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    Financial Statements
    Financial Statements
    Financial Statements
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    Financial Statements

    By Michael P Griffin

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    Essential coverage of financial statement preparation and the reading of those statements including examples and various forms of business, whether governmental, nonprofit or even personal. For students of business in or out of school, this precise targeted coverage ensures easy access to the tool that is the backbone of any successful business.
    Topics covered include:
    • Financial Statement Preparation
    • Balance Sheet
    • Statement of Cash Flows
    • Methods for Operating Cash Flows
    • Comprehensive Income
    • Statement of Retained Earnings
    • Statement of Changes in Equity
    • Accompany Notes to Financial Statements
    • Corporate Annual Reports & SEC Reporting
    • Nonprofit Financial Statements
    • Governmental Financial Statements
    • Personal Financial Statements
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBarCharts, Inc.
    Release dateMay 1, 2018
    ISBN9781423237310
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      Financial Statements - Michael P Griffin

      Introduction

      Financial statements are the primary way to communicate results of operations, financialposition, and cash flows to external parties

      Additional information to financial statements includes financial statement notes, supplemental information, and other disclosures

      A full set of financial statements should show:

      Financial position at the end of the period (balance sheet)

      Earnings for the period (statement of income)

      Comprehensive income for the period (statement of comprehensive income)

      Cash flows for the period (statement of cash flows)

      Investments by and distributions to the owners during the period (statement ofchanges in equity)

      The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is empowered by Congress to establish the principles for financial reporting

      SEC has delegated this authority to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)

      FASB establishes generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)

      GAAP is the acronym for generally accepted accounting principles

      GAAP must be adhered to when a company distributes its financial statements outside of the company (for external parties)

      Financial Statement Preparation

      The accounting cycle ends with the preparation of financial statements

      Information from the general ledger is used to prepare the financial statements

      An accountant’s worksheet is used to summarize account balances from the general ledger

      Ten-column worksheet with general ledger account titles in the first column followed by ten columns of amounts

      One debit and one credit column for each of the following:

      Trial Balance: Contains each account’s unadjusted balance

      Adjustments: Contains adjusting entries

      Adjusted Trial Balance: Contains the combination of the unadjusted balance and adjusting entries

      Income Statement: Contains the adjusted balances for the revenue, expense, gain, and loss accounts

      Balance Sheet: Contains the adjusted balances for the asset, liability, and owner’s equity accounts

      Prepare an income statement

      First financial statement prepared

      Prepare the statement of retained earnings

      Net income or loss has to be calculated before the statement of retained earnings can be prepared

      The statement of retained earnings shows the amount of profit retained by the company

      Prepare the balance sheet

      Prepare the statement of cash flows

      Prepared last as it takes information from previous financial statements

      Statement of Income

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