Project Descriptions
Critical Thinking SEC 10-K Project = 15%
Throughout the textbook, the authors provide multiple examples of how accountants relate accounting concepts to real world companies. At the end of most chapters, you will find “Broadening Your Perspective.” These pages explore the financial reporting and analysis using the annual reports, including financial statements, of Amazon, Pepsi, Coca-Cola, and Wal-Mart. In addition, Broadening your perspective includes questions and exercises designed to specifically to help you develop your critical thinking skills. This SEC 10-K project challenges you to prepare a comprehensive financial statement analysis for a corporation headquartered in the U.S and prepare an executive summary document explaining your analysis. Choosing a corporation: Your company must: Your company may NOT: Accessing the SEC 10-K filings: Step 2) Go to http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html and type your company’s ticker symbol into the “CIK or Ticker Symbol” search box and click “Find Companies.” Step 3) On the “Edgar Search Results” page, scroll down the list of “Filings” to find the “10-K” and click “Documents.” Step 4) On the “Filing Detail” page, click the hyperlink under the column labeled “Document”for the “Form 10-K.” This Website is the DIRECT LINK to your company’s SEC 10-K report. Bookmark the 10-K Website address for future reference. Note: printing the SEC 10-K document is not recommended as it may be over 100 pages. You may want to obtain a hard copy of the Annual Report by sending a request to the company. Important Note: Reading an SEC 10-K Report: Conducting a Comprehensive Financial Analysis:
Two (2) Deliverables:
Process Used in Conference: Step 2) Download one classmates’ DRAFT Excel file and thoroughly check all formulas and calculations in their financial analysis. Provide specific feedback to your classmate re: the accuracy and completeness of their financial analysis. Provide guidance if corrections need to be made. Step 3) Review feedback you received from one (1) classmate and make edits if necessary. Step 4) Upload 2 documents to the SEC Assignment folder: your FINAL Excel file and the one (1) page Word document (the paper). Copying information from the Web and pasting it into Tycho is plagiarism. Plagiarism is cheating. Papers and spreadsheets (and conference postings) suspected of having plagiarized content will be submitted to TurnItIn.com. If TurnItIn.com detects plagiarism, you will earn a zero for the assignment. In addition, I will submit your work to the Dean and recommend that you earn an F for the course and be expelled from the university. There is zero tolerance for cheating in my courses. 2. The only resources needed to complete this project are the SEC 10-K report and course content that can be found in WileyPLUS.
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