Investments and Revenue Recognition and Statement of Cash Flows

Respond to the questions below. The company chosen is Facebook. Please refer to the following website www.sec.gov ( Sec 10-K) or follow the link below: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000132680119000009/fb-12312018x10k.htm Category: Investments 1. Identify and explain the investments disclosed by your SEC 10-K company ( Facebook)? Where are the disclosed? Is there information you cannot access due to generalization and issues of materiality? 2. Identify and explain trends in the investment holdings of your SEC 10-K company, comparing this fiscal year to previous years. What detail do you learn from the notes to the financial statements? Category: Revenue Recognition 1. How is the concept of revenue recognition disclosed in your SEC 10-K? Identify and explain the recognition issues faced by your company. 2. Describe the sales and revenue issues of your company in terms of customers and sales types. Category: Operating Activities 1. State whether your corporation uses the direct or indirect method of preparing the Statement of Cash Flows and describe how the Statement would be different under these two methods. 2. What are the largest increases and decreases in the operating activities section of your corporation’s Statement of Cash Flows? 3. Given the industry your corporation operates in and the current economic environment, explain any unexpected operating activities that caused cash flow to decrease. Category: Investing and Financing Activities 1. Explain similarities and or differences in preparing the Statement of Cash Flows using International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). 2. Describe investments reported on your corporation’s Statement of Cash Flows in the current and most recent past year. 3. Review your corporation’s Statement of Cash Flows over the past 3 years and explain any financing trends.