USES OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS The financing‚ investing‚ and operating activities of a company are recorded by accounting systems in the form of detailed transactions. To effectively communicate a company’s activities to decision-makers‚ these detailed transactions are summarized and reported in a set of standardized reports called financial statements. The role of financial statements is to provide information that will help investors‚ creditors‚ and others make judgments and predictions that serve
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wants an accountant to perform an examination of its internal controls‚ the accountant should follow: B. AICPA AT 501‚ “An examination of an entity’s internal control over financial reporting that is integrated with an audit of its financial statements.” A.21 A review service engagement involving unaudited financial statements involves B. less work than an audit but more work than a compilation A.22 When accountants are not independent‚ which of the following reports can they nevertheless issue
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report and financial statements of the Patton-Fuller financial information. This paper will summarize the relationship between revenue sources and expenses and explain the effect of revenue sources on financial reporting and reviewing the annual reports of 2008-2009‚ and the differences between the audited and the unaudited statements‚ as well as determine how the hospital’s revenues and expenses are grouped for planning and control. How did the audited and unaudited financial statements differ?
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Analyzing Financial Statements Elizabeth Black HSM/260 October 16‚ 2011 Denise Lindley University of Phoenix Analyzing Financial Statements XYZ Corporation Years 2003/2004/2002 (Respectively Listed One Page after Another) 2003 Current Ratio | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Current Ratio = | Current Assets | | $82‚058.00 | | | 0.87 | | | Current Liabilities | | $93‚975.00 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Long-Term Solvency
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Owners • Owners are typically the most interested user of financial statements. Not only do owners have an interest in profits‚ but also in the amount of money they retain for personal income. This information comes from the income statement. Owners want to know how much capital the business consumed in order to generate sales revenue. Lenders • Lenders have an interest in both a company’s profit and cash flow. These users may have given loans to the business. Companies with an inability to repay
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Financial Statements Paper John Doe ACC/290 January 3‚ 2013 Introduction In this paper it will go through: Identify the four basic financial statements‚ describe the purpose of each of the four financial statements‚ discuss how the financial statements would be useful to internal users such as managers and employees‚ and discuss how the financial statements would be useful to external users such as investors and creditors. Identify the
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The importance of financial statements in a business is great. There are several difference reasons for a business to need financial statements. Yet first‚ financial statements need to be explained in order to know how they are used. Financial statements usually present the picture of the financial health of a given entity. It is also critical that a business comes up with accurate financial statements‚ not only for their record keeping for for the purpose of satisfying external reporting expectations
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BasRunning head: BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Basic Financial Statements Robert A. Weir Basic Financial Statements There are four financial statements that business’ use to reference the financial data of a company. These statements are the balance sheet‚ the income sheet‚ the statement of retained earning and the statement of cash flows. These four statements show a variety of information that pertains to the financial situation of a company during a specific
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Objective of financial statements[edit] Financial statements are a structured representation of the financial position and financial performance of an entity. The objective of financial statements is to provide information about the financial position‚ financial performance and cash flows of an entity that is useful to a wide range of users in making economic decisions. Financial statements also show the results of the management’s stewardship of the resources entrusted to it.[1] To meet this objective
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a) Five Users of Company Financial Statements There are various internal and external users of company financial statements. Internal users include employees‚ directors and shareholders‚ while external users include the government‚ the public‚ suppliers and creditors. 1. Investors Both current and potential shareholders/investors are the providers of capital in a company. They are interested in information that will help them determine whether to invest in the company. They are comparing different
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