Accounting is a process which makes it easier for an organization to identify and evaluate the accounting system, accounting standards, accounting recording system etc of the company. The report explains about the evaluation on the financial statement of the company and tax recording system of the company. It measures the different taxation figures of the company to measure the recording system and the accounting regulations. The report has been prepared to understand the taxation figures of the company. For this evaluation, JB HI FI has been measured.
JB HI FI:
JB HI FI is an Australian company which is operating its business in retailing industry. It retails the consumer good majorly the video games, CDs, DVDs etc. the company has been founded in the year of 1974. The company is operating its business through 303 retail stores. The company has diversified its business at international market to measure and enhance the performance of the company (Home, 2018).
Cash flow statement is one of the main financial statements of the company which measures the total cash position of the company. It evaluates the cash outflow and inflow of the company on the basis of the operating activities, financial activities and the investing activities of the company (Robinson, Stomberg and Towery, 2015).
The cash flow statement of JB HI FI has been evaluated and it has been measures that how many changes have occurred into the cash position of the company from the last year and what are the factors due to which these changes have occurred. The operating activities explains that the non cash items and the revenue have been improved in the company from the last year and due to it, the operating cash flows of the company has been improved (Morris, 2017).
The investment into the property, plant and equipment has impacted on the total cash flow from investing activities. It has been identified that the changes have taken place due to less investment into PPE. Further, the company has issued more common stock in the market in the year of 2017 as well as the dividend amount has also been increased. However, the stock amount is higher and thus the cash flow from investing activities of the company has been improved (Annaul report, 2017).
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JB HI FI LTD (JBH) Statement of CASH FLOW |
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Fiscal year ends in June. AUD. |
2015-06 |
2016-06 |
2017-06 |
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Non cash items |
-42466000 |
5955000 |
395900000 |
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Investments in property, plant, and equipment |
-42466000 |
-52343000 |
-49100000 |
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Common stock issued |
3125000 |
5955000 |
395900000 |
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Cash dividends paid |
-87174000 |
-93205000 |
-119100000 |
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Other financing activities |
-484000 |
-90000 |
-1700000 |
(Monrinsgtar, 2018)
The cash flow statement of JB HI FI has been compared with the cash flow statement of last 3 years. On the basis of the cash flows statement of 2015, 2016 and 2017, it has been found that the operating cash flows of the company have been improved in last 3 years. The main reason behind the improvement is higher revenue of the company and less cost of revenue.
In addition, the investing cash flow of the company has been measured and it ahs bee found that the cash outflow of the company has been higher due to huge investment into the PPE and the ore cash outflow in the acquisition process (Ho, 2017).
Moreover, the financing activities of the company has been measured and it has been found that the net cash flow from financing activities have been enhanced due to issue of common stock in the company.
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JB HI FI LTD (JBH) Statement of CASH FLOW |
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Fiscal year ends in June. AUD. |
2015-06 |
2016-06 |
2017-06 |
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Cash Flows From Operating Activities |
-42466000 |
5955000 |
395900000 |
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Net cash used for investing activities |
-44370000 |
-52001000 |
-885500000 |
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Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities |
-129640000 |
-130565000 |
715900000 |
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Net change in cash |
-174210000 |
-182387000 |
-169700000 |
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Free cash flow |
137430000 |
132797000 |
141500000 |
On the basis of the study, it has been recognized that the net cash flow and free cash flow of the company explains about the better financial position of the company. It explains that the company has improved the cash flow position (Gorry, Hassett, Hubbard and Mathur, 2017).
Comprehensive income statement is a statement which describes about those income and expenses of the company which cannot be recorded into the financial statement of the company (Eberhartinger, Genest and Lee, 2017).
Items of the comprehensive income statement:
In the annual report of JB HI FI, comprehensive income statement has been identified and it has been found that the other comprehensive income of the company is $ 171.2 which has been improved from $ 156.2 million. It has been found that the main items of comprehensive income statement of the company are changes in the fair value and exchange differences. It has lead to the profitability position of the company to downwards. On the basis of the annual report (2017), it has been found that the profitability position of the company has been lower due to comprehensive income statement.
Figure 1: Comprehensive income statement
(Annual report, 2017)
The annual report (2017) explains that the comprehensive income figures of the company are those items which are not related to the daily functions and the operations of the company. These items are the external factors related to the market and the country and impacts on the total profitability level of the company. The company has recorded all these data separately in the annual report of the company.
Reasons behind not adding it into income statement:
The main reason behind not involving these items and their figures into the income statement of the company is that it is not related to the daily functions and the operations of the company (Eberhartinger, Genest and Lee, 2017). These factors affects the net profit of the company without involving into the operations of the company and the accounting recording regulations, only those items could be added into the income statement of the company which is related to the operations of the company.
Corporate income tax of the company has been evaluated further. It is the liability amount of the comapny towards the government of the company. This amount is paid by the company to the country’s government as liability amount towards the society and the government of the company (Bardley, 2007).
Tax expenses:
The tax expenses of the company have been evaluated on the basis of the annual report of the company and it has been found that the tax expenses of the company have been lowered from 2016 in 2017. The tax expenses of the company have been lowered due to the higher interest expenses and the effective tax planning of the company.
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Particulars (AUD $ in millions) |
2016 |
2017 |
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Income tax expenses |
86.8 |
65.6 |
Further, the taxation rules brief that the taxation amount is the liability which is paid by the company to the government on the basis of the accounting profit of the company. The taxation amount of the company of the company is $ 65.6 million whereas the accounting profit of the company is $ 259 million so the taxation amount of the company is 77.7 million ($ 259 million *30%). It explains that there is huge difference among the taxation amount and the accounting profit of the company (Brigham and Ehrhardt, 2013).
These differences have occurred into the JB HI FI due to the items which are included in the income statement of the company but it is exempted in the Australian taxation system of the company. The changes have also occurred due to deferred tax liabilities and current tax payable of the company.
Deferred tax expenses are those figures which explain about the different payment than the actual payment of taxation. If the accounting taxation is higher than the paid amount than the difference amount is deferred tax liabilities and vice versa. The annual report (2017) of the company explains that the deferred tax liabilities of the company have taken place in the performance of the company (Tran, 2015). It has been higher due to less payment of taxation.
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Particular (AUD $ million) |
2017 |
2016 |
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Deferred tax liabilities |
8.2 |
0 |
The deferred tax liabilities explain that the deferred tax liabilities of the company have been enhanced and it explains that the company has to pay more amounts to the government of the company (Pawsey, 2016).
Current tax liabilities and current tax assets of the company explains about the amount which has to be paid to the government of the Australia. The annual report (2017) explains that the current tax payable amount of the company is AUD $ 4.9 million in 2016 and $ 9 million in 2017 which explains about the decrement.
Further, the income tax payment explains that the income tax expanses of the company has been improved and the company has not paid the entire amount to the government so the amount has been stated in the annual report of the company as income tax payable amount (Shantapriyan, O’Donnell, Streeter and Hicks, 2014).
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Particular(AUD $ in millions) |
2016 |
2017 |
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Income tax payable |
4.9 |
9 |
(Annual report, 2017)
In addition, it has been found that the cash flow statement and the income statement of the company explains about the different taxation amount of the company. It briefs that the taxation amount in the cash flow statement of the company is $ 98.5 million whereas the income tax payment of the company in the income statement of the company is $ 65.6 million (Glasson, Therivel and Chadwick, 2013). It explains that the amount paid by the company is higher than the amount stated in the income statement of the company.
It explains that the income tax payment stated in the income statement of the company is related to the revenue expenses of the company and it only explains about the current year only. However, in case of cash flow statement, it has been found that the income tax expenses of cash flow statement is related with the total expenses of the company irrespective of the years.
It explains that the company has paid higher amount to the government as tax amount than the expected amount. It includes the last year debt amount of the company as well. It explains that the company has paid the current year tax amount as well as past year tax amount to the government of the country.
Further, on the basis of the above study, I have found that the study was surprising, interesting, confusing as well as bit difficult. The interesting things about the study were the taxation rules, accounting standards and the regulations which have been followed by the company to charge the taxation amount. The company could be tough for the accountant to measure the current taxation amount of the company (Garrett, Hoitash and Prawitt, 2014).
Further, the main surprising thing about the report was the different figures and the items of the taxation which has been presented by the company in an effective way in the annual report. The taxation figures of the company could be easily identified and evaluated from the annual report of the company.
In addition, the difficult part of the report is to measure the taxation amount of the company. There are various taxation items and figures such as deferred tax liabilities, current tax liabilities etc of the company which is difficult to understand and evaluate.
Conclusion:
On the basis of annual report (2017) of JB HI FI and various books study, it has been measured that the JB HI FI has followed the IFRS, AASB and other international rules to follow the performance and the position of the company. the taxation system of the company is quite better and explains that the accountant of the company has recorded all the figures and data in better manner in the company.
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