CHAPTER-I FINANCIAL STATEMENTS LEARNING OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter‚ you will be able to: • Explain the meaning of financial statements of a company; • Describe the form and content of balance sheet of a company; • Prepare the Balance Sheet of a company as per Schedule VI Part I of the Companies Act 1956. • Know the major headings under which the various assets and liabilities can be shown. • Explain the meaning‚ objectives and limitations of analysis using accounting
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Chapter 1 BE1-1 Briefly define accounting. What are the three main characteristics of accounting? Is accounting static or dynamic? Accounting collects‚ analyzes‚ measures and records financial information about an organization and reports that information to stakeholders and decision makers. Accounting has 3 essential characteristics. Accounting is the (1) identification‚ measurement‚ and communication of financial information about economic entities to interested persons. Like social
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Financial Management – Handout »Balance Sheet - Statement of financial positions on a specific date * Book value: value on balance sheet (historical cost) * Market value: value of assets depends on riskiness‚ cash flows * Balance sheet identity: Assets = Liabilites + Shareholders‘ equity * Debt versus equity: Shareholders equity = Assets + Liabilities * Financial leverage: the more debt‚ the greater its degree of financial leverage »Income
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telecommunication company in Paris- France and Lucent telecommunication and technology giants in the United States of America failed due to misunderstanding of the share-ability and resource control should they have collaborated in 2001 (Hartley 2010). The Lucent Company from US realized that Alcatel never intended to equally share and control the company after the merger; instead Alcatel intended to take over control of the merged company. To Lucent‚ this was not possible hence withdrawal from the
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The financial crisis and the future of financial regulation Executive summary The outburst of the global financial crisis caused by the subprime crisis in America makes it necessary to adjust the financial regulation systems. The main financial crises in the history of the mankind were all mainly caused by the defects of the financial regulation in the world. Thus it can be seen that it is very necessary and important to explore the effective means to improve the effectiveness of the international
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the importance of financial planning Assess the information needs of different decision makers Explain the impact of finance on the financial statements 3. Making Financial Decisions Based on Financial Information Analyse budgets and make appropriate decisions Explain the calculation of unit costs and making pricing decisions Assess the viability of a project using investment appraisal techniques 4. Evaluate the Financial Performance of a Business Discuss the main financial statements Compare
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Question 1 : Describe what is meant by motivation. What types of non-financial reward might a company use to motivate employees? Motivation can be defined as the reason an individual is performing a task extremely well compared to normal behaviour. Besides that‚ it is also the process that initiates‚ guides and maintains goal-oriented behaviours. A well-motivated workforce can provide several advantages such as better productivity‚ lower level of absenteeism‚ lower level of staff turnover‚ and improve
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refers to: (1) the investing of funds that would normally have been placed in a bank or other financial institution (financial intermediaries) directly into investment instruments issued by the ultimate users of the funds. Investors and borrowers transact business directly and thereby bypass banks or other financial intermediaries. (2) The elimination of intermediaries between the first case providers of capital and the ultimate users of capital‚ withdrawal of funds from financial intermediaries such
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Table of Contents IT Industry at a glance – Sector Analysis 4 Rise of Services as a whole: 4 IT Services: A major part of the services sector 5 Infosys Technologies Ltd – Financial Ratio Analysis 7 Liquidity Ratio: 7 Quick Ratio: 7 Current Ratio: 8 Leverage Ratio: 9 Debt-Equity Ratio: 9 Interest Coverage Ratio: 10 Profitability Ratio: 11 Return on Equity: ROE 12 Return on Capital Employed: ROCE 12 Valuation Ratio: 13 Dividend Yield: 14 Operating Income Growth (%): 15 Summary: 17 The Competitors 18
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Traders – Financial Statements Copyright 1995 by Thames Management Centre International. All right reserved. No part of this lecture notes may be reproduced in any form or by any means‚ without the permission in writing from Thames. * 4.1 Introduction At the end of the business financial year end‚ a set of financial statements will be prepared by the company for reporting to the owner of the business as well as for submission to the local tax authority. However‚ financial statements
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