Financial Statements Accounting is a function by which users can understand the internal financial workings of a company. Use of public accounting dates as far back as the late nineteenth century (Hendrickson‚ 2007) and continues today under the set guidelines that accounting professionals refer to as generally accepted accounting principles. These principles are set in the United States by the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission (Weygandt‚ p. 9‚ 2008)
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“Financial Statements.” There are four financial statements to work with; Balance Sheets‚ Income Statements‚ Retained Earnings Statements‚ and Statement of Cash Flows. Balance sheets let you have a quick review of what assets‚ liabilities‚ and equity were distributed within the accounting period. Income statements show the business whether they made a profit or not. Retained earnings statement shows what the company decides to retain for them‚ after everything else is paid. The statement of cash flows
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#Discuss the methods of measuring “National Income”. Ans: ‘National Income’ means the total value of goods and services produced annually in a country.There are three alternative methods of measuring national income.They are as follows: 1. Production Method 2. Income Method 3. Expenditure Method These methods are discussed billow: 1. Production Method: In production method national income is a total monetary value of all final goods and services during a
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What is income? Income is the amount that is received in a given period of time. It is a flow of funds. How is income distributed in Australia? According to the ABS - in 1999-2000‚ the richest 20% of income units received 48.5% per cent of total income. The poorest 20% of income units received less than 4% of total income. Note: Income units are made up of one person or a group of related persons within a household‚ whose incomes are assumed to be shared. What are the main sources
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CHAPTER I INCOME TAXES1 A. INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX 1. Persons subject to the individual income tax For income tax purposes‚ individual taxpayers are classified into: a. Citizen (1) Resident citizen - is a citizen of the Philippines who has a permanent home or place of abode in the Philippines to which he/she intends to return whenever he/she is absent for business or pleasure. (2) Nonresident citizen - is a citizen of the Philippines who establishes the fact of his/her physical presence abroad with
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16th amendment: Income Tax In America‚ one of the biggest tax bites on our income is the federal income tax‚ although state and local taxes also take a substantial bite. There are property taxes and sales taxes. Every time we fill up the gas tax‚ we are paying a tax. We pay so much taxes that some have calculated “tax freedom day”‚ as the day during the year when our nation has theoretically earned the income necessary to have paid our taxes for a year. We pay taxes to pay for government services
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Income Tax Act 1961 Assessment Year: The period of twelve months starting from April 1 of every year and ending on March 31 of the next year. Previous Year: Income earned in a year (Previous year) is taxable in the next year (Assessment Year). Income earned during the previous year (PY) 2011-12 is taxable in the Assessment year (AY) 2012-13. From the AY 1989-90 onwards‚ all assesses are required to follow the financial year April 1 to March 31 as previous year for all sources of income
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1 Tri3 2012/13 Tutorial 1: Ten Principles of Economics Please try to answer all the questions. 1. The overriding reason why households and societies face many decisions is that a. resources are scarce b. goods and services are not scarce c. incomes fluctuate with business cycles d. people‚ by nature‚ tend to disagree 2. Which of the following examples does not illustrate the principle represented by the adage‚ "There is no such thing as a free lunch"? a. Joe needs to pay his rent and his electric
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Leonhardt argues that despite the persistent trend of income inequality in the U.S. and throughout history‚ it is not impossible to change that inequality. He writes that the professor‚ Thomas Piketty points out the process in which inequality rises and the near inevitability of it. Leonhardt tells of his conversations with Piketty and Piketty’s idea on the possible way to solve inequality‚ which is to put a global wealth tax that is specifically for income inequality. Leonhardt finds this solution politically
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Financial Statement By Mary Baumann XACC/290 July 27‚ 2014 Jameson Monteiro Financial Statement The four main financial statement are the balance sheet‚ the income statement‚ the cash flow statements‚ and the statements of shareholder’s equity. Each statement can be used to give an insight to a company’s financial activities‚ and can provide valuable information on said company. The balance sheet provides detailed information on a company’s assets‚ liabilities‚ and their shareholder’s
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