SAMPLE BALANCE SHEET Most accounting balance sheets classify a company’s assets and liabilities into distinctive groupings such as Current Assets; Property‚ Plant‚ and Equipment; Current Liabilities; etc. These classifications make the balance sheet more useful. The following balance sheet example is a classified balance sheet. Sample Balance Sheet: Example Company Balance Sheet December 31‚ 2010 ASSETS | | | LIABILITIES | Current Assets | | | Current Liabilities | | | Cash
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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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Common Size Statements are used to compare financial statements of different-size companies‚ or of the same company over different periods. Common-size analysis - (also called vertical analysis) expresses each line item on a single year’s financial statement as a percent. The base amount for the balance sheet is usually total assets (which is the same number as total liabilities plus stockholders’ equity)‚ and for the income statement it is usually net sales or revenues. By comparing two or more
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The Company has made a roadmap for expansion of its business and will accordingly open additional bowling centers in India at Pune‚ Bangalore‚ Chandigarh‚ Ludhiana and Noida. These bowling centers on being operational are expected to enhance the income and profitability of the Company. Industry Structure & Development The Indian film industry was INR 93 Billion in 2011 indicating a growth of 11.5% vis-à-vis 2010. Quality content combined with the revival of Hindi films with mass connect improved
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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? Question 1(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. Question 2(a) Discuss the importance of ratio analysis for inter-firm and intra-firm comparisons including circumstances responsible for its limitations. If any Question
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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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Sample Balance Sheet: Example Company Balance Sheet December 31‚ 2011 ASSETS | | | LIABILITIES | Current assets | | | Current liabilities | | | Cash | $ 2‚100 | | | Notes payable | $ 5‚000 | | Petty cash | 100 | | | Accounts payable | 35‚900 | | Temporary investments | 10‚000 | | | Wages payable | 8‚500 | | Accounts receivable - net | 40‚500 | | | Interest payable | 2‚900 | | Inventory | 31‚000 | | | Taxes payable | 6‚100 | | Supplies | 3‚800
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT COMMON SIZE STATEMENT AND TREND ANALYSIS INTRODUCTION We know business is mainly concerned with the financial activities. In order to ascertain the financial status of the business every enterprise prepares certain statements‚ known as financial statements. Financial statements are mainly prepared for decision making purpose. But the information as is provided in the financial statements is not adequately helpful in drawing a meaningful conclusion. Thus‚ an effective analysis
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Balance sheets: the basics A balance sheet is a financial statement at a given point in time. It provides a snapshot summary of what a business owns or is owed. It states what assets the business ownes and what it owes – liabilities‚ at a particular date. The balance sheet is uded to show how the business is being funded and how those funds are being used. The balance sheet is used in three ways: • for reporting purposes (limited company’s annual accounts) • help interested
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Summary Purposes of the Balance Sheet 1. A balance sheet‚ or statement of financial position‚ summarizes the financial position of a company at a particular date by reporting the economic resources (assets)‚ the economic obligations (liabilities)‚ and equity. It reports a company’s resource structure (major classes and amounts of assets) and its financial structure (major classes and amounts of liabilities and equity). It is a detailed explanation of the basic accounting equation: Assets =
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