4-1 4 Income Statement Usefulness Predicting future performance. 4-2 Evaluate past performance. Help assess the risk or uncertainty of achieving future cash flows. Income Statement Limitations Companies omit items that cannot be measured reliably. 4-3 Income is affected by the accounting methods employed. Income measurement involves judgment. Income Statement Quality of Earnings Companies have incentives to manage income to meet or
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The Income Statement This indicates financial performance over a period of time. It is usually done at the end of a financial year (30th June)‚ but an income statement can be made up at other times‚ e.g.‚ if a business wishes to apply for a loan‚ the bank may ask for a more recent income statement. The other names for this kind of statement are Revenue Statement and Profit and Loss Statement. Income Statement for Ima Mess‚ year ended 30.6.12 |
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TRUE-FALSE STATEMENTS 8. Closing entries are not needed if the business plans to continue operating in the future and issue financial statements each year. 9. The dividends account is closed to the Income Summary account in order to properly determine net income (or loss) for the period. 10. After closing entries have been journalized and posted‚ all temporary accounts in the ledger should have zero balances. 11. Closing revenue and expense accounts to the
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Income statement The income statement or the profit and loss account as it is also called measures reports how much profit (wealth) has the business generated over a period of time. To measure profit the total generated revenue over a period must be identified. Revenue is a measure of inflow of economic benefits arising from the operations of the business. These benefits will either result in an increase of assets such as cash or amounts owed to the business by the customers or a decrease
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John Tierney Case study 8 11/2/2013 1) As a late mover into the US intercity bus market‚ what advantages and disadvantages does Megabus have? Megabus being a late mover in the US‚ has allowed the company to learn from past mistakes by companies such as Greyhound‚ who filed for bankruptcy in the mid 90’s and who lost most of it’s business due to poorly maintained terminals‚ high prices for fares and unsafe conditions. Megabus’s advantages include fares as lows as 1 dollar‚ free wi-fi
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For the student’s convenience‚ the following material has been adapted‚ with permission‚ from Walt Disney Company’s Sleeping Beauty Bonds – Duration Analysis‚ Harvard Business School Case 9-294-083‚ Rev. July 13‚ 2000. Copyright © 1994 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. 1. What are the cash payments associated with the Sleeping Beauties? Who gets how much and when‚ per $100 of bonds issued? 2. What interest rate was used to calculate the price? 3. Next day‚ market yield
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When should the milestone payments received to date by SolvGen be recognized as revenue? A: FASB codification (605-28) milestone method SolvGen Inc. is gonging to use the milestone method to recognize the revenue. The milestone method is a recently issued method of recognizing revenue for research and development arrangements under which consideration to be received by the vendor is contingent upon the achievement of certain milestones(FASB codification (605-28) milestone method). Under
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alicante How to win outside the soccesfield Content The absolute goal of Ciclón de Alicante is to become a major soccer club in Spain. But how? The stadium • Q: What is the impact of the sale of the stadium transaction on Ciclón’s 2003 Income Statement and Statement of Cash Flows (under the Indirect Method)‚ and on its Balance Sheet for the year ended on December 31th‚ 2003? Items to be addressed cash payment of $ 100 million cost of building the new stadium was $ 20 million market value of the land
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Note: Income Statement Format Hanna 2004-08-03 Income Statement Presentation The objective of studying the format and presentation of the income statement is to gain an understanding of the different ways that certain economic events can be presented. Sometimes‚ the type of presentation depends upon management’s intent regarding the future. Needless to say‚ there is a lot of room for the application of judgment when choosing amongst various acceptable income statement formats. Interpreting
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ZARA Income Statement Period Ending: 2012 31/12 2011 31/12 2010 31/12 2009 31/12 Total Revenue 82.98 78.19 89.69 76.7 Revenue 82.98 78.19 89.69 76.7 Other Revenue‚ Total - - - - Cost of Revenue‚ Total 60.29 56.72 59.02 52 Gross Profit 22.69 21.47 30.67 24.7 Total Operating Expenses 77.61 73.35 74.12 63.51 Selling/General/Admin. Expenses‚ Total 3.69 3.24 3.96 3.56 Research & Development - - - - Depreciation / Amortization 13.63 13.38 11.14 7
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