FIN/575

PROJECT BUDGET AND FINANCE

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FIN 575 Week 1 Overview of Financial Statements Paper

Resource: Overview of Financial Statements Grading Guide

Purpose of Assignment 

The purpose of this assignment is for students to utilize critical thinking skills to understand the information contained within a company’s financial statements and how they articulate with each other.

Assignment Steps 

Develop a 700-word evaluation on the Overview of Financial Statements using the following as guides:

• Locate a financial statement (income, balance, statement of cash flow) for a company similar to one you wish to create.
• Identify the salient information contained in the financial statements (income statement, balance sheet, statement of cash flow).
• Identify the company’s net income (income statement), total assets (balance sheet), and total net cash flow (statement of cash flow).
• Explain how financial statements (income, balance, statement of cash flow) are connected to each other.
• Examine the importance and the relevance of financial statements for the entrepreneur.

Cite a minimum of one peer reviewed reference from the University Library.

Format the assignment consistent with APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment.

FIN 575 Week 2 Revenue Forecast Paper

Resource: Revenue Forecast Grading Guide

Purpose of Assignment 

The purpose of this assignment is for students to initiate and complete a comprehensive financial plan. The ultimate result will be a set of pro forma financial statements including an Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow Statement. The student will develop requisite assumptions about the dollar values to be budgeted.

Assignment Steps 

Search the internet for financial statements of publicly traded companies.

Evaluate financial ratios in a minimum 1,050 words which includes the following:

• Explain the uses for each of the three classifications of ratios: liquidity, solvency, and profitability.
• Calculate the current ratio, profit margin, and after tax ROE, of any publicly traded company. Then locate and compare these with the ratios provided for that firm by Yahoo Finance, Google Finance, or Morningstar.
• .Display your calculations in a chart with the formulas and that compares the ones you calculated with the ones you located from Yahoo finance, Google Finance, or Morningstar. They will more than likely not be the exact same amounts because of the difference in dates of the calculations you did and the published dates.  

Cite a minimum of one peer reviewed reference from the University Library. 

Format assignment consistent with APA guidelines. 

Submit your assignment.

FIN 575 Week 3 Team – Working Capital and Cash Flow Management Paper

Resource: Working Capital and Cash Flow Grading Guide

Purpose of Assignment 

The purpose of this assignment is for students to collaborate to prepare an analysis discussing the concepts of Working Capital Management and Cash Flow Management, contrasting their similarities and differences. The importance of these concepts to the success of the company is to be explained.

Assignment Steps 

Search the internet for financial statements of publicly traded companies.

Analyze working capital and cash flow in a minimum 1,050 words which includes the following:

• Assess the components of working capital.
• Analyze cash flow in terms of the operating cycle.
• Differentiate between working capital and cash flow.

Cite a minimum of one peer reviewed reference from the University Library.

Format assignment consistent with APA guidelines. 

Submit your assignment.

FIN 575 Week 3 Financial Ratio Analysis Paper

Resource: Financial Ratio Analysis Grading Guide

Purpose of Assignment 

The purpose of this assignment is for students to analyze statements of a publicly traded company to provide an opinion of the company’s financial condition using selected financial ratios.

Assignment Steps 

Search the internet for financial statements of publicly traded companies. Students are required to utilize different financial statements from the Week 2 Individual Assignment.

Analyze the financial ratios of the identified publicly traded company in a minimum 1,400 words including the following:

• Review week 2 graded assignment feedback and restate/revise the uses for each of the three classifications of ratios: liquidity, solvency, and profitability.
• Calculate the current ratio, profit margin, and after tax ROE, of an additional (different company from week 2) publicly traded company—then compare this second company ratios with the ratios you computed for the company from week 2 “Revenue Forecast” assignment). Include both verbiage and a chart to compare the company’s ratios from week 2assignment with the ratios from the company for this week’s assignment.
• Display your calculations.

Cite a minimum of one peer reviewed reference from the University Library.

Format assignment consistent with APA guidelines. 

Submit your assignment.

FIN 575 Week 4 Budget and Profit and Loss Statement

Resource: Budget and Profit and Loss Statement Grading Guide

Purpose of Assignment 

The purpose of this assignment is to allow students to gain the necessary knowledge to manage cost and determine project viability through capital budgeting techniques, so they can effectively minimize the cumulative error between the projected values and actual values over the relevant time horizon.

Note: The official term Income Statement is also known informally as Profit and Loss Statement.

Assignment Steps 

There are issues with the week 4 assignment as given. Please use the following information to create the income statement:

Cost of goods sold                 75,000

Sales                                      100,000

Commissions expense          5,000

Advertising expense             2,000

Interest expense                    500

Interest Revenues                  5,000

Office Supplies expense         3,500

Gain on sale of assets            3,000

Office equipment expense   2,500

Loss from lawsuit                   1,500

The assignment steps will be as follows:

Assignment Steps 

Conduct an internet search for an income statement or use the example located in the textbook or use one from your previous assignment.

Analyze the revenue and expense items based on information collected from any income statement.  Use an internet search or use the example located in the textbook for the course, or one you used in previous assignments.

Write a 350-word essay on the revenue and expense items found on an income statement.

Create a Profit and Loss Statement (Income Statement) following the income statement format, using the items given below. 

Cost of goods sold                 75,000

Sales                                      100,000

 Commissions expense          5,000

Advertising expense             2,000

Interest expense                    500

Interest Revenues                  5,000

Office Supplies expense         3,500

Gain on sale of assets            3,000

Office equipment expense   2,500

Loss from lawsuit                   1,500

Format assignment essay portion consistent with APA guidelines. 

Submit your assignment.

FIN 575 Week 5 Team – Capital Budgeting Techniques

Resource: Capital Budgeting Techniques Grading Guide

Purpose of Assignment 

The purpose of this assignment is for students to employ capital budgeting techniques using time value of money concepts to determine the acceptability of large dollar value assets.

Assignment Steps

Scenario: A firm has projected free cash flows of $575,000 for Year 1, $625,000 for Year 2, and 750,000 for Year 3. The projected terminal value at the end of Year 3 is $8,000,000. The firm’s Weighted Average cost of Capital (WACC) is 12.5%.

Create a 350-word Microsoft® Excel® document addressing the following:

• Determine the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) value of the firm.
• Recommend acceptance of this project using net present value criteria.
• Display your calculations.

Format assignment consistent with APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment.

FIN 575 Week 5 Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement

Resource: Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement Grading Guide

Purpose of Assignment 

The purpose of this assignment is for students to initiate and complete a comprehensive financial plan. The ultimate result will be a set of pro forma financial statements including an Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow Statement. The student will develop requisite assumptions about the dollar values to be budgeted.

Assignment Steps 

Again, we have an issue with Week 5 Assignment. I am so sorry about this. I will be referring these issues to the University.   Let’s change the instructions to as follows:

Assignment Steps 

Create a balance sheet by doing the following: 

• Conduct an internet search or use a balance sheet from an assignment, or use an example of a balance sheet located in the textbook and locate a balance sheet.
• Review and discuss in 350 words the assets, liabilities and stockholder’s equity items found on the balance sheet.
• Create a balance sheet using the account names and balances below. Make assumptions about the dollar values of each account so that the balance sheet balances. Remember that assets will equal liabilities plus stockholders’ equity

Format assignment consistent with APA guidelines. 

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Cash                                                            32,800                       

Accounts Payable                                         49,000                       

Property and equipment                             98,000

Marketable Securities                                  3,000  

Common Stock                                             10,000

Prepaid Rent                                                1,000                          

Inventories                                                    39,800            

Accounts Receivable                                   300                                                     

Long Term Debt                                            99,500

Retained Earnings                                         11,950

Current Portion of Long Term Debt              4,450

Goodwill                                                         2,000

• Accumulated Depreciation                               2,000

Format essay part of assignment consistent with APA guidelines. 

Submit your assignment.

FIN 575 Week 6 Sources and Uses of Business Financing Paper

Resource: Business Financing Grading Guide

Purpose of Assignment 

The purpose of this assignment is for students to access the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) website for the purpose of discovering various sources of financing for their proposed business. Also, the mix of equity and debt financing should be considered. Students will also grasp the single most important thing about managing to maximize firm value which is to pursue excellence in the creation, production, and delivery of the firm’s products and/or services.

Assignment Steps 

Resource: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) website is perhaps the most valuable resource for any new entrepreneur in America for all aspects of starting, operating, and growing a business, and it would help the students in this class to use like a handbook. It is especially useful in learning more about financing a business and obtaining a loan. 

Assess stages of financing in a minimum 1,400 words which includes the following:

• Explain the different stages of financing.
• Analyze sources of financing through the lifecycle of a firm.
• Assess the trade-offs between debt and equity financing for an entrepreneur.

Cite a minimum of one peer reviewed reference from the University Library.

Format assignment consistent with APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment.