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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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 statement in practice. I will
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Financial Statement Companies use several tools such as a balance sheet to make sound business decisions. A balance sheet is a quantitative summary of a company ’s financial condition at a specific point in time‚ including assets‚ liabilities and net worth. The first part of a balance sheet shows all the productive assets a company owns‚ and the second part shows all the financing methods (such as liabilities and shareholders ’ equity) Also‚ called statement of condition.
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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. I will
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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 first PhxKlips we viewed was “The Accounting Equation”. This taught us how to remember the accounting equation by remembering “ALOE”. I took an accounting class online for the community college in Baltimore‚ and was not taught “ALOE”. I liked that it gave us a way to remember the equation. “ALOE” is something you can always remember and does help to remember the equation. The equation “ALOE” means Assets= Liabilities + Owner’s Equity. This is the equation used for all accounting tasks and procedures
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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 accounting
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PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS AT MARCH 31‚ 2013 (UNAUDITED) AND DECEMBER 31‚ 2012 (AUDITED) AND FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31‚ 2013 AND 2012 (UNAUDITED) F-1 PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION (in million pesos‚ except par value per share amounts and number of shares) As at January 1‚ As at March 31‚ As at December 31‚ 2012 2012 2013
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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 information‚ but both are related such that an emphasis
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Analysis of Financial Statements After reading this chapter‚ students should be able to: Explain why ratio analysis is usually the first step in the analysis of a company’s financial statements. List the five groups of ratios‚ specify which ratios belong in each group‚ and explain what information each group gives us about the firm’s financial position. State what trend analysis is‚ and why it is important. Describe how the Du Pont chart is used‚ and how it may be modified to include
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