Financial Statements: The Starting point In the Study Of accounting The principal means of reporting general-purpose financial information to persons outside a business organization is a set of accounting reports called financial statements. The persons receiving these reports are termed the users of the financial statements. A set of financial statements consists of four related accounting reports that summarize in a few pages the financial resources
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Write approximately 1300 - 1‚500 words (excluding references) on the following: Required: Write a letter to the IASB setting out your argument for making changes to the current system of accounting and financial regulation relating to corporate reporting. In this letter you are free to address any subject matter which leads to controversy‚ including changing‚ if necessary the conceptual framework. In writing this essay you should make full use of the reading materials provided on this module
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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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fully understand the purpose behind the presentation of financial statements‚ we must figure out why they are important. A company’s financial statements provide various financial information that investors and creditors use to evaluate a company’s financial performance. Financial statements are also important to a company’s managers because by publishing financial statements‚ management can communicate with interested outside parties. A company’s financial conditions are of a major concern to investors
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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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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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company’s accounting statements or financial statements and making comparisons with relevant information Financial Ratios are measures of relative values of key financial information. Ratio Analysis involves methods of calculating and interpreting financial ratios to assess the firm’s performance. Ratios are measured as (1) percentages; (2) times or multiples; and (3) number of days. Ratios are of interest as key indicators of financial health to: shareholders
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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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Accounting Standards Boards “The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) are currently working on a joint venture referred to as the convergence project” (University of Phoenix‚ 2013‚ p. 1). As a result‚ both Boards have agreed to meet a deadline of June 2011 for the convergence of the accounting guidelines to be complete. Understanding their history and their relationship can help students in the MSA program to get ready for the working
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becoming increasingly contentious and providing a hurdle to convergence between GASB and IASB is accounting for Financial Instruments. The financial crisis of 2008 had devastating consequences for the financial markets everywhere. Blame was widely spread and both IASB and GASB considered making changes in the accounting of financial instruments‚ particularly the delayed recognition of credit losses on loans. FASB and IASB began working together‚ but found irreconcilable differences in their solutions to
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