Objectives

On successful completion of this assignment, students should be able to:

Develop an ability to identify and assume an assigned role.

Identify and rank the importance of explicit issues.

Illustrate the importance of hidden (undirected) issues that arise from a detailed analysis.

Identify accounting issues (GAAP/IFRS compliance issues), assess their implications, generate alternatives, and provide recommendations within the bounds of GAAP/IFRS to meet the clients needs.

Examine how accounting standards impact financial measures (ratios, covenants, etc.).

Prepare a coherent report and integrated analysis that meets specific user needs

Brief Description

To be used in class as class activities. Students are required to prepare for the cases before class time. Students may be allowed to form groups to present their answers.

Submission Instructions

In order to complete your case analysis successfully, you should consider:

identifying the role you are playing,

assessing the financial reporting landscape considering the user needs, constraints, and business environment,

identifying the issues,

analyzing the issues (qualitatively and quantitatively), and

providing a recommendation for each issue identified in the case.

You are required to prepare for the case before the class and bring any documents that will support your analysis. An average grade will come from you answering questions with basic coverage and accuracy, showing all your preparation. Additional points come from including greater detail, astute and informed commentary where appropriate, and connections to readings and other content.

Henriettas Pine Bakery

Background

You are an Analyst for the professional service firm, BUSI 1043 LLP. Your firm specializes in providing a wide variety of internal business solutions for different clients. Given the outstanding feedback you received on your first engagement working for Big Spenders Inc., a Senior Manager in the Financial Advisory group requested your support on a compilation engagement.

Additional Information

Henriettas was established in 1963 when it first opened its doors in Dwight, Muskoka on highway 60. Over the past 50 years, there have been four owners and is currently owned by Carine & Geoff Harris who incorporated and took over the store on January 1, 2013. Their sons, Kyle and Nicholas have been an intricate part of the business from dishwashing to head bakers. Henrietta's has grown over the years with the addition of new items all the time, but the "Sticky Buns and Clouds" remain the most popular items amongst the 150 varieties of bread and pastries.

Henriettas runs out of 90 square meters (1,000 share feet) of space. It has one entrance into the bakery and doors leading out to highway 60. Henriettas pays $5,000 per month for the rental of the space. Carine and Geoff were able to negotiate with the landlord and were not required to pay the first months rend in advance. All of the rental payments are current and up to date. For the last two years, Henriettas has had a very reliable accountant prepare its year-end financial statements and everything has been correct. This year, Henriettas accountant retired and Geoff did the best he could to record his own financial information. For the information he was not sure about, he kept all of the required supporting documentation. Geoff hired your firm, BUSI 1043 LLP to prepare his financial statements for the year. Geoff supplied you with his unadjusted trial balance and the information in Exhibit I to assist you.

Supplementary Information

The amount currently sitting in prepaids arose due the insurance policy last year. Geoff didnt know how to correct it, so he left it. This years insurance policy was purchased on November 1 for $9,000. The policy runs from November 1 to October 31 of each year.

Geoff has a note that he owed $900 in wages to his employees for the period ending December 31st.

The loan was incurred when the bakery was opened. The loan carried an interest rate of 8%. The interest is payable two months after year-end, and the principal is due in 2019.

Henriettas will sometimes book special events with small organizations that are allowed to pay after the event has taken place. On December 29th, a small company had a gathering at the bakery. The company was billed $1,089 and had 30 days to pay it. Geoff has not yet recorded this in his financial records.

Henriettas declared a dividend of $5,000 on December 30th.

Geoff didnt know how to record amortization for the year and so left it for you to record. Amortization for all assets is charged using a straight-line method by taking the cost of the asset and dividing it by its expected useful life. The assets have expected useful lives as follows:

Computer: 5 years

Bakery equipment: 10 years

Furniture and fixtures: 20 years

The information shows that Henriettas owes $400 for a telephone bill and $400 for electricity for December. These amounts have not been recorded yet.

Exhibit I Henriettas Pine Bakery Unadjusted Trial Balance December 31, 2015
Account Name	Debit	Credit
Cash	$35,000
Accounts Receivable	5,600
Food Inventory	21,000
Merchandise Inventory	62,500
Prepaids	3,400
Computers	30,000
Accumulated Amortization Computers		12,000
Bakery Equipment	90,000
Accumulated Amortization Bakery Equipment		18,000
Furniture and Fixtures	150,000
Accumulated Amortization Furniture and Fixtures		15,000
Accounts Payable		18,000
Accrued Liabilities		-
Interest Payable
Dividend Payable		-
Long-term Loan		220,000
Common Shares		50,000
Retained Earnings		22,000
Food Revenue		468,500
Internet Revenue		127,000
Merchandise Revenue		103,000
Food Expense	240,000
Internet Expense	54,000
Electricity Expense	65,000
Telephone Expense	20,000
Interest Expense	0
Salary Expense	200,000
Insurance Expense	9,000
Supplies Expense	8,000
Depreciation Expense	-
Rent Expense	60,000
	1,053,500	1,053,500

Based on the information, you have prepared the adjusting journal entries, an adjusting trial balance, the statement of earnings (income statement), statement of financial position (balance sheet), and statement of retained earnings. After you have completed the statements, prepare the closing journal entries and the posting closing trial balance. Ensure you show all of your work, and prepare proper journal entries and properly formatted financial statements.

Note to students: Issues are hidden within the case. It is your responsibility to read the case facts and identify the critical issues required for discussion and analysis.