I need 3 paragraphs for each discussion which is a total of 6 paragraphs for the part that requires paragraph. Please keep both separate and address each question. Please make sure you check grammar and punctuation errors, as well as quoting and using in text citations. PLEASE make sure you cite the information, do NOT plagiarize and ADD all references. No Cover Page Needed PLEASE INBOX ME IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS *DUE WEDNESDAY FEB. 9, 2022 NO LATER THAN 6:00PM CENTRAL STANDARD TIME PLEASE SEE ATTACHMENTS and inbox me if you need reading material on the assignment Part 1 The Balance Sheet Referencing this week’s readings and lecture, what information is provided in the balance sheet? What is a common-sized balance sheet and how do you create one? For your final project company, does anything stand out on the balance sheet? Part 2 Understanding the Notes to the Balance Sheet Your friend, Liz, loves to shop at Target and is now interested in investing in the company. Tom, another friend, has told her that Target’s debt structure is risky with obligations of nearly 74% of total assets. Liz sees that debt on the balance sheet is 65% of total assets and is confused by Tom’s comment. Write an explanation to Liz discussing the debt structure of Target and why Tom thinks Target is risky. Be sure to explain clearly what information appears on financial statements, as well as what information does not appear directly on the financial statements. Use the information below in your discussion. At fiscal year-end February 2, 2008, Target Corporation had the following assets and liabilities on its balance sheet (in millions): Current liabilities $11,782 Long-term debt 15,126 Other liabilities 2,345 Total assets 44,560 Target reported the following information on leases in the notes to the financial statements: Total rent expense was $165 million in 2007, $158 million in 2006, and $154 million in 2005, including percentage rent expense of $5 million in 2007, 2006, and 2005. Most long-term leases include one or more options to renew, with renewal terms that can extend the lease term to more than 50 years. Certain leases also include options to purchase the leased property. Future minimum lease payments required under non-cancellable lease agreements existing at February 2, 2008, were: Future Minimum Lease Payments (in Millions) Operating Leases Capital Leases 2008 $ 239 $  12 2009    187     16 2010    173     16 2011    129     16 2010    123     17 After 2010 2, 843   155 Total future minimum lease payments $3694 (a) $232 Less: Interest (b)  (105) Present value of minimum capital lease payments $127 (c) (a) Total contractual lease payments include $1,721 million related to options to extend lease terms that are reasonably assured of being exercised, and also include $98 million of legally binding minimum lease payments for stores that will open in 2008 or later. (b) Calculated using the interest rate at inception of each lease. (c) Includes current portion ...

1. I need 3 paragraphs for each discussion which is a total of 6
paragraphs for the part that requires paragraph. Please keep
both separate and address each question. Please make sure you
check grammar and punctuation errors, as well as quoting and
using in text citations. PLEASE make sure you cite the
information, do NOT plagiarize and ADD all references. No
Cover Page Needed PLEASE INBOX ME IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS
*DUE WEDNESDAY FEB. 9, 2022 NO LATER THAN 6:00PM
CENTRAL STANDARD TIME
PLEASE SEE ATTACHMENTS and inbox me if you need
reading material on the assignment
Part 1 The Balance Sheet
Referencing this week’s readings and lecture, what information
is provided in the balance sheet? What is a common-sized
balance sheet and how do you create one? For your final project
company, does anything stand out on the balance sheet?
Part 2 Understanding the Notes to the Balance Sheet
Your friend, Liz, loves to shop at Target and is now interested
in investing in the company. Tom, another friend, has told her
that Target’s debt structure is risky with obligations of nearly
74% of total assets. Liz sees that debt on the balance sheet is
65% of total assets and is confused by Tom’s comment. Write
an explanation to Liz discussing the debt structure of Target and
why Tom thinks Target is risky. Be sure to explain clearly what
information appears on financial statements, as well as what
information does not appear directly on the financial statements.
Use the information below in your discussion.
At fiscal year-end February 2, 2008, Target Corporation had the
following assets and liabilities on its balance sheet (in
millions):
Current liabilities
$11,782

2. Long-term debt
15,126
Other liabilities
2,345
Total assets
44,560
Target reported the following information on leases in the notes
to the financial statements:
Total rent expense was $165 million in 2007, $158 million in
2006, and $154 million in 2005, including percentage rent
expense of $5 million in 2007, 2006, and 2005. Most long-term
leases include one or more options to renew, with renewal terms
that can extend the lease term to more than 50 years. Certain
leases also include options to purchase the leased property.
Future minimum lease payments required under non-cancellable
lease agreements existing at February 2, 2008, were:
Future Minimum Lease Payments (in Millions)
Operating Leases
Capital Leases
2008
$ 239
$ 12
2009
187
16
2010
173
16
2011
129
16
2010
123
17
After 2010
2, 843

3. 155
Total future minimum lease payments
$3694 (a)
$232
Less: Interest (b)
(105)
Present value of minimum capital lease payments
$127 (c)
(a) Total contractual lease payments include $1,721 million
related to options to extend lease terms that are reasonably
assured of being exercised, and also include $98 milli on of
legally binding minimum lease payments for stores that will
open in 2008 or later.
(b) Calculated using the interest rate at inception of each lease.
(c) Includes current portion of $4 million.
Running head: THE FORD COMPANY FORM 10-K
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The Ford Company From 10-K
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4. The Ford Company From 10-K
It is legally binding and ethically correct if a company gives its
annual report to the public. The annual reports by companies
including the Ford Motor Company are among the most
significant and most complicated corporate communication. The
data given is able and capable of giving the potential investors
and the existing shareholders the right data on the performance
of the company and the way they are performing in the market
(Jones, 2021). The company has a 10-K report which in many
ways resembles the annual report but the main difference is that
report is normally directly submitted to the SEC or the
Securities and Exchange Commission. The form is mandatory to
the commission since it is used to ensure that the investors are
getting the right image and picture of the company's business
condition and financial condition (Jones, 2021). Investors which
intend to join the company rely upon the form since it is
conclusive by giving a more comprehensive financial report and
performance and ford company is known to be among the strict
adherers of the rule by annually submitting the forms to the
SEC. The use of the form by the Ford company is to interpret
their financial position for the investors to get the right
information. Another reason is that they wish to maintain their
image and reputation by adhering to the guidelines set of
submitting the Form 10-K. financial prowess and strengths can
also be interpreted by the form.
The form is among the most significant to the shareholders. The
forms talk more about the common story and financial reports
and hence the stakeholders can be able to trust the company

5. with their shares and their resources. They can predict the
possible outcome of the investments with the company. Ford
company stakeholders and shareholders are known to rely on the
report to make a sound judgment before investing ("United
States of America - Securities & stock exchange," 2019).
Meticulous data about the company is revealed and be availed
by the form including the history, the equity structure, and the
stick value. It also reveals what the executives of the company
receive or are bound to receive after a financial year.
A thorough look and a clear analysis of the Ford company form
10 –K, it is true to say that the form is divided into four main
parts. The first section gives the details and data on the
operations and a good example is the ford Automotive, it also
captures the aspects like the financial service sector and the
engineering research and aspects like the development among
others ("United States of America - Securities & stock
exchange," 2019). A good report on this part is a reflection that
the company is doing well financially since the information
given must be true and should be used by the potential,
investors.
The second section of the form contains data and information
about the chosen financial data. It also captures the elements
like the outcomes of the operations being done and being
accomplished by the company. The issues in the financial
statements are also captured in the form in the second part. The
supplementary data is also captured in the second part. The
party also gives information about the company's financial
strengths by availing financial statements that are entered into
the cash books and other financial books for verification
purposes. Strong financial position and states are a clear
indication that the company is on the right track.
The data about the company executives and the directors are
availed and made available in the third section of form 10 –K of
the ford company. The accounting fees and the executive's
principles of compensation are also captured in this section
("United States of America - Securities & stock exchange,"

6. 2019). The investors and the potential shareholders in eh
company can rely on this section to ascertain a possible
misappropriation of funds that might decrease the revenue and
weaken the financial position. This information is among the
most effective when it comes to the revealing of the financial
position of the company and it must be taken to the SEC.
The forms submitted by the ford company as the 10-K contain
the fourth section that has information like the financial
statement schedule exhibits, the subsidiaries of the ford
company financial statements, and the needed official
signatures. The signatures are a clear way of verifying the given
information as true. The performance of the subsidiary
companies can directly impact the financial position of the Ford
company and hence a need to have a clear look at that aspect
("Caldwell, Philip, (27 Jan. 1920–10 July 2013), chief executive
officer, 1979–85, and chairman of the board, 1980–85, Ford
Motor Company," 2007). The subsidiary company’s
performance has a direct impact on the financial strength of the
mother company or ford company. The 10-K form is very
important to the company, the data is among the most
fundamental since the description of the company operation and
the financial the of the company to the stakeholders is availed
via the form. The form is among the tools that ensure there is
transparency and accountability
References
Caldwell, Philip, (27 Jan. 1920–10 July 2013), chief executive
officer, 1979–85, and chairman of the board, 1980–85, Ford

7. Motor Company. (2007). Who Was Who?
https://doi.org/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u9890
Jones, C. (2021). Ford Madox Ford. Realism, Form, and
Representation in the Edwardian Novel, 217-
263. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198857921.003.0006
United States of America - Securities & stock exchange.
(n.d.). Foreign Law Guide. https://doi.org/10.1163/2213-
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