4-1 4 Income Statement Usefulness Predicting future performance. 4-2 Evaluate past performance. Help assess the risk or uncertainty of achieving future cash flows. Income Statement Limitations Companies omit items that cannot be measured reliably. 4-3 Income is affected by the accounting methods employed. Income measurement involves judgment. Income Statement Quality of Earnings Companies have incentives to manage income to meet or
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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
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The Income Statement This indicates financial performance over a period of time. It is usually done at the end of a financial year (30th June)‚ but an income statement can be made up at other times‚ e.g.‚ if a business wishes to apply for a loan‚ the bank may ask for a more recent income statement. The other names for this kind of statement are Revenue Statement and Profit and Loss Statement. Income Statement for Ima Mess‚ year ended 30.6.12 |
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TRUE-FALSE STATEMENTS 8. Closing entries are not needed if the business plans to continue operating in the future and issue financial statements each year. 9. The dividends account is closed to the Income Summary account in order to properly determine net income (or loss) for the period. 10. After closing entries have been journalized and posted‚ all temporary accounts in the ledger should have zero balances. 11. Closing revenue and expense accounts to the
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John Tierney Case study 8 11/2/2013 1) As a late mover into the US intercity bus market‚ what advantages and disadvantages does Megabus have? Megabus being a late mover in the US‚ has allowed the company to learn from past mistakes by companies such as Greyhound‚ who filed for bankruptcy in the mid 90’s and who lost most of it’s business due to poorly maintained terminals‚ high prices for fares and unsafe conditions. Megabus’s advantages include fares as lows as 1 dollar‚ free wi-fi
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2000. Copyright © 1994 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. 1. What are the cash payments associated with the Sleeping Beauties? Who gets how much and when‚ per $100 of bonds issued? 2. What interest rate was used to calculate the price? 3. Next day‚ market yield rises 100 bp (1%) from 7.55% to 8.55%. What’s the new price? Rates fall from 7.55% to 6.55%. What’s the new price? 4. What is the formula for the PV of a single cash flow received n years from today?
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Note: Income Statement Format Hanna 2004-08-03 Income Statement Presentation The objective of studying the format and presentation of the income statement is to gain an understanding of the different ways that certain economic events can be presented. Sometimes‚ the type of presentation depends upon management’s intent regarding the future. Needless to say‚ there is a lot of room for the application of judgment when choosing amongst various acceptable income statement formats. Interpreting
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Departmental Income Statement A Departmental Income Statement shows each departments contribution margin and net income from operating‚ after all expenses are allocated for. The Departmental Income Statement shows which departments of the company are the most profitable‚ and which departments are costing the company money. The Departmental Income Statement helps managers and owners evaluate and control the operations of each department. This is important for running a top quality company. The
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the bottom line of their income statement and is a measure of the firm’s income over a given period of time. The cash flow of a firm shows how a firm has used the cash it earned during a set of time. There are two reasons that the income statement does not show the amount of cash earned. One‚ there are non-cash entries on the income statement and second‚ there are certain uses such as a purchase of a building that are not reported on the income statement. The statement of cash flows utilizes the
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6/23/2014 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS The Hidden Road to Wealth Learning Expection Review accounting basics to understand the information on the financial statements Appreciate the essence of the Financial Statement Understand the component of the Income Statement and the Balance Sheet Determine how Income Statement and Balance Sheet are use in making financial decision 1 6/23/2014 BASIC Terms • FINANCIAL STATEMENT represent a formal record of the financial activities of
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