requirement 1:

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Requirement 2:
From the above table, it is inherent that the NPV of the device is computed as ($85,999).
NPV helps in ascertaining the profitability of a project after deducting the initial investment from
the overall future cash flows (Andor, Mohanty & Toth, 2015). A positive NPV is always
favourable and it indicates the viability of a project or investment and vice-versa. In this case, the
NPV computed for the device is found to be negative. Hence, investing in this device would lead
to significant losses for ABC Company Limited.

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Question 6:
Requirement a:
Requirement b:

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References:
Andor, G., Mohanty, S. K., & Toth, T. (2015). Capital budgeting practices: A survey of Central
and Eastern European firms. Emerging Markets Review, 23, 148-172.
Budding, T., Grossi, G., & Tagesson, T. (Eds.). (2014). Public sector accounting. Routledge.
Henderson, S., Peirson, G., Herbohn, K., & Howieson, B. (2015). Issues in financial accounting.
Pearson Higher Education AU.
Wahlen, J., Baginski, S., & Bradshaw, M. (2014). Financial reporting, financial statement
analysis and valuation. Nelson Education.