ACC501: COMPUTERISED ACCOUNTING TUTORIAL 4 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS i. ‘Why are adjusting entries necessary? Surely they cause too much delay in preparing financial statements‚ and the financial effect of any entries made is immaterial in the long run.’ Respond to this criticism. ii. The owner of a business reviews the income statement prepared by you and asks‚ “Why do you report a profit of only $30 000 when cash collections of $100 000 were received and cash payments for the period totalled only
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Financial Statement Differentiation There are four different types of financial statements; they are balance sheets‚ income statements‚ retained earnings statements‚ and statements of cash flows. Each of these financial statements are important to investors‚ creditors‚ and management in various ways. This paper will provide further insight into these financial statements as well as explore‚ which of these would be of interest to investors‚ creditors‚ and management. Financial Statements
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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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Financial Statement Analysis Financial Statement Analysis The financial health of an organization can be evaluated using ratio analysis. A comprehensive review of Landry’s Restaurants‚ Inc using their 2003 Annual Report will use seven different ratios calculated from Landry ’s financial statements. The ratio analysis will test the profitability‚ liquidity‚ and solvency of the company. Liquidity ratios measures the "short-term ability of the enterprise to pay its maturing obligations
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There are different ways in how two income statements are prepared. For example: the income statement (also known as P&L) of a merchandising company consists of Revenue‚ Expenses (related to the sales volume through the Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) and General & Administrative Expense (G&SA)‚ which all result in Net Income. The income statement of a Service company consists of Service Revenue minus any Expenses related to that service‚ which results in Net Income. Another way to look at it is that
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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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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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Analysis of Financial Statements Ratio Analysis DuPont Equation Potential Misuse of ROE Use Financial Ratios to performance Uses and Limitations of Financial Ratios • Ratios help us to evaluate financial statements. Ratios are used to make comparisons. • There are many different ratios‚ with different ones used to examine different aspects of the firm’s operations. • Ratios can be divided into 5 categories: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Liquidity ratios‚ Asset management ratios‚ Debt management ratios‚ Profitability
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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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Module 1 Framework for Analysis and Valuation Learning Objectives – coverage by question Multiple Choice Exercises Problems Essay Questions LO1 Identify and discuss the users and suppliers of financial statement information. 1-2 - 1 1-2 LO2 Identify and explain the four financial statements‚ and define the accounting equation. 3-19 1-8 2-5 3 LO3 Explain and apply the basics of profitability analysis. 20-25 9-10 6-7 4 LO4 Describe business analysis within
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