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    The 3 Principal Financial Statements I. The balance Sheet Snapshot of the financial condition of a firm - Measured on a given date ASSETS = LIABILITIES + EQUITY • Assets : What you have - INVESTING - USES • Liabilities : What you owe - FINANCING – SOURCES a) Assets • An asset is a resource that has a potential future economic (i.e. generate future cash inflows or reduce future cash outflows). • An asset is recognized when:  It is acquired in a past transaction or exchange  The

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    Chapter 1: Overview—The Financial Statements Chapter 1 introduces the four financial statements--Income StatementStatement of Retained Earnings‚ Balance Sheet‚ and Statement of Cash Flows. Accounting as the language of business is discussed along with an introduction of the various users of accounting information. Financial and Managerial accounting are compared. The four ways to organize a business – proprietorship‚ partnership‚ limited – liability company‚ and corporation‚ are discussed

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    Accounting and financial statement • Business going concern- dobry interes = IT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE FUTURE Current market value of its fixed assets is irrelevant‚ they’re not for sale. Fixed assets-środki trwałe. • NET BOOK VALUE->>Historical cost accounting = assets at original purchase price –accumulated depreciation charges. WARTOŚĆ KSIĘGOWA NETTO historyczna kalkulacja kosztów = aktywa w oryginalnej cenie zakupu-zgromadzone odpisy amortyzacyjne

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    adaptive even in the worst conditions. Zero based budgeting- Zero based budgeting is basically a technique of planing and decistion making which reverses the traditional way of budgeting‚ also it prevents budgets increasing every year due inflation. This way of budgeting benifits small firms which have an overall big budget. One of the disadvantages of zero based budeting is that it is time consuming e.g. if you are dealing with a client

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    examination of financial statements and underlying records for conformance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). It does this as well as generally accepted governmental auditing standards C. Tests for compliance with laws and regulations. D. Both B and C. 2. Government Auditing Standards (GAS) issued by the U.S. Comptroller General apply to A. Financial statement audits of federal organizations made by the Government Accountability Office. B. Financial statement audits of

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    The main role of the trustee for debenture holders is to protect the interests of: | shareholders | | debenture holders | | directors | | auditors | | | 6. The main functions of the Financial Reporting Council include: I. overseeing the process for the setting of accounting standards of the AASB II. determining the AASB’s broad strategic direction III. monitoring and reviewing the level of funding for the AASB IV. directing the AASB in relation to the development or making

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    Financial Statement Analysis Financial Statement Analysis The financial health of an organization can be evaluated using ratio analysis. A comprehensive review of Landry’s Restaurants‚ Inc using their 2003 Annual Report will use seven different ratios calculated from Landry ’s financial statements. The ratio analysis will test the profitability‚ liquidity‚ and solvency of the company. Liquidity ratios measures the "short-term ability of the enterprise to pay its maturing obligations

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    Financial Statement Differentiation There are four different types of financial statements; they are balance sheets‚ income statements‚ retained earnings statements‚ and statements of cash flows. Each of these financial statements are important to investors‚ creditors‚ and management in various ways. This paper will provide further insight into these financial statements as well as explore‚ which of these would be of interest to investors‚ creditors‚ and management. Financial Statements

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    THE EFFECTS OF ACCOUNTING CONCEPTS ON FINANCIAL STATEMENT 5.1 ENTITY CONCEPT The first accounting concept is entity concept. These concept shows accounts are kept for entities and not the people who own or run the company.  Even in proprietorships and partnerships‚ the accounts for the business must be kept separate from those of the owners. This is because what whatever amount the company owes to others is not the liabilities of the owners. The maximum amount that the owner is going to lose

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    all shareholders’ interests; and 3) Accounting rules and auditing are imperfect. When these conditions are met in reality‚ John could get profit by using trading strategies designed to exploit any systematic ways in which the publicly available data are ignored or discounted in the price-setting process. Q2) Three types of potential errors in financial reporting include: 1) Error introduced by rigidity in accounting rules; 2) Random forecast errors; and 3) Systematic reporting choices

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