(iv) how these problems might be overcome. (4 marks)
(iv) how these problems might be overcome. (4 marks)
(iv) how these problems might be overcome. (4 marks)
(iv) Tyre recently undertook a sales campaign whereby customers can obtain free car accessories, by presenting a
coupon, which has been included in an advertisement in a national newspaper, on the purchase of a vehicle.
The offer is valid for a limited time period from 1 January 2006 until 31 July 2006. The management are unsure
as to how to treat this offer in the financial statements for the year ended 31 May 2006.
(5 marks)
Required:
Advise the directors of Tyre on how to treat the above items in the financial statements for the year ended
31 May 2006.
(The mark allocation is shown against each of the above items)
对不起,您打错电话了.用英语表述是()。
A.Sorry, wrong number.
B.I’m afraid of you have a problem.
C.I’m afraid of you have the wrong number.
D.It’s wrong number.
(i) Following an investigation you discover that commissions were paid to a senior official in one country to ensure that the local drug licensing agency concerned facilitated the acceptance of one of your principal revenue earning drugs for use within its national health service.
(ii) You have discovered that an agent of your firm, aware that the licensing agreement might be forthcoming,
purchased several call option contracts on your company’s equity.
(iii) A senior member of the firm’s treasury team has been taking substantial positions in currency futures in order to protect the risk of loss on the translation of dollar assets into the domestic currency. Over the last 12 months significant profits have been made but the trades do not appear to have been properly authorised. You discover that a long position in 50, $250,000 contracts is currently held but over the last four weeks the dollar has depreciated by 10% and all the signs are that it will depreciate considerably more over the next two months.
(iv) One drug company has managed to copy a novel drug that you have just released for the treatment of various forms of skin cancer. You have patent protection in the country concerned but your company has not been able to initiate proceedings through the local courts. Contacts with the trade officials at your embassy in the country concerned suggest that the government has made sure that the proceedings have not been allowed to proceed.
The company’s chief financial officer has asked you to look into these issues and, with respect to (iv), any World Trade
Organisation (WTO) agreements that might be relevant, and to advise her on how the company should proceed in each case.
Required:
Prepare a memorandum advising the Chief Financial Officer on the issues involved and recommending how she should, in each case and in the circumstances, proceed.
A.I>II>III>IV
B.IV>III>II>I
C.II>III>IV>I
D.IV>I>II>III
(iv) critiques the performance measurement system at TSC. (5 marks