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Integrative Exercise Integrating Asset Accounting

Obtain Apple's fiscal 2016 10-K (filed October 26, 2016) either through the "Investor Relations" portion of its website (do a web search for "Apple Investor Relations") or go to www.sec.gov and click "Company Filings Search" under "Filings."

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Using Apple's 10-K, answer the following questions:

1. Looking at Note 1 (Summary of Significant Accounting Policies), how does Apple define cash equivalents?

2. Looking at the "Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm" supplying an opinion on Apple's internal controls over financial reporting (p. 71 of the 10-K), what was the auditor's opinion regarding the effectiveness of Apple's internal control over financial reporting?

Apple maintained , in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of September 24, 2016.

What criteria were used to evaluate the effectiveness of these controls?

Internal Control Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations.

3. What was Apple's accounts receivable turnover (rounded to two decimal places) in 2015 and 2016? (Accounts receivable were $17,460,000,000 at the end of 2014.)

2016	times
2015	times

Assuming the industry average for 2016 was 8.53, describe Apple's relative efficiency with its accounts receivable.

Apples accounts receivable turnover is better than the industry average. Apple is managing its accounts receivable very efficiently.

4. What was Apple's inventory turnover (rounded to two decimal places) in 2015 and 2016? (Inventories were $2,111,000,000 at the end of 2014.)

2016	times
2015	times

Assuming the industry average for 2016 was 20.24, describe Apple's relative efficiency with its inventory.

Apples inventory turnover is better than the industry average. Apple is managing its inventory poorly.

5. Describe the trend in Apple's accounts receivable and inventory turnover.

Apples accounts receivable turnover increased from 2015 to 2016. Its inventory turnover increased from 2015 to 2016.

6. How many days' sales does Apple have in receivables and inventory for 2015 and 2016? (When added together, this is its operating cycle.) (Note: Round all answers to two decimal places.)

	2016		2015
Days' Sales in Receivables	days		days
Days' Sales in Inventory	days		days
Operating Cycle	days		days

7. Conceptual Connection: Assuming 10% interest, how much interest expense did Apple incur due to its deteriorating accounts receivable and inventory turnovers? Enter amount rounded to the nearest whole dollar. For example, 7,684,268.24 would be entered as 7,684,268. (Remember, the numbers are in millions)? $

8. What were Apple's gross profit, operating margin, and net profit ratios in 2016? (Note: Round answers to two decimal places.)

Gross Profit Ratio	%
Operating Margin Ratio	%
Net Profit Margin Ratio	%

Assuming industry averages for 2016 were 27.57%, 7.87%, and 4.76%, respectively, describe Apple's profitability.

Apple was profitable than the industry average and was the average for gross profit margin, operating margin, and net profit margin, respectively.

9. Looking at Note 1 (Summary of Significant Accounting Policies), what method of depreciation does Apple use? Declining balance method

What is the range of useful life for internally used software? 4 to 6 years

Is this useful life is appropriate?

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