expected to provide future economic benefit to the company
cash
accounts receivable
notes receivable
inventory
prepaid assets
plant, property and equipment
intangible assets
Liabilities
accounts payable
accrued liabilities
unearned or deferred revenue
notes payable
taxes payable
probable future sacrifices of economic resources to non-owners of the organization that are the result of
past activities
Stockholder's Equity
Common stock and Paid-in Capital
Retained Earnings
Treasury Stock
Assets = Liabilities + Stockholder's Equity
Income Statement
shows the results of a business organization’s operating activities for a period of time.
Net loss or Net income
this = Rev - exp
Revenues
Expenses
Cost of Rev
Selling, general, and adminstrative exp
research and development exp
depreciation or amortization exp
income taxes exp
Sale or Service Rev
Statement of Retained Earnings
To start, take retained earnings account amount from the balance sheet
Next, add net income (or net loss) to this number
Then, subtract dividends from that number
The result is the change in RE from one year to the next
The distribution of net economic resources earned by a business organization to the
owners is called dividends
this statement shows the reasons that caused
retained earnings to increase and decrease from
the prior year
Retained earnings plus net income minus dividends
Statement of Cash Flows
shows the reasons a business organization’s
cash reported on the balance sheet changed
from the prior year.
operating activities
Cash activities that relate to the day to day profit generating function of a business are classified as operating
activities. Activities such as cash sales collections, cash accounts receivable collections, cash purchases of
supplies and inventory, cash service payments, cash accounts payable payments and cash salary and wage
payments are classified as operating activities.
investing activities
Cash activities that relate to the purchase or sale of long-term assets are classified as investing activities.
Activities such as the cash purchase or sale of property, plant, equipment and investments would be classified
as investing activities.
financing activities
Cash activities that relate to financial capital of a business organization are called financing activities.
Activities such as receiving or paying cash to a lender or owner would be classified as financing
activities.
Information reported to external users
These four statements plus notes make up Fin. Acc.
Notes are simply pages that clarify and expand on information in the fin. statement