Financial Statements XACC/290 January 12‚ 2014 Melissa Drayton Financial Statements There are four basic financial statements: balance sheet‚ income statement‚ retained earnings statement‚ and statement of cash flows. These financial statements would include an overview of the assets‚ liabilities‚ expenses‚ and revenues of the business. Financial statements are useful not only to internal user; such as managers and employees‚ but also to external users; such as investors and creditors to
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are two of the four key qualitative characteristics of financial accounting information. The others being understandability and comparability. Relevance requires that the financial accounting information should be such that the users need it and it is expected to affect their decisions. Reliability requires that the information should be accurate and true and fair. Relevance and reliability are both critical for the quality of the financial information‚ but both are related such that an emphasis
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The first PhxKlips we viewed was “The Accounting Equation”. This taught us how to remember the accounting equation by remembering “ALOE”. I took an accounting class online for the community college in Baltimore‚ and was not taught “ALOE”. I liked that it gave us a way to remember the equation. “ALOE” is something you can always remember and does help to remember the equation. The equation “ALOE” means Assets= Liabilities + Owner’s Equity. This is the equation used for all accounting tasks and procedures
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IDENTIFY THE MAJOR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND OTHERS MEANS OF REPORTING. FININCAL STATEMENTS: The statements prepared to show the financial position of the business is known as financial statements. These statements provide financial information of an equity to internal and external users and decision makers. MAJOR FINANCIAL STATEMETS: The three main financial statements are as follow:
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Abstract Financial statements are used by so many different types of people from investors‚ to creditors‚ managers and even employees. These statements are proven useful tools that provide valuable information about a business enabling the user of the statements to make the most appropriate business decisions. Financial Statements Four Basic Financial Statements There are four basic financial statements in accounting: 1. Balance Sheet 2. Income Statement 3. Retained Earnings Statement 4
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Week Three Exercises Fatma Miljkovic ACC/290 March 25‚ 2013 Professor: Tim Callaghan | BE4-1 | Transactions that affect earnings do not necessarily affect cash. | Hint: Identify impact of transactions on cash and net income.(SO 2‚ 9) | | | InstructionsIdentify the effect‚ if any‚ that each of the following transactions would have upon cash and net income. The first transaction has been completed as an example. | | | | | Cash | Net Income | (a) | Purchased $100
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of organization. While research various methods and processes to decision making I came across an article related to the DECIDE model for decision making. The steps are as follows: 1. D = define the problem. 2. E = establish the criteria. 3. C = consider all the alternatives. 4. I = identify the best alternative. 5. D = develop and implement a plan of action. 6. E = evaluate and monitor the solution and feedback when necessary (Kristina L. Guo PhD‚ 2008). Step 1 essentially is defining
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Financial Statements December 18‚ 2012 Financial Statements There are four main types of financial statements in the account world. Each statement has a difference focus and importance. Managers‚ creditors‚ and investors to learn about a company’s financial status and to make decisions about the company use the financial statements. Each financial statement type will briefly be defined and explained in this paper. Also‚ why these statements are of interest to managers‚ creditors‚ and investors
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PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS AT MARCH 31‚ 2013 (UNAUDITED) AND DECEMBER 31‚ 2012 (AUDITED) AND FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31‚ 2013 AND 2012 (UNAUDITED) F-1 PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION (in million pesos‚ except par value per share amounts and number of shares) As at January 1‚ As at March 31‚ As at December 31‚ 2012 2012 2013
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company’s accounting statements or financial statements and making comparisons with relevant information Financial Ratios are measures of relative values of key financial information. Ratio Analysis involves methods of calculating and interpreting financial ratios to assess the firm’s performance. Ratios are measured as (1) percentages; (2) times or multiples; and (3) number of days. Ratios are of interest as key indicators of financial health to: shareholders
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