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1 | P a g e Instructions for Project SEC 10 -K ( Paper and P resentation) Case Study Accounting: Using the publicly traded U.S. Corporation that you selected to study this semester and address the following questions in your paper: I. Company’s business and industry a. What is the company’s industry? b. What are its primary products? c. State your corporation's position on the Fortune 500 List for the current year. d. How large is the company: _ sales _ assets _ employees e. Where is the company located? f. Compare your company to its competitors II. Assess client business risk a. What are audit and internal control issues? b. What are the five or six most important factors for success in this business? c. What are some of legal or regulatory matters that impact your company ? d. What are some of social matters that impact your company ? e. Assess the financial strength of your company . f. How is the financial strength likely to change in the next year or so? g. What are its sources of capital and what is the value of the company's capital? h. What are some foreign currency issues that your company are facing? i. How is your company performing compare to its competitor? III. Audit Reports a. Audit Firm that conducted the audit b. Audit opinion for the last two years c. Deficiencies – discuss deficiencies identifie d during the audit. IV. Conclusion Note: The deliverable is to be five to seven pages, double -space , with APA format for citations and references. For information about APA format see page 3 General Rules for an APA Paper. Note: The paper should be posted in th e folder title: Report SEC 10 -K by 11:59 pm EST March 4, 2017 . Using the topics above, p repare a PowerPoint Presentation and post the presentation in the folder title: Presentation SEC 10 -K and the Discussion folder for Week 8 (SEC 10 -K Project) . PowerPoint slide should be posted by 11:59 pm EST February 26, 201 7. The slides should discuss the topics listed above. No more than 10 slides , including the title page and reference section . 2 | P a g e G eneral Rules for an APA Paper Use standard -sized paper of 8.5 inches by 11 i nches, and always use a 1 -inch margin on all sides. Your paper should always be typed, single -space and in a 12 -point font. Times New Roman is one recommended font to use, but you may also use similar fonts. Double -space between paragraph! Every page of your paper should also include a page header on the top left of the page as well as a page number on the top right of the page. Sections of an APA Paper There should be four key sections that you should always include: a title page, an abstract, the main body of the paper and a reference section.  The Title Page: Your title page should contain a running head, the title of the paper, your name and your school affiliation.  The Abstract: The abstract is a very short summary of your paper. This section is place d immediately after the title page. According to the rules of APA format, your abstract should be no more than 150 words.  The Main Body of Your APA Paper: Research accounting and auditing standards and current emerging issues. Write a one - to two -page pap er that discusses the impact that regulations, accounting and auditing standards, emerging issues, and the business environment have on audits.

The research paper relates current events to textbook topics.  The Reference Section: The reference section is wh ere you include any and all references that were used to write your APA paper. Remember, if you cited something in the main body of your paper, it must be included in the reference section. This section should begin on a new page, with the word “References ” centered at the very top of the page.