Financial Statements Financial statements are records of relative financial information of organizations that are highly valuable to both internal and external users of that organization. The following four basic financial statements constitute the foundation of accounting: * Balance sheet * Income statement * Retained earnings statement * Statement of cash flows Purpose of the Financial Statements The balance sheet shows a clear picture of the organization’s financial
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The role of a financial manager is a complex one‚ requiring both an understanding of how the business functions as a whole and specialized financial knowledge. The head of the financial operations is called the chief financial officer (CFO). The structure of the company varies‚ but a financial manager is responsible for the same general things across the board. The manager is responsible for managing the budget. This involves allocating money to different projects and segments so that the business
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Financial Statements Tonjes Bolden ACC/280 May 31‚ 2011 Financial Statements Accounting defines as a systematic report and analysis of an organization’s financial transactions
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Primary users Financial accounting : the primary users of financial accounting are the external users‚ shareholders‚ investors ‚ creditors‚ lenders and government. Share holders are using financial information to know about their investment e.g how the investment is running‚ what is the organization profit and what is the value of the organization. Investors use financial information to know in which organization they should invest and to look how was the organsation performance in the past so
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Abstract Financial statements are used by so many different types of people from investors‚ to creditors‚ managers and even employees. These statements are proven useful tools that provide valuable information about a business enabling the user of the statements to make the most appropriate business decisions. Financial Statements Four Basic Financial Statements There are four basic financial statements in accounting: 1. Balance Sheet 2. Income Statement 3. Retained Earnings Statement 4
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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‚ 2008)
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the main users of financial reports‚ explaining to what use(s) they may put such reports. To what extent is there a conflict between different uses? How far are these conflicts resolved in a single set of annual accounts? The financial reports are profit and loss account‚ balance sheet and cash flow statement. There are many users /parties interested in the accounts of a company /organization. These include the following: The owners / shareholders The directors / managers The employees The creditors
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A MINOR PROJECT ON ACCOUNTING AND ACCOUNTING INFORMATION FOR‚ INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL USERS PRESENTED BY Mr. EMMANUEL FONGEH IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF AN EXECUTIVE MASTERS DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. CHAPTER 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION. At a glance‚ accounting can appear extremely complicated and confusing. The untrained eye may struggle to grasp the entire nature of
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Discuss the statement that‚ ‘Tesco appears to be getting it right’ in relation to their business conduct. Tesco is a leading international retailer amongst traders across the globe. From the time when the company first used the trading name of Tesco‚ in the mid 1920s‚ the company has expanded into different arrangements‚ diversified markets and various divisions. Tesco has over two thousand five hundred stores across the globe‚ in which the main trade is of the buying and selling of food.
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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 are
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