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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Prepare a Set of Financial Statements Samson Company adjusted account balances as of December 31‚ 2005 are as follows (some noted balances are Jan. 1‚ 2005): Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1‚200‚000 Purchases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 810‚000 Marketable securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15‚000 Purchase discounts . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Financial Statement Analysis vs. Operating Indicator Analysis Financial analysis focuses on the data contained in a business’s financial statements (Gapenski‚ 2012). Financial statement analysis is applied to historical data‚ which comprise the road map for the business’s future (Gapenski‚ 2012). Financial statement analysis is used to trend for the future at the current condition. The financial statement analysis is supplemented by operating indicator analysis. Operating indicator analysis uses
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USES OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS The financing‚ investing‚ and operating activities of a company are recorded by accounting systems in the form of detailed transactions. To effectively communicate a company’s activities to decision-makers‚ these detailed transactions are summarized and reported in a set of standardized reports called financial statements. The role of financial statements is to provide information that will help investors‚ creditors‚ and others make judgments and predictions that serve
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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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1. Why did regulators take a closer look at Demand Media’s accounting? Demand Media capitalizes the fees paid to freelance writers over five years instead of expensing the costs as incurred. Typically‚ web media companies expense content creation costs as incurred. Demand’s unorthodox approach to accounting for writer expenses as acquiring and amortizing intangible assets spreads Demand Media’s expenses over time and reduces its current losses on its income statement. Thus‚ Demand Media’s accounting
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wants an accountant to perform an examination of its internal controls‚ the accountant should follow: B. AICPA AT 501‚ “An examination of an entity’s internal control over financial reporting that is integrated with an audit of its financial statements.” A.21 A review service engagement involving unaudited financial statements involves B. less work than an audit but more work than a compilation A.22 When accountants are not independent‚ which of the following reports can they nevertheless issue
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report and financial statements of the Patton-Fuller financial information. This paper will summarize the relationship between revenue sources and expenses and explain the effect of revenue sources on financial reporting and reviewing the annual reports of 2008-2009‚ and the differences between the audited and the unaudited statements‚ as well as determine how the hospital’s revenues and expenses are grouped for planning and control. How did the audited and unaudited financial statements differ?
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Owners • Owners are typically the most interested user of financial statements. Not only do owners have an interest in profits‚ but also in the amount of money they retain for personal income. This information comes from the income statement. Owners want to know how much capital the business consumed in order to generate sales revenue. Lenders • Lenders have an interest in both a company’s profit and cash flow. These users may have given loans to the business. Companies with an inability to repay
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Financial Statements Paper John Doe ACC/290 January 3‚ 2013 Introduction In this paper it will go through: Identify the four basic financial statements‚ describe the purpose of each of the four financial statements‚ discuss how the financial statements would be useful to internal users such as managers and employees‚ and discuss how the financial statements would be useful to external users such as investors and creditors. Identify the
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