Annual Reports Assignment
You are to choose five annual reports of listed companies in Bursa Malaysia from different sectors in Malaysia Required: a. How are the intangible assets presented in the statements of financial position? What decisions on the basis of this information can investors or shareholders take? What decision would be difficult to take on the basis of just this information?
b. State the notes to the accounts (if any) relating to tangible assets. How do they enlarge the decision analysis possibilities offered to shareholders and investors? c. Discuss the accounting treatments applied to these assets d. Determine the estimated useful lives of the major categories of tangible assets in each firm c. Compute the weight of tangible assets as a percentage of the total assets of each firm. What are the strategic implications would an investor derive from this ratio.