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Quality of Earnings Report [Video]

Quality of Earnings Report

A Quality of Earnings Report (QoE) is part of the due diligence in an acquisition or a merger.

When you acquire a company, you want confidence in their financial figures. Their financials affect the amount you’re willing to pay, and whether you want to go through with the deal.

Thus, the buyer (and in some cases the seller) can hire a third party to inspect the financial statements of the company selling its business.

The goal is to understand:
• The extent to which earnings are cash or noncash
• The extent to which earnings are recurring or nonrecurring
• The extent to which earnings are the result of aggressive accounting

The buyer wants to know the seller’s adjusted EBITDA, because valuation is often expressed as a multiple of EBITDA.

To determine the adjusted EBITDA, a QoE analysis would look for:
• Improper revenue recognition
• Improper capitalization of expenses
• Unsupported changes to allowance accounts
• Non-GAAP accounting
• Changes in accounting methods, principles, policies, or procedures
• Overstated inventory
• The loss of key customers
• Contingent liabilities that have not been reported
• Related-party transactions

The QoE report makes adjustments to the seller’s EBITDA based on these factors.

If the QoE report finds a significant discrepancy between the EBITDA reported by the seller and the actual EBITDA, this could result in (1) a renegotiation of the purchase price or (2) the buyer walking away from the deal.

While a QoE analysis usually focuses on earnings, it can also analyze topics such a free cash flow, customer retention, and working capital.

Remember, the management team of the seller has an incentive to make the company look as good as possible, because they’re trying to sell the business.

A QoE report tells you whether the financial situation is as good as the seller says it is.

Thus, getting a QoE report is like having a mechanic inspect a used car before you buy it.

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How to Account for Early Retirement of Bonds [Video]

This video explains how to account for the early retirement of bonds (aka early extinguishment of debt or early redemption of bonds).When a company retires (redeems) its bonds prior to the maturity date, the company must do several things:-Reduce the cash account by the amount used to repurchase the bonds (if cash is used to retire the bonds)-Remove the bonds payable-Zero out the unamortized discount or unamortized premium-Record a gain or loss IF the repurchase price is different from the carrying value (aka book value) of the bonds on the date the bonds are retiredThere are two ways to calculate the gain or loss on the early retirement of the bonds:(1) record the journal entry; if a debit is required to make the journal entry balance, then debit a loss on early retirement (or loss on bond redemption, loss on early extinguishment of debt, etc.). If a credit is instead required to make the journal entry balance, the credit a gain on early retirement (or gain on bond redemption, gain on early extinguishment of debt, etc.)(2) calculate the difference between the repurchase price (the amount paid to retire the bonds) and carrying value (aka book value) of the bonds at the time they are retired. If the repurchase price is less than the carrying value, there is a gain. If the repurchase price is greater than the carrying value, there is a loss.0:00 Introduction0:39 4 things to do when retiring bonds1:20 Example3:59 T-account for discount on bonds payable4:18 Journal entry to record gain on retirement of bonds5:53 Alternative situation (loss on retirement of bonds)— Edspira is the creation of Michael McLaughlin, an award-winning professor who went from teenage homelessness to a PhD. Edspira’s mission is to make a high-quality business education freely available to the world.— SUBSCRIBE FOR A FREE 53-PAGE GUIDE TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PLUS: • A 23-PAGE GUIDE TO MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING• A 44-PAGE GUIDE TO U.S. TAXATION• A 75-PAGE GUIDE TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS• MANY MORE FREE PDF GUIDES AND SPREADSHEETS* http://eepurl.com/dIaa5z— SUPPORT EDSPIRA ON PATREON*https://www.patreon.com/prof_mclaughlin— GET CERTIFIED IN FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS, IFRS 16, AND ASSET-LIABILITY MANAGEMENT * https://edspira.thinkific.com — LISTEN TO THE SCHEME PODCAST * Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/scheme/id1522352725 * Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4WaNTqVFxISHlgcSWNT1kc * Website: https://www.edspira.com/podcast-2/ — GET TAX TIPS ON TIKTOK * https://www.tiktok.com/@prof_mclaughlin — ACCESS INDEX OF VIDEOS * https://www.edspira.com/index — CONNECT WITH EDSPIRA * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Edspira * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edspiradotcom * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/edspira — CONNECT WITH MICHAEL * Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Prof_McLaughlin * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prof-michael-mclaughlin — ABOUT EDSPIRA AND ITS CREATOR * https://www.edspira.com/about/* https://michaelmclaughlin.com

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