Financial statements Essays & Research Papers

Financial Statements Tonjes Bolden ACC/280 May 31, 2011 Financial Statements Accounting defines as a systematic report and analysis of an organization’s financial...

CHAPTER-I FINANCIAL STATEMENTS LEARNING OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter, you will be able to: • Explain the meaning of financial statements of a company; • Describe the form and content of balance sheet of a company; • Prepare the Balance Sheet of a company as per Schedule VI Part I of the Companies Act 1956. • Know the major headings under which the various assets and liabilities can be shown. • Explain the meaning, objectives and limitations of analysis using...

ASSIGNMENT NO 1. SUBJECT NAME: MGT 430 STUDENT NANE: SAIMA BOSTAN ROLL NO: 042 QUESTION NO 1: IDENTIFY THE MAJOR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND OTHERS MEANS OF REPORTING. FININCAL STATEMENTS: The statements prepared to show the financial position of the business is known as financial statements. These statements provide financial information of an equity to internal and external users and decision makers. MAJOR FINANCIAL STATEMETS:...

Relevance and Reliability Relevance and reliability are two of the four key qualitative characteristics of financial accounting information. The others being understandability and comparability. Relevance requires that the financial accounting information should be such that the users need it and it is expected to affect their decisions. Reliability requires that the information should be accurate and true and fair. Relevance and reliability are both critical for the quality of the...

Financial Statements Accounting is a function by which users can understand the internal financial workings of a company. Use of public accounting dates as far back as the late nineteenth century (Hendrickson, 2007) and continues today under the set guidelines that accounting professionals refer to as generally accepted accounting principles. These principles are set in the United States by the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission (Weygandt, p. 9,...

 Financial Statements XACC/290 January 12, 2014 Melissa Drayton Financial Statements There are four basic financial statements: balance sheet, income statement, retained earnings statement, and statement of cash flows. These financial statements would include an overview of the assets, liabilities, expenses, and revenues of the business. Financial statements are useful not only to internal user; such as managers and employees, but also to external users; such...

Introduce In this report will analyse budgets and make appropriates decisions and explainn the calculation of unit costs and make pricing decisions using relevant informations. And than this report will assess the viability of a project using investment appraisal techniques and discuss the main financial statements. Compare appropriate formats of financial statements for different types of business. Interpret financial statements using appropriate ratios and comparisons, both internal and...

 Financial Statements Gail Howell ACC/290 May 20, 2013 Nnamdi Onuarah A financial...

Financial Statements December 18, 2012 Financial Statements There are four main types of financial statements in the account world. Each statement has a difference focus and importance. Managers, creditors, and investors to learn about a company’s financial status and to make decisions about the company use the financial statements. Each financial statement type will briefly be defined and explained in this paper. Also, why these statements are of interest to managers, creditors, and...

Financial Statements Robert Greene Phoenix University Principles of Accounting I 290 Dr. Zeneo Williams June 18, 2013 Financial Statements To understand finances, the ability to decipher the data available must be attained. One of the tools used to do this is through financial statements. There are four prevalent statements used to achieve this. They are the balance sheet, income statement, statement of retained earnings, and statement of cash flows. These statements...

Financial Statements: The Starting point In the Study Of accounting The principal means of reporting general-purpose financial information to persons outside a business organization is a set of accounting reports called financial statements. The persons receiving these reports are termed the users of the financial statements. A set of financial statements consists of four related accounting reports that summarize in a few pages the financial...

Corporations Act Entities with Financial Reporting Obligations Based on information lodged with ASIC in the 12 months to 30 June 2007, there were 1,574,339 companies, registered schemes and disclosing entities in Australia. Of these, 32,814 are expected to have financial reporting obligations under the current requirements in Chapter 2M of the Corporations Act. These companies are divided as follows: Large Proprietary Companies Who are they? Proprietary companies that meet two out of the...

 Financial Statements According to Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making textbook, accounting is the information system that classifies, registers, and communicates economic proceedings to interested users. Its main function is to provide monetary information for decision making. In this paper, I will identify the four basic financial statements and describe its purpose, how financial statements could be beneficial to internal users such as directors and employees....

Index Title | Page No. | Introduction | 2 | Financial statements | 3 | types of financial statement | 4 | relationship between financial statement | 5 | financial statement in practice | 6 | | | | | Introduction Financial Statement In the name of Allah most gracious most merciful. In this essay I will take about financial statement. Trying to write everything I knew about it, starting with the types of financial statement, relationship between financial statement and...

 Financial Statements April 14, 2014, 2014 ACC/290 Sharon Powers Financial statements are documents that are vital to every business. Each audience is looking for different information from them. This could range from seeing how well a company is doing to whether or not a business will be able to pay a creditor back. The statements can be created monthly, quarterly or yearly. Some companies even generate financial statement to cover several years. There are four types of financial...

Financial Statements Paper Accounting identifies record; analyze financial transactions of an organization. This allows organizations to make informed decisions that benefit the organization and interested users (Kimmel, Weygandt, & Kieso, 2009). The company can view financial statements on a monthly or annual basis to monitor the finance decide if any changes are necessary. The four basics financial statements are balance sheet, income statement, retained earnings statement, and statement of...

| FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | Analyzing and Interpreting Financial Statements | | This paper will demonstrate my understanding of financial accounting and why generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) are important. I will discuss how financial statements are used in the marketplace. I will describe each financial statement and tell what it reveals about the business. I will explain how the statements are linked and show examples. I will explain the notes to the financial statements....

2010 AJINOMOTO (MALAYSIA) BERHAD Incorporated In Malaysia (4295-W) Contents Corporate Information Ajinomoto (Malaysia) Berhad | Annual Report 2010 | Chairman’s Statement On behalf of the Board of Directors, it is my pleasure to present the Annual Report of Ajinomoto (Malaysia) Berhad for the financial year ended 31 March 2010. Ajinomoto (Malaysia) Berhad | Annual Report 2010 | Director’s Profile Ajinomoto (Malaysia) Berhad | Annual Report 2010 | Director’s...

Financial statements, also known as financial reports, record the financial activities of a business in short and long term. The four financial statements are: balance sheet, income statement, statement of retained earnings, and statement of cash flows. A balance sheet reports the assets, liabilities, and net equity on a company. An income statement reports income, expenses, and profits on a company. A statement of retained earnings shows a company's changed retained earnings. The...

Financial Accounting Company Financial Statement Analysis Assignment: I. Company’s Business and Economic Environment Gap Inc., founded in 1969 in San Francisco, CA, is a clothing and accessories retailer for men, women and kids. It started as a single store, and nowadays operates more than 3,000 stores with more than 130,000 employees worldwide. Gap Inc owns the following brands: The Gab, babyGap, GapKids, and GapBody,...

Analysis of Financial Statements Financial statements are frequently a key source of information for financial decisions and taking a look at Microsoft’s financial statements can help us decide certain things about the company. There are three different types of statements that will be discussed in this section. These include: the balance sheet, the income statement, and the statement of cash flows. They are discussed here in either the sense of quarterly or yearly statements and will be...

In order to fully understand the purpose behind the presentation of financial statements, we must figure out why they are important. A company’s financial statements provide various financial information that investors and creditors use to evaluate a company’s financial performance. Financial statements are also important to a company’s managers because by publishing financial statements, management can communicate with interested outside parties. A company’s financial conditions are of a major...

 Financial Statements Paper There are for basic financial statements in accounting. Each one of these statements has their one nook within a company either negative or positive. The four are; the balance sheet, the income statement, the statement of retained earnings, and the statement of cash flows. I will discuss the how each is useful to both external and internal users. In the conclusion of this paper you will also understand the importance...

Financial Statement Analysis Introduction to Management Accounting 561 August 31, 2010 Robert L. Hynous, Jr. Financial Statement Analysis The primary principle of the financial statement analysis is to examine the accounting books for the accountability of review each year-end for profit or loss in a company to be review by the stockholders. Team A will review the financial statement analysis of two American companies; United Parcel Service (UPS) a service, Talbots (TLB) a retailer,...

(2004-2008) Course Title: Managing Financial Resources Course: MSc. Finance Date: 11th January 2010. TABLE OF CONTENT Executive Summary This report shows the analysis of the financial performance of Centrica Plc, one of the top energy business providers in UK. Based on my analysis from this report I can conclusively state that: Centrica Plc has an upper hand in the energy and gas market than it s competitor; Scottish Power. Centrica Plc’s turnover was very high...

Introduction, Review of Accounting Process & Financial Statements Part I • Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP) Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or U.S. GAAP refer to the standard framework of guidelines for financial accounting used in any given jurisdiction; generally know as Accounting Standards. GAAP includes the standards, conventions, and rules accountants follow in recording and summarizing, and in the preparation of financial statements (Wikipedia, n.d.)....

Regular scrutiny of annual reports and accounts of various organisations has really established the fact that financial statements shall contain the following information according to section 334(2) of the companies and allied matters act (CAMA) 1990 as well as statement of accounting standards (SAS) 2:profit and lossaccount;balance sheet; a statement of cash flow; value added statement; five-year financial summary; statement of significant accounting policies; notes to the accounts; group...

TITLE PAGE ROLE OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT IN INVESTMENT DECISION MAKING. (A CASE STUDY OF FIRST BANK OF NIGERIAN PLC) BY AMEDU, MERCY A. ACC/2008/502 A RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (B. SC) DEGREE IN ACCOUNTANCY. FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTANCY, CARITAS UNIVERSITY AMORJI NIKE ENUGU [ AUGUST, 2012 CERTIFICATION It is hereby certified that the research...

Module 1 Case Test Discussion Case 2-39 a. There are three factors that should be considered when illegal activity occurs. The first factor an auditor should consider is how the occurrence effects the financial statement and the penalty, if any, for the issue. The second factor to be considered is the integrity of the management staff and their reaction to the illegal occurrence. The last factor for an auditor to consider when an illegal occurrence happens is the internal...

Need for Accurate Financial Statements Presenting a strong, healthy financial picture of an entity or company is crucial in the world of business. In order to present this picture companies use an information system called accounting, which measures the business activity. “The key product of accounting is a set of reports called financial statements.”(Horngren, Harrison, Oliver, p2) These statements report on the entity in terms of money, or in monetary terms in both internal and external...

Financial Statement Analysis Assignment 1 This assignment is designed to get you to locate the annual report for a company and become familiar with the contents of an annual report and analysis of the financial statements. You are required to obtain the 2011, 2012 and 2013 annual reports of Square Pharma Ltd. and then answer the following questions. Question 1 Describe the principal activities of Square Pharma Ltd (hereafter Square). Name the members of Square’s board of directors...

Basic Financial Statements Accountants, business owners, investors, creditors and employees use four basic financial statements of an organization to determine the financial well-being and future earnings potential of that organization. Financial statements are a key tool in seeing and understanding the past, present and future condition of an organization. What are these financial statements and what do they mean to the reader? Do the financial statements mean something completely different to...

Financial Statement Paper ACC/280 Financial Statement Paper In this paper I will define accounting, and I will identify the four basic financial statements. I will also discuss how the four financial statements interrelate with one another, and why financial statements are important to managers, investors, creditors and employees. Users of financial statement information do not necessarily need to know everything about accounting to use the information in basic statements. However, to...

3101AFE TUTORIAL 2 - Semester 2 2013 Deegan Topics 2 and 3: The financial reporting environment and Regulation of financial accounting 2.1 What expectations do accounting standard-setters have about the accounting knowledge of financial statement readers? Accounting standard-setters have an expectation that the readers of general purpose financial reports have a ‘reasonable knowledge’ of accounting. Specifically, the IASB Framework states that ‘users are expected to...

Introduction Financial ratio analysis is important to a business’s success. A financial ratio analysis is an indicator of a company’s financial performance. It helps a business compare company financials with previous periods and also allows a business to contrast its financials to similar companies. A financial ratio can provide a clear image of a company's state and identify trends that are emerging. Use of ratios in analyzing financial statements Ratio analysis is a form of financial...

Financial Statements Paper John Doe ACC/290 January 3, 2013 Introduction In this paper it will go through: Identify the four basic financial statements, describe the purpose of each of the four financial statements, discuss how the financial statements would be useful to internal users such as managers and employees, and discuss how the financial statements would be useful to external users such as investors and creditors. Identify the...

Chapter 1: Overview—The Financial Statements Chapter 1 introduces the four financial statements--Income Statement, Statement of Retained Earnings, Balance Sheet, and Statement of Cash Flows. Accounting as the language of business is discussed along with an introduction of the various users of accounting information. Financial and Managerial accounting are compared. The four ways to organize a business – proprietorship, partnership, limited – liability company, and corporation, are...

Financial Statement Analyses (Intro) The financial statement is a company’s document reporting the outcome of the business. Managers, investors, and the public can look to the company’s financial statements to assess a company’s current position, past performance, and predictions of future performance (Horngren, Sundem, Stratton, Burgstahler, & Schatzberg, 2008). The individual financial statement assists investors in coming to a conclusion concerning the company. It is...

The Four Basic Financial Statements In the field of accounting, the basis of all decisions comes from the calculating and reporting of financial statements. Without these statements, a company may lack in organization skills which could lead to huge errors being made. These huge errors could cost a company millions of dollars. Knowing that, it is important to make sure that these reports are done accurately and in a timely fashion so that mistakes do not become catastrophes. Income...

ACCT201 Corporate Reporting and Financial Analysis HOMEWORK #1 Homework will not be collected or graded. Suggested solutions will be posted on SMUelearn. NOTE: if you could not do the questions below, please review Introductory Financial Accounting. Question 1 Adjusting Entries and Statement Preparation The attached Excel file contains the preclosing trial balance of SMUST Retailers Ltd. as of 31 Dec 2005. The following additional information is provided to you: 1. The...

Project Report (Submitted for the Degree of B.Com. Honours in Accounting & Finance under the University of Calcutta) “Financial Statement Analysis” Submitted by--- Name of the Candidate: Subrata Jana Registration No. : 145-1121-0144-10 Roll No. : Goenka College of Commerce and Business Administration Supervised by Name of...

3rd Quarter Report December 31, 2012 1 Contents 02 03 06 07 08 09 10 11 Company Information Chairman’s Review Condensed Interim Balance Sheet Condensed Interim Profit and Loss Account Condensed Interim Statement of Comprehensive Income Condensed Interim Statement of Changes in Equity Condensed Interim Cash Flow Statement Selected Notes to and Forming Part of the Condensed Interim Financial Information 2 Honda Atlas Cars (Pakistan) Limited Company Information The Board of...

ACFI 1001 Accounting for Decision Makers – Individual Project (15%) Financial Statement Analysis and Report Objectives Apply theory in practice Conduct analysis of financial statement – to look beyond the numbers Experience formal report writing. REQUIRED: Written report (a soft copy on blackboard via turnitin and printed copy to tutors is compulsory) 1. Obtain the most recent annual report for two companies in any of the industries on the Australian Stock Market (for...

Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) Brief for the City of Topeka, Kansas   Abstract The comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR) is prepared by governments—state, city, county, or municipalities—that allows the citizenry the opportunity to review the performance of fiscal responsibilities with all funds and activities of the primary government. Although CAFR is not mandated, it is encouraged, with adherence and publication for prepared statements and disclosures in accordance...

ASSESSING THE QUALITY OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS To assess the quality of the financial statements the following steps are necessary: • Reading the Financial Statements and Creating a Data File Our experience, and that of our students, is that careful and thorough reading of the financial statements yields a great deal of information about the firm. The financial statements, the notes, and management’s discussion and analysis provide valuable insights into the business strategies,...

ASSESSEMENT Unit: Unit 2 – Managing Financial Resources and Decisions Learning Hours: 60 Hours. Self-learning hours: 90 hours. Course: HND Business Term: Lecturer: Mrs. Verifier: Learners Name Registration Number Learners Declaration: I certify that the work submitted for this unit is my own: Signed: Hand out Date: Submission Date: The Following Sections to be completed by the assessor: Center Name: Center Number:...

USES OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS The financing, investing, and operating activities of a company are recorded by accounting systems in the form of detailed transactions. To effectively communicate a company’s activities to decision-makers, these detailed transactions are summarized and reported in a set of standardized reports called financial statements. The role of financial statements is to provide information that will help investors, creditors, and others make judgments and predictions that...

FINANCIAL RATIOS AND THE STATE OF HEALTH OF NIGERIAN BANKS Onyeiwu Charles University of Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria Email: chasonyeiwu@yahoo.com Tel: 2348023206015. And Aliemeke Goodluck Guarranty Trust Bank Plc, Nigeria Email:goodluck.aliemeke@gtbank.com...

Financial Statement Analysis Financial Statement Analysis page 1 Table of content Executive Summary 1. 2. 3. 3.1. 3.2. 4. Introduction Corporate Governance Financial Analysis Efficiency & Profitability Liquidity & Leverage Conclusion 3 4 6 8 8 12 17 19 Appendix Financial Statement Analysis page 2 Executive Summary This report analyses and assess the current and future profitability, efficiency and financial stability of the McMahon Holdings Ltd. (MAH) and will...

This summary is a review of the annual report and financial statements of the Patton-Fuller financial information. This paper will summarize the relationship between revenue sources and expenses and explain the effect of revenue sources on financial reporting and reviewing the annual reports of 2008-2009, and the differences between the audited and the unaudited statements, as well as determine how the hospital’s revenues and expenses are grouped for planning and control. How did the audited...

Financial Statement Restatement Paper A number of companies have faced restatements because of errors in their financial statements (Kieso, Weygandt, & Waterfield, 2007). Overstock.com is an online retailer offering closeout and discount brand and non-brand name merchandise. They also operate as part of their website an online auctions business- a marketplace for the buying and selling goods and services. In February 2006, the company restated financial reports from Q1 2002 to Q3 2005 due...

STUDENT CASES to accompany Accounting & Auditing Research: Tools & Strategies, 8e NOTE: In addition to the in-chapter and end-of-chapter exercises which serve as short cases you will find the following short cases arranged by course title that can also be utilized as short cases that require the student to access the authoritative literature to address the issue presented in the case. Solutions to the cases below are available to instructors on the Weirich Accounting & Auditing...

Review of Financial Statements Paper The following financial comparison of two publicly traded companies, Whole Foods Market Inc. and Target Corporation, will enhance the understanding of the proposal presented for a possible corporate acquisition presented to our company. This presentation will present the possible acquisition of Whole Foods Market Inc. by Target, Inc. Both companies are industry based organizations. Whole Foods Market Inc. brings financial strength to an already financially...

 Financial Statement Restatement Paper Crystal Samuel ACC 537 July 07, 2014 Jeffrey Collins Financial Statement Restatement Paper There are numerous of companies that have to restate financial statements because of an error in it. Overstock.com, also known by its shortcut, O.co, is an online retailer that offers a discounted brand and non-brand name merchandise at below wholesale prices. The company also developed an online auction business, which is for the buying and selling of...

Standards No. 117 Financial Statements of Not-for-Profit Organizations FAS 117 Summary This Statement establishes standards for general-purpose external financial statements Provided by a not-for-profit organization. Its objective is to enhance the relevance, understandability, and comparability of financial statements issued by those organizations. It requires that those financial statements provide certain basic information that focuses on the entity as a whole and meets the common needs of...

Financial Statements Analysis Fall 2009 Final Case – 15% of final grade Should be done groups or 2 or 3 (MBAs with MBAs, B Coms with B Coms.) Due: Wed Dec 2nd at the START of class. Late cases will not be accepted. Case: Dicom Group plc and Captiva Software Corp. (in the course pack) Note: Dicom uses U.K. accounting standards and some of the terminology is different. Remember that we looked at the format of an international balance sheet back in Topic 2 Review of...

Financial Statement Differentiation Paper ACC/HC561 Financial Statement Differentiation Paper Financial statements are what companies use to give management, creditors, and investors information about the financial stability of their organization. This is one way for the company to measure and quantify their financial performance. Throughout the paper the discussion will be based on the four types of financial statements and who would benefit from them. The Four types of...

Appendix A 2011 Financial Report Financial Review Pfizer Inc. and Subsidiary Companies INTRODUCTION Our Financial Review is provided to assist readers in understanding the results of operations, financial condition and cash flows of Pfizer Inc. (the Company). It should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. The discussion in this Financial Review contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks...

 Upper management may ask an accountant to overlook certain financial figures from a balance sheet that may portray the business in a bad light to the public and investors. Omission may not seem like a significant breach of accounting ethics to an accountant because it does not encompass direct operation of numbers or records. This is specifically why an accountant must remain ethically cautious to circumvent falling into such a trap. Accountants need to be educated on what forms of financial...

The Four Types of Financial Statements ACC/561 Version 4 December 22, 2012 Much success in today’s business world is tied in with numbers in the form of accounting and financial statements. Being able to understand and properly read these statements is a critical component in truly knowing a business and properly assessing its overall performance. In the accounting world there are four main financial statements that are universally understood and prepared for most publically traded...

FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS (HERO HONDA) INTRODUCTION Financial Statement Analysis is an analysis which highlights important relationships in the financial statements. It focuses on evaluation of past operations as revealed by the analysis of basic statements. Financial Statement analysis embraces the methods used in assessing and interpreting the results of past performance and current financial position as they related to particular factors of interest in investment decisions. It is an...

1. The existence of a limited liability company means the: I. company’s members are liable for only a limited amount of business debts II. company has a legal existence distinct from its owners III. company may raise large amounts of funds by issuing shares. | I only | | I and II only | | II and III only | | I, II and III | 2. The two main types of companies permitted to be registered under the Corporations Act are: | a private company, and a proprietary...

Financial Statements Paper Lesley Gonzalez ACC/290 June 19, 2013 Thomas Snow Financial Statements Paper This paper will discuss four basic financial statements, the purpose of each financial statement, and how these statements will be useful to internal and external users. Four Basic Financial Statements The four basic financial statements are a balance sheet, income statement, retained earnings statement, and statement of cash flow. The Purpose Of Each Statement A balance sheet...

Changes in Financial Statement Presentation Abstract The IASB and FASB have been working on a project together to minimize the differences in the way financial statements are presented to the public. Some of the major changes that we will notice in the statements are the adoption of the International standards. The information portrayed will be the same with some changes in the organization of the data. The changes are said to bring more understanding to the interpretability of financial...

Financial Statements Anthony Cooper ACC/290 August 24, 2013 Professor Deborah Wilson Financial Statements A financial statement is a statement, or formal record, that lays out the activities of a business, person, or other entity. Quarterly or yearly financial information is put into relative...

Financial Statement Analysis for Investors Michael Price MBA640: Accounting for Decision Making Dr. Ulinski December 11, 2012 Table of Contents: Section I: Introduction (Page 3) Section II: Literature Review (Page 4) Section III: Methodology and Data Collection (Page 5) Section IV: Results (Page 6) a. Income Statement Analysis (Page 7) b. Balance Sheet Analysis (Page 11) c. Statement of Cash flow Analysis (Page 14) Section V: Conclusion (Page 16) a....

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2009 ANNUAL REPORT Sears Canada Inc. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 2 5 6 7 9 52 53 54 55 Financial Highlights/Common Share Market Information Letter to Our Shareholders Letter from the Chief Financial Officer Eleven Year Summary Quarterly Summary Management’s Discussion and Analysis Management’s Responsibility for Financial Statements Auditors’ Report Consolidated Statements of Financial Position Consolidated Statements of Earnings and Comprehensive Income / Consolidated Statements of Retained...

The Consolidated Statements of Earnings or the income statement tells financial statement users that there was a decrease in gross profit and net sales for the fiscal year 2008. The Consolidated Statements of Earnings show that the closing of underperforming stores, removal of new store openings from the pipeline, and staff reductions in many Home Depot projects resulted in $951 million in pretax charges. The difference profit and net sales is also a cause of fiscal year 2008 being 52 weeks...

Financial Statement Differentiation Deborah Rivera ACC/561 April 8, 2013 Dr. James Sullivan Financial Statements Four basic financial statements are created for use by investors, creditors and management to record how a profit-making organization has used funds during a specific period. The most widely used statements are the balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flow and statement of retained earnings. All financial statements are presented in a structured fashion in which...

Financial statement analysis (or financial analysis) is the process of reviewing and analyzing a company's financial statements to make better economic decisions. These statements include the income statement, balance sheet, statement of cash flows, and a statement of retained earnings. Horizontal analysis (also known as trend analysis) is a financial statement analysis technique that shows changes in the amounts of corresponding financial statement items over a period of time. It is a useful...

Abstract In this paper I will identify the four basic financial statements, discuss how they are interrelated with each other, and why they are useful to managers, investors, creditors, and employees. BALANCE SHEET A balance sheet provides detailed information about a company's assets, liabilities and shareholders' equity. Assets are things that a company owns that have value. This usually means they can either be sold or used by the company to make products or provide services that can be...

Financial Statements Paper Accounting in business is an important tool to companies and organizations to understand how their revenues is invested, so reports are made of data of every investment, purchased and monetary entry. This data is used to run the business and how it is distributed to promote their assets. There are four type financial statement that companies and organization used. Accounting is the financial information system that provides these insights. In short, to understand...

Preface Financial statements are prepared and presented for external users by many enterprises around the world. Although such financial statements may appear similar from country to country, there are differences which have probably been caused by a variety of social, economic and legal circumstances and by different countries having in mind the needs of different users of financial statements when setting national requirements. These different circumstances have led to the use of a variety...

Definition & Meaning: The combined financial statements of a parent company and its subsidiaries. Definition of 'Consolidated Financial Statements’: Consolidated financial statements are the combined financial statements of a company and all of its subsidiaries, divisions, or suborganizations. Explanation: Because consolidated financial statements present an aggregated look at the financial position of a parent and its subsidiaries, they enable you to gauge the overall health of an entire...

Chapter 2 Introduction to Financial Statement Analysis 2-1. What are the four main financial statements? What checks are there on the accuracy of these statements? The four financial statements are: the balance sheet, the income statement, the statement of cash flows, and the statement of changes in shareholders’ equity. Financial are required to be audited by a neutral third party, who checks and ensures that the financial statements are prepared according to GAAP or accounting...

What's your favorite financial statement and why?" The question was spoken quickly and with a tinge of annoyance, as my interviewer eyed me disdainfully from his cushy black leather chair. The investment banker had little time to conduct these ridiculously long interviews that are standard fare for analyst candidates. I shifted uncomfortably in my seat and scanned my frazzled brain for the "right" answer. "Well, of course all three financial statements should be studied in conjunction...

________________________________ Financial Statement Analysis Financial statement analysis (or financial analysis) the process of understanding the risk and profitability of a firm (business, sub-business or project) through analysis of reported financial information, by using different accounting tools and techniques. Financial Statement Analysis Tools Financial statements are usually the final output of companies accounting operations. These statements contain information relating to the...

The importance of financial statements in a business is great. There are several difference reasons for a business to need financial statements. Yet first, financial statements need to be explained in order to know how they are used. Financial statements usually present the picture of the financial health of a given entity. It is also critical that a business comes up with accurate financial statements, not only for their record keeping for for the purpose of satisfying external reporting...

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 Financial Statements ACC 290 March 4, 2013 Financial Statements come in four basic types; income statement, retained earnings, the statement of cash flow and the balance sheet. These statements are used both internally and externally to calculate the profitability and liabilities of a company. The financial statements of a company are the window for managers, investors, and creditors into the stability of a company. The details of a financial statement differ from...

Financial Statements Afaga Palasi May 17, 2015 Principals of Accounting I Donna Adams Financial statement is a more of a common term used to refer to procedures at the end of the accounting periods; such as the income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement and the statement of owner’s equity. These four financial statements area sometimes known as the financial accounts in which the business prepares. To make decision for investing in certain business we need to have a proper view of...

Financial Statements: Industry Comparison University of Phoenix BSA 500: Business Systems I Instructor: May 28, 2007 Financial Statements: Industry Comparison More often managers are exposed to financial data and the need exists to develop knowledge and understanding of financial accounting concepts and principals. Nearly all companies prepare financial statements of some type and the complexity of those statements will vary. The analysis and interpretations of financial...

Business Analysis and Valuation: IFRS Edition Instructor’s Manual – Discussion Questions Palepu – Healy – Bernard – Peek 2 Instructor's Manual Dot-Com Crash-3 Instructor’s Manual – Discussion Questions Table of Contents Table of Contents...........................................................................................................3 Chapter 1 A Framework for Business Analysis Using Financial Statements................4 Chapter 2 Strategy...

The analysis of financial information refers to the process of the critical examination of the financial information contained in the financial statements in order to understand and make the decisions regarding the operations of the firm. There are four kinds of analysis namely; external analysis, internal analysis, horizontal analysis and vertical analysis. The external analysis is done by outsiders who do not have access to the detailed internal accounting records of the business firm. When...

Introduction Accounting is all about financial information —capturing it, recording it, configuring it, analyzing it, and reporting it to persons who use it. The financial statements : The final product of financial accounting is in the form of financial statements that are packaged with other information in a financial report. •Financial statements are prepared at the end of each accounting period. A period maybe one month, one quarter, or one year. •Financial statements report summary...

Broadly speaking there are three steps in the analysis of financial statements. These are: Selection, classification and interpretation. The first step involves selection of information (data) relevant to the purpose of analysis of financial statements. The second step involved is the methodical classification of the data and the third step includes drawing of inferences and conclusions. The following procedure is adopted for the analysis and interpretation of financial statements. 1)...

Financial Statement Differentiation Jeff Leo ACC/561 - Accounting Instructor: Grace Kalil May 27, 2013 University of Phoenix ACC/561 course textbook Accounting Tools for Business Decision Making Chapter One provides in-depth descriptions of financial statements generated by a business to analyze accounting information. The balance sheet, income statement, retained earnings statement and statement of cash flows reports provide a quantified view of the financial health of a business....

ASA University Review, Vol. 6 No. 2, July–December, 2012 Cash Flow Statement Disclosures in Pharmaceutical Companies: Bangladesh Perspective Mst. Joynab Siddiqua* Mohd. Takdir Hossan* Abstract Cash flow statement is a vital part of the financial statements. Preparation of cash flow statement is required as per Companies Act 1994 and the public limited companies enlisted with stock exchange are to prepare this statement as per other statutory laws and regulations. The acceptance of International...

Financial Statement Differentiation The four financial statements include; income statements, retained earnings statements, balance sheets, and statement of cash flows. Business managers, creditors, and investors use financial statements for decision-making purposes. Income statements give an accounting of positive or negative aspects a company’s operations for a period of time. A retained earnings statement shows the amounts and origin of adjustments in retained earnings during a period....

APPLE COMPUTER COMPANY Financial Statement Analysis Project Table of Contents Part I ……………………………………………………………3 Part II …………………………………………………………...5 Part III …………………………………………………………..6 Part IV …………………………………………………………..7 Part V ……………………………………………………….......8 Part VI ………………………………………………………….10 Part VII …………………………………………………………11 Appendices …………………………………………………......12 Appendices AAPL 5 Year Balance Sheet Report…………………………………….12 5 Year Income Statement………………………………………...13 5 Year Cash...

Financial Statements Review for Singapore Airlines By Shi Ji Contents Objective 3 Organization Introduction 3 1 SIA Financial Performance Analysis 3 1.1 Consolidated Profit and Loss Account 3 1.2 Balance Sheet As at 31 March 2006 3 1.3 Consolidated Cash Flow Statements 4 1.4 Ratios Analysis: 4 1.5 Company performance and situation review 6 1.5.1 Company Performance 6 1.5.2 Current Situation 6 1.6 Conclusion 7 2 SIA Financial Statements Reflects of FRS102...

IPSASB Exposure Draft (ED) 47 March 2012 Comments due: July 31, 2012 Proposed International Public Sector Accounting Standard Financial Statement Discussion and Analysis The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) sets International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSASs) for use by public sector entities, including national, regional, and local governments, and related governmental agencies. A key part of the IPSASB’s strategy is to converge the IPSASs,...

I. RATIONALE This report will be helping us understand financial statement analysis in a much broader way. It will also help us understand the implications of financial statement analysis to the management. This report will contribute additional knowledge on how to analyze the financial position of a company to determine if it is earning or losing. II. OBJECTIVES 1. Know and explain the various ways financial statements are analyzed. 2. Know and explain the objectives of...

I. The impact of finance on financial statement 1. Basis financial statement The management of company can control the financial of company through financial statements because it gives detail in all kind of financial record to management. There are three financial statements (i.e. Profit and loss statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement). Financial statements should be understandable, relevant, reliable and comparable. Profit and loss statement (income statement): it reports all...

Conclusion This Project has been very useful to me because I learned how to prepare cash flow statements and ratio analysis. This has improved my knowledge on financial statements which is very useful in business and commerce ever day. The work I did in this project has helped me to understand the techniques, applications and usefulness of financial statements to understand the performance of a particular company or enterprise without much difficulty and also understand how to prepare them in...