a) Five Users of Company Financial Statements There are various internal and external users of company financial statements. Internal users include employees‚ directors and shareholders‚ while external users include the government‚ the public‚ suppliers and creditors. 1. Investors Both current and potential shareholders/investors are the providers of capital in a company. They are interested in information that will help them determine whether to invest in the company. They are comparing different
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Working with Financial Statements Accounting is the heart and soul of executing a successful business. Accounting is used to provide record for all items that are paid and received for a business over any period of time. Within the purpose of accounting lies the need to provide continuity and sustainability within a business‚ without it a business will not thrive. The information obtained is kept on record‚ in order to give insight to upper management on data concerning the daily revenue and expenses
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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 of each of these as well
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A business’ financial conditions are of major concern to all its stakeholders. As capital providers‚ investors and creditors rely on a company’s financial conditions for both the safety and profitability of their investments. The four basic financial statements are (1) Balance Sheet‚ (2) Income Statement‚ (3) Statement of Retained Earnings‚ and (4) Statement of Cash Flow (Kimmel‚ Weygandt‚ & Kieso‚ 2010). The balance sheet represents the financial position of a company for a specific period
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Purpose of Financial Statements The objective of financial statements is to provide information about the financial position‚ performance and changes in financial position of an enterprise that is useful to a wide range of users in making economic decisions (IASB Framework). Financial Statements provide useful information to a wide range of users: Managers require Financial Statements to manage the affairs of the company by assessing its financial performance and position and taking important business
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Stakeholders’ and Financial Statements Carol Watts Intermediate Accounting I ACC305 In today’s day and age there is no easy way of telling which companies are doing well and which are almost down in the dumps. Banks‚ lending facilities‚ and/or external stakeholders are greatly interested in seeing where companies are in the market compared to their competitors. These companies take the most risk by investing their monies into entities that are not started‚ maintained‚ or organized by
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Accounting and financial statement • Business going concern- dobry interes = IT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE FUTURE Current market value of its fixed assets is irrelevant‚ they’re not for sale. Fixed assets-środki trwałe. • NET BOOK VALUE->>Historical cost accounting = assets at original purchase price –accumulated depreciation charges. WARTOŚĆ KSIĘGOWA NETTO historyczna kalkulacja kosztów = aktywa w oryginalnej cenie zakupu-zgromadzone odpisy amortyzacyjne
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Financial Statements For Tesco Plc Analysis of Tesco Plc Annual Financial Statements in Comparison with J Sainsbury Plc By: Douglas Lonnroth‚ Vincent-Louis End‚ Niccoló Trivelli & Andrea Arnaud Module: 2013.4.ACC4A1.R_T1 – Financial Reporting Seminar Teacher: Peter Thomas Regents University of London 29th of November 2013 Word Count: 1415 Table of Content Page 1. Introduction 3 2. Profitability & Efficiency Year on Year 3-4 2.1 Liquidity 4 2.2 ACID Test Ratio 4 2.3 Gearing
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Although book sales have progressively decreased over the years (over 11 percent in 2016)‚ the income statement has been overall unaffected‚ raking in an 8.3 percent increase in their non-book item sales during the first quarter of this fiscal year‚ resulting in a profit. In order for companies to stay in relevance‚ they must constantly study the behaviour
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ASSESSMENT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Assessment of Financial Statements Judith A Vicks FIN7014-8: Managing Financial Institutions Dr. Ekanayake: Northcentral University June 23‚ 2013 ASSESSMENT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Abstract It is important to understand the differences in how earnings and liabilities are generated or reported for different financial institutions. This paper will describe key points regarding the balance sheets of different financial institutions. Commercial
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