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Chapter 02 - Financial Reporting and Analysis
Chapter 2
Financial Reporting and
Analysis
REVIEW
Financial statements are the most visible products of a company‘s financial reporting process. The financial reporting process is governed by accounting rules and standards, managerial incentives, and enforcement and monitoring mechanisms. It is important for a user of financial information to understand the financial reporting environment along with the accounting information presented in financial statements. In this chapter, the concepts underlying financial reporting are discussed with special emphasis on accounting rules. Next the purpose of financial reporting is discussed – its objectives and how these objectives determine both the quality of the accounting information and the principles that underlie the accounting rules. The relevance of accounting information for business analysis and valuation is also discussed and limitations of accounting information are identified.
Last, accrual accounting is discussed including the strengths and limitation of accruals, and the implications of accruals for financial statement analysis.
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Chapter 02 - Financial Reporting and Analysis
OUTLINE
Financial Reporting Environment
Statutory Financial Reports
Financial Statements
Earnings Announcements
Other Statutory Reports
Factors Affecting Statutory Financial Reports
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
GAAP Defined
Setting Accounting Standards
Role of the Securities and Exchange Commission
International Accounting Standards
Managers
Monitoring and Enforcement Mechanisms
Securities and Exchange Commission
Auditing
Corporate Governance
Litigation
Alternative Information Sources
Economic, Industry, and Company Information
Voluntary Disclosure
Information Intermediaries
Nature and Purpose of Financial Accounting
Objectives of Financial Accounting
Stewardship
Information for Decisions
Desirable Qualities of
Chapter 2
Financial Reporting and
Analysis
REVIEW
Financial statements are the most visible products of a company‘s financial reporting process. The financial reporting process is governed by accounting rules and standards, managerial incentives, and enforcement and monitoring mechanisms. It is important for a user of financial information to understand the financial reporting environment along with the accounting information presented in financial statements. In this chapter, the concepts underlying financial reporting are discussed with special emphasis on accounting rules. Next the purpose of financial reporting is discussed – its objectives and how these objectives determine both the quality of the accounting information and the principles that underlie the accounting rules. The relevance of accounting information for business analysis and valuation is also discussed and limitations of accounting information are identified.
Last, accrual accounting is discussed including the strengths and limitation of accruals, and the implications of accruals for financial statement analysis.
2-1
Chapter 02 - Financial Reporting and Analysis
OUTLINE
Financial Reporting Environment
Statutory Financial Reports
Financial Statements
Earnings Announcements
Other Statutory Reports
Factors Affecting Statutory Financial Reports
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
GAAP Defined
Setting Accounting Standards
Role of the Securities and Exchange Commission
International Accounting Standards
Managers
Monitoring and Enforcement Mechanisms
Securities and Exchange Commission
Auditing
Corporate Governance
Litigation
Alternative Information Sources
Economic, Industry, and Company Information
Voluntary Disclosure
Information Intermediaries
Nature and Purpose of Financial Accounting
Objectives of Financial Accounting
Stewardship
Information for Decisions
Desirable Qualities of