At the most recent strategic planning meeting, the board of directors of your company has voted to issue additional stock to raise capital for major expansions for the company in the next five years. The board is considering issuing a total amount of stock worth $ 5 million. The CEO has asked you to analyze the impact of issuing this stock on the income statement, statement of retained earnings, balance sheet, and cash flow statement. Take the most recent financial statements and prepare a set of projected financial statements based on the given assumptions
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
I. Stockholders’ Equity
A. Determine how your company got its initial financial start in terms of debt( liabilities) or equity( capital). Support your response.
B. Analyze the equity section of your company’ s balance sheet as compared to your company’ s industry average. Rate the company’ s performance against its competitors.
C. Review your company’ s dividend policy and its history. Based on the information, discuss the trends over the past year
II. Income Measurement / Revenue Recognition
A. Financial Accounting Standards Board( FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board( IASB) came together on a unified project to outline the accounting principles for recognizing revenue and to develop a common revenue standard for U. S. GAAP and IFRS. Research IAS-18,
Revenue, and discuss how it would apply to your company.