Milli Drexler ACC220 July 29‚ 2012 Accounting Documents A balance sheet is used by accounting departments to show a company their financial position at the end of a specified date. It is often called a snapshot of a company’s financial position at a given moment. It gives the reader of the document a clear picture of all transactions that have been posted by that company as of a specific date. When accountants prepare a balance sheet they list the company’s assets at the time. Assets are things
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Balance Sheets A general ledger is the foundation of a company’s financial records‚ as they constitute the central summary of a company’s financial system. Every transaction is recorded through the general ledger. These records remain as a permanent track of the history of all financial transactions since the opening day of the company (Business Town‚ n.d.). The purpose of any business is to increase the owner’s equity through solid revenues. These revenues increase assets or proceed to decrease
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Accounting Basics f or S t u d e n t s Ba sic a ccou nting le ss ons an d qu es tio ns fo r high s cho ol a nd c ollege s tude nts By Michael Celender Accounting Basics for Students Copyright © 2010 Michael Celender. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means‚ including but not limited to digital copying and printing‚ without the express written permission of the author. The author‚ Michael Celender‚ has made his best effort
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The balance sheet consists of assets and liabilities of any firm. The assets are called as the uses of the firm and the liabilities are called as the sources of the firm. Sources of the firm: (Debts or liabilities): The debts or liabilities are the claims of the outsiders against the assets of the firm. The liabilities refer to the amount payable by the firm to the claimholders; i.e. the amount owed by the firm to other parties. For an obligation to be recognized as a liability‚ it must meet three
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you understand by the concept of conservatism ? Why is it also called the concept of prudence? Why is it not applied as strongly today as it used to be in the Past ? (b) What is a Balance Sheet ? How does a Funds Flow Statement differ from a Balance Sheet ? Enumerate the items which are usually shown in a Balance Sheet and a Funds Flow Statement. 2 . (a) Discuss the importance of ratio analysis for inter-firm and intra-firm comparisons including circumstances responsible for its limitations
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BACC 100 Assignment # 1 1. Jellybean Company reported equity of $32‚000 on its December 31‚ 2014 balance sheet. The following information is available for the year ended December 31‚ 2015: Revenues $73‚000 Expenses 59‚000 Liabilities 11‚000 What are the total assets of Jellybean Company at December 31‚ 2015? A) $14‚000. B) $25‚000. C) $35‚000. D) $46‚000. E) $57‚000. 2. At the end of its first year of operations‚ Matlocke Company has total assets of $2‚000‚000 and total
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17 RATIO ANALYSIS FEATURING THE DUPONT METHOD: AN OVERLOOKED TOPIC IN THE FINANCE MODULE OF SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP COURSES Submitted by Thomas J. Liesz University of Idaho (208) 885-5447 (office) tliesz@uidaho.edu Steven J. Maranville University of Houston-Downtown One Main Street Houston‚ TX 77002-1001 (713) 221-8524 maranvilles@uhd.edu Submitted to Small Business Institute Journal The authors wish to acknowledge the valuable comments of two SBIJ reviewers
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operating section. True False 4. When the net cash flows from operating‚ investing‚ and financing activities are combined to arrive at the overall net change in cash‚ a net decrease in cash is subtracted from the beginning cash balance to calculate the ending cash balance. True False 5. Major investing and financing activities that do not involve cash do not have to be reported as part of the statement of cash flows. True False 6. In general‚ the cash flow from operating activities
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49% | 240.79% | 249.97% | Total Liabilities | 54‚908 | 51‚621 | 34‚240 | 33‚290 | Total stockholder’s equity | 66‚363 | 57‚083 | 43‚688 | 39‚776 | D/E Ratio | 82.74% | 90.43% | 78.37% | 83.69% | After comparing these two corporations’ balance sheets‚ I found some information that may be valuable to make a lending decision. And I‚ as a credit analyst‚ have decided to recommend Oracle Inc. for this $400 million line of credit. First‚ we need the purchases be repaid within 30 days‚ which means
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Balance Sheet and Income Statement Jennifer Grayson BSA/500 June 4‚ 2011 Brian Keltch Balance Sheet and Income Statement The following four companies are related to the companies that have been in review over the last four weeks. These four following companies show how well the company has been doing over the last two years or not so well. The company has pulled their balance sheets and income statement to see if all the company’s financial needs are being met. If the company’s needs are
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