ACC421 University of Phoenix Week 3 Coca Cola vs PepsiCo Paper

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- The Coca-Cola/PepsiCo Comparative Analysis Case . Your responses should be approximately one to two sentences for each segment (a-c).

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Complete the following deliverables as a team:

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Comparative Analysis Case

The Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo, Inc.

The financial statements of Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are presented in Appendices C and D, respectively. The companies’ complete annual reports, including the notes to the financial statements, are available online.

Instructions

Use the companies’ financial information to answer the following questions.

(a) What type of income format(s) is used by these two companies? Identify any differences in income statement format between these two companies.

(b) What are the gross profits, operating profits, net incomes, and net incomes attributable to noncontrolling interests for these two companies over the 3-year period 2012-2014? Which company has had better financial results over this period of time?

(c) What income statement format do these two companies use to report comprehensive income?

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This section is another part of my Assignment. Answer (a-c)

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Indicate the deficiencies in the income statement presented above. Assume that the corporation desires a single-step income statement.

CA4-2 GROUPWORK (Earnings Management) Bobek Inc. has recently reported steadily increasing income. The company reported income of $20,000 in 2014, $25,000 in 2015, and $30,000 in 2016. A number of market analysts have recommended that investors buy the stock because they expect the steady growth in income to continue. Bobek is approaching the end of its fiscal year in 2017, and it again appears to be a good year. However, it has not yet recorded warranty expense.

Based on prior experience, this year’s warranty expense should be around $5,000, but some managers have approached the controller to suggest a larger, more conservative warranty expense should be recorded this year. Income before warranty expense is $43,000. Specifically, by recording a $7,000 warranty accrual this year, Bobek could report an increase in income for this year and still be in a position to cover its warranty costs in future years.

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(a) What is earnings management?

(b) Assume income before warranty expense is $43,000 for both 2017 and 2018 and that total warranty expense over the 2-year period is $10,000. What is the effect of the proposed accounting in 2017? In 2018?

(c) What is the appropriate accounting in this situation?