What ’s your favorite financial statement and why?" The question was spoken quickly and with a tinge of annoyance‚ as my interviewer eyed me disdainfully from his cushy black leather chair. The investment banker had little time to conduct these ridiculously long interviews that are standard fare for analyst candidates. I shifted uncomfortably in my seat and scanned my frazzled brain for the "right" answer. "Well‚ of course all three financial statements should be studied in conjunction
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The Consolidated Statements of Earnings or the income statement tells financial statement users that there was a decrease in gross profit and net sales for the fiscal year 2008. The Consolidated Statements of Earnings show that the closing of underperforming stores‚ removal of new store openings from the pipeline‚ and staff reductions in many Home Depot projects resulted in $951 million in pretax charges. The difference profit and net sales is also a cause of fiscal year 2008 being 52 weeks and
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RUNNING HEADER: STATEMENT OF CASHE FLOWS Statement of Cash Flows: Purpose and Contained Information Veronica Jackson University of Phoenix November 29‚ 2010 Statement of Cash Flows The statement of cash flows serves multiple purposes. One is providing information about a company’s cash payments and receipts during a given period. A second purpose is to provide cash-basis information about the company’s operating‚ financing‚ and investing activities. Its format reconciles the beginning
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all its stakeholders. As capital providers‚ investors and creditors rely on a company’s financial conditions for both the safety and profitability of their investments. The four basic financial statements are (1) Balance Sheet‚ (2) Income Statement‚ (3) Statement of Retained Earnings‚ and (4) Statement of Cash Flow (Kimmel‚ Weygandt‚ & Kieso‚ 2010). The balance sheet represents the financial position of a company for a specific period‚ and covers three main parts: Assets‚ Liabilities‚ and
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Statement of Cash Flows ACC 421: Intermediate Accounting I Instructor: Roger Beckstead Saturday‚ December 6‚ 2008 UOP In financial accounting‚ a cash flow statement or statement of cash flows is a financial statement that shows a company’s incoming and outgoing money (sources and uses of cash) during a time period (often monthly or quarterly and also yearly). The statement shows how changes in balance sheet and income accounts affected cash and cash equivalents‚ and breaks the analysis
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Financial Statement Review University of Phoenix ACC/561 Financial Statement Review Introduction Financial statements play a significant role in each and every type of business. The financial statements provide a wealth of information to auditors‚ creditors‚ investors‚ suppliers and other important venues that need access to this type of information. This paper will discuss four different types of financial statements and how they are utilized by vendors‚ creditors and others
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USES OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS The financing‚ investing‚ and operating activities of a company are recorded by accounting systems in the form of detailed transactions. To effectively communicate a company’s activities to decision-makers‚ these detailed transactions are summarized and reported in a set of standardized reports called financial statements. The role of financial statements is to provide information that will help investors‚ creditors‚ and others make judgments and predictions that serve
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Review of Accounting Process & Financial Statements Part I • Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP) Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or U.S. GAAP refer to the standard framework of guidelines for financial accounting used in any given jurisdiction; generally know as Accounting Standards. GAAP includes the standards‚ conventions‚ and rules accountants follow in recording and summarizing‚ and in the preparation of financial statements (Wikipedia‚ n.d.). Although quite flexible
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BUS591 – Financial Statement and Analysis Week 1 Homework Assignment Templates Instructions: Only enter data in the yellow boxes. The remaining areas are already completed for you. Save the file as follows: lastnamewk1.docx Submit to the assignment box before the due date. (Late assignments will receive a late penalty). Grading Rubric: There are a total of 68 “questions” for you to answer (as determined by the yellow box). Each item is worth 0.06 points for a total of 4.00 points
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Financial statements‚ also known as financial reports‚ record the financial activities of a business in short and long term. The four financial statements are: balance sheet‚ income statement‚ statement of retained earnings‚ and statement of cash flows. A balance sheet reports the assets‚ liabilities‚ and net equity on a company. An income statement reports income‚ expenses‚ and profits on a company. A statement of retained earnings shows a company ’s changed retained earnings. The statement of cash
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