Statement of Cash Flows Learning Objectives 1. Identify the purposes of the statement of cash flows 2. Classify activities affecting cash as operating‚ investing‚ or financing activities 3. Compute and interpret cash flows from financing activities 4. Compute and interpret cash flows from investing activities 5. Use the direct method to calculate cash flows from operations 6. Use the indirect method to explain the difference between net income and net cash provided
Premium Cash flow statement Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Balance sheet
Income statement The income statement or the profit and loss account as it is also called measures reports how much profit (wealth) has the business generated over a period of time. To measure profit the total generated revenue over a period must be identified. Revenue is a measure of inflow of economic benefits arising from the operations of the business. These benefits will either result in an increase of assets such as cash or amounts owed to the business by the customers or a decrease
Premium Revenue Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Depreciation
fair tax: towards a modern tax system The Smith Institute The Smith Institute is an independent think tank that has been set up to look at issues which flow from the changing relationship between social values and economic imperatives. If you would like to know more about the Smith Institute please write to: Telephone +44 (0)20 7823 4240 Fax +44 (0)20 7823 4823 Email info@smith-institute.org.uk Website www.smith-institute.org.uk fair tax: towards a modern tax system The Director
Free Tax Taxation
Tax File Memorandum To: Peaceful Pastures Funeral Home From: Whomever Date: 2/17/2013 Re: Peaceful Pastures Tax Payer Engagement Confidential I SPOKE WITH PEACEFUL TAX PAYER ABOUT THE AUDIT NOTICE THE IRS HAD SENT. IT CONTENDS THAT THE AMOUNT PREPAID UNDER PEACEFUL’S PROGRAM CONSTITUTES PREPAID INCOME THAT MUST BE INCLUDED IN PEACEFUL’S INCOME (AND THEREFORE SUBJECT TO TAX) IN THE YEAR IN WHICH IT IS RECEIVED. THE TAX PAYER WANTED TO KNOW IF THE IRS FINDINGS
Premium Tax Taxation in the United States Tax refund
empirical research on tax evasion‚ delineating the variety of factors affecting noncompliance and examining possible remedies. Particular emphasis is placed on the institutional and procedural rules governing the tax enforcement policy. JEL classification: K34 Keywords: Tax Enforcement‚ Compliance‚ Taxpayer’s Behavior‚ Tax Gap 1. Introduction Tax evasion is said to occur when individuals deliberately fail to comply with their tax obligations. The resulting tax revenue loss may cause serious
Free Tax
Price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) is often used for assessing the company’s stock price. P/E is determined by first calculating the earnings per shares (EPS)‚ which is the post-tax profits divides by the number of shares (Figure 1). Trailing P/E is equal to current market share price divided by trailing earnings per share for the past 12 months‚ whereas forward P/E is equal to current share price divided by expected earnings per shares for the next 12 months or next full-year fiscal period (http://www
Premium P/E ratio Financial ratios Dividend yield
(Ball and et al‚ 1999). Accounting innovation by implementing accrual accounting in the public sector is one of the major part of the reforms and an important element of the wider concept of the so called New Public Management‚ and draws much of public concern and debate (Connolly and Hyndman‚ 2006). Under this background‚ this essay is going to discuss the implications arising from the process of implementing and actual using of accrual accounting in the public sector in several aspects‚ and try to
Premium Government Public sector Case study
chose the level of detail to be provided and language it could be anything which is on management’s discretion‚ also a annual report contains letters of the CEO and chairman generally talking about the present performance and future of the company while on the other hand Publicly traded companies have a large roster of reporting and regulatory obligations to fulfill. Corporations must report to their shareholders‚ and also to financial regulatory authorities that collect data for the public record
Premium Balance sheet Financial statements Auditor's report
Earnings management is typically regarded as a bad thing. I will cover why it’s considered a bad thing‚ and what it entails. When an executive “cooks the books” it’s referring to them providing false information in order to deceive other important employees or shareholders. This act includes‚ but is not limited to: falsifying receipts‚ inventories‚ balance sheets‚ and/or cash flow statements. This is an important concept to familiarize yourself with because‚ if identified and stopped in time‚ could
Premium Accounting scandals Arthur Andersen Enron
Cash or Not? Whether or not cash should be eliminated is a big debate in our world today. Cash should not be eliminated to provide for safer control of your money. Without cash‚ plenty of problems appear like acts of crime‚ not having banking connections‚ and having your personal information on record. To start off with‚ criminals and hacking progress as technology does. In the Upfront magazine article called "The End of Cash"‚ the author says‚ "Security experts worry‚ for example‚ that hackers could
Premium Ethics Morality Immanuel Kant