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"Interpreting Financial Statements" Please respond to the following: (1)Peachtree Complete Accounting has the ability to generate a variety of financial statements. Select a financial statement for...

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"Interpreting Financial Statements" Please respond to the following:

(1)Peachtree Complete Accounting has the ability to generate a variety of financial statements. Select a financial statement for Bellwether Garden Supply and explain the firm’s performance per the financial statement you selected, as well as how that financial statement should best be used by management to make informed business decisions.

(2)For the financial statement that you selected, review the previous two reporting periods and explain the firm’s performance over all three reporting periods (the current period you initially selected and the two prior reporting periods), as well as why such analysis is important to determining the firm’s financial condition. Make at least two recommendations regarding how management could use the analyses of financial statements by accountants to make better informed business decisions.

"Setting Up a New Company in Peachtree" Please responds to the following:

(3)Over the last few weeks, you have worked with a company already created for you in Peachtree. Now, it’s your turn. Analyze the challenges in setting up a new company in Peachtree Complete Accounting that could affect an accountant’s ability to properly record, process, and classify accounting data, and how you would address that challenge.

(4)Identify a challenge in designing a new chart of account in Peachtree Complete Accounting if the person has limited accounting knowledge and discuss how you could overcome that challenge. Determine the likely consequences to a company if the challenge you identified was left unaddressed.

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David answered on Dec 23 2021
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Case 1: "Interpreting Financial Statements" Please respond to the following:
Peachtree Complete Accounting has the ability to generate a variety of financial
statements. Select a financial statement for Bellwether Garden Supply and explain
the firm’s performance per the financial statement you selected, as well as how
that financial statement should best be used by management to make informed
usiness decisions.
For the financial statement that you selected, review the previous two reporting
periods and explain the firm’s performance over all three reporting periods (the
cu
ent period you initially selected and the two prior reporting periods), as well as
why such analysis is important to determining the firm’s financial condition. Make
at least two recommendations regarding how management could use the analyses
of financial statements by accountants to make better informed business decisions.
Answer 1.
Financial Statements for Bellwether Garden Supply have been extracted for the
period March 2012. As per the Income Statement derived from Peachtree the
Profits for the Month March has been 60,774.74. When compared to the previous
year figure for the same month it is 96,798.53 i.e. the Profits have been declined
y 37% for the reporting period. Sales for some segments like Aviary, Furniture,
Nursery have declined hugely basis Prior Period Reporting data. Also Sales in some
products like Equipment, is picking up good. The Income Statement for the
eporting period it shows that now management is striving on diversified sales
ather than focused sales. Income statement is clearly bifurcated into different...
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