1. Who are the company’s auditors? What were the results of their audit on the financial statements?
The company’s auditor was Michael R. Peterson
2. Prepare the Accounting Equation for the past two years presented in the 10K. How much did the Equity increase
3. Have sales been increasing or decreasing in recent years for this company? How can you tell?
4. How much did the company expense in taxes for the most recent year?
5. What are some risks the company has identified that are present for their business operations?
6. What was the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate for the company that year? This should be an item in the notes to the financial statement. Required disclosure usually explains the federal statutory rate and a reconciliation to the actual tax rate of the company each year.
7. Was the company impacted by COVID? If so, how? (N/A if financials do not mention it, but I would assume they all do since it impacted almost every business somehow!)
8. Provide a description of a familiar account from the company’s statement of operations (A.K.A. Income Statement, Profit & Loss Statement) that we have discussed in class. Explain what types of transactions you presume make up the account balance. For example, a company that sells a product would have the cost of sales or goods account on their income statement, and it is made up of expenses the company incurred for creating their product sales. (You do not have to pick the cost of sales)
9. Is the company currently involved in any material legal proceedings?
10. Would you invest in this company? Why or why not (no wrong answer here), just list some interesting tidbits you picked up on while reading the report.
Heres the link
https://www.sec.gov/edgar/search/#/q=Johnson%2520Controls%2520Inc.