Financial statements are the medium by which a company discloses information concerning its financial performance. Followers of fundamental analysis use the quantitativeinformation gleaned from financial statements to make investment decisions. Before we jump into the specifics of the three most important financial statements - income statements‚ balance sheets and cash flow statements - we will briefly introduce each financial statement’s specific function‚ along with where they can be found.
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The Regulation of Financial Reporting Contents Part 1 Financial Statement Analysis of JD Wetherspoon plc Executive summary.............................................................................4 1.1 Company profile................................................................................4 1.2 History and development...................................................................4 Introduction....................................
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BUSN1002 Financial Accounting Processes Semester 2‚ 2013 LECTURE OUTLINES 1 – 6 Topic Coordinator: Philip Palmer Room 3.70 Law and Commerce Building Email: philip.palmer@flinders.edu.au Ph: 8201 2013 FLINDERS UNIVERSITY FLINDERS BUSINESS SCHOOL BUSN1002 Financial Accounting Processes Philip Palmer Lecture Outline 1 Introduction to Financial Accounting Reading: Hoggett et al.‚ Chapters 1 and 2 1 Introduction to Accounting Accounting is an information system designed to
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What is financial reporting? The traditional function of financial reporting was to provide business owners with information about the companies that they owned and operated. Once the delegation of managerial responsibilities to hired personnel became a common practice‚ financial reporting began to focus on stewardship—that is‚ on the managers’ accountability to the owners. Its purpose then was to document how effectively the owners’ assets were managed‚ in terms of both capital preservation and
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LO: 1 2. Which of the following is not a problem caused by accounting diversity? A) Lack of qualified international auditors B) Preparation of consolidated financial statements C) Access to foreign capital markets D) Comparability of financial statements Answer: A Level: Medium LO: 2 3. Differences in legal systems used in various countries have been cited as one reason for diversity in accounting practice. What are
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Financial Aspect Financial aspect plays a vital role in making feasibility study. Since all projects are considered viable only when they are expected to be profitable to meet short-term obligation‚ to be liquid and to remain liquid during adversities. This aspect shows the specified terms whether “taho and tokwa production” will be profitable even with so many existing competitors‚ unfavorable economic conditions and present detailed figures to show the improvement of the projects financial
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services required for customers. It has a yearly revenue of 200$ billion. Principal Members Lalitha Battina: Founder‚ CEO Mark Gates: Chief Technology Officer‚ CTO Lowell Stratton: Chief Financial Officer‚ CFO‚ responsible for financial checks and balances And verifies financial statements produced by accounting department Simone Jobs: Chief Operating Officer‚ COO Cyrus Bailey: Chief Marketing Officer‚ CMO Board of Directors: Steve Wells‚ Tim McCarthy‚ David Holmes‚ Sonia
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Financial Restatement Kelly Ableman ACC/537 July 14‚ 2013 Dr. Anthony Matias Financial Restatement Every company makes errors in their everyday activity. These errors can be anything from miscounting boxes to ordering the wrong item or even putting the wrong numbers on the balance sheet‚ whether on accident or purpose. This paper will discuss one company in particular that had such an error; how this accounting error affected the company and their shareholders and what this company did
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FINANCIAL ANALYSIS For the Year 2012‚ 2011‚ 2010 Introduction: Knowing the financial conditions of Metrobank is very important. Such knowledge will help us allocate resources and identify areas requiring development and problems that need correction. As students of finance who can eventually be a financial manager should know how the business enterprise is doing financially. Is it growing or contracting? Will it be around for a long time? How profitable is the company? And what we should
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entity‚ it is required to release financial reports that comply with the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) (Deegan 2008:83). Two companies have been chosen to analyse their reports‚ in particular the disclosures made in their respective reports. The two companies chosen to analyse are Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) and Macquarie Bank Limited (MBL). CBA The Commonwealth Bank is one of Australia’s leading providers of integrated financial services including retail‚ business
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