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Financial Statements

A financial statement is a record of the financial activities of a person or business entity where all related financial information are presented in an orderly manner and can be easily understood.

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What journal entry is used to record purchase discounts?

It depends on the kind of discount and agreement that has been agreed upon in the sale transaction. Here is an example of a journal entry for discount for a normal credit sale transaction:

Accounts receivable 9000 (dr)

Discount from sale 500 (dr)

Sales 9500 (cr)

How do you calculate networth?

Net worth = Total Assets - Total liabilities

It is the remaining amount which is net worth for owners.

What accounts for nearly half of Venezuela income?

Venezuela is an oil producing country; one of the largest in the world. Nearly half of Venezuelan incomes come from oil.

Why Liability equals Assets - Owners Equity?

Because Assets equal to Liabilities plus Capital: ASSETS= LIABILITIES + CAPITAL

This is a Mathematical equation, try to figure it out by your own.

Acrued revenues would appear on the balance sheet as what?

Accrued Revenues are those revenues which have earned by the company but not yet recieved. Accrued revenue is shown under current assets in balance sheet

What are the internal and external users of financial statements?

External Users:

1 - Potential Investors

2 - Banks

3 - Financial Institutions

4 - Governament

5 - Creditors

6 - Suppliers

Internal Users

1 - Employees

2 - Management

3 - Share holders etc

Impact of finance on financial statements?

Finance are the reason for financial statements. Without financial information, financial statements can't be created. Investors use this information to make decisions about investing in a business.

What is the difference between source of funds and sources of funds?

sources of fund means from where the capital we are getting & source of fund means how we can get the capital.

Is inventory write off a non cash expense?

It is non cash since you credit the inventory account rather than cash.

What is closing entry of asset?

closing entry of an asset means the adjustment entry we do on the last day of accounting year.

Commission received what is journal entry?

Journal entry:
[Dr.]Bank account xxxx

[Dr.]Cash account xxxxx
[Cr.]Commission Received xxxx

Commission received is credited because it is our income and incomes are credited.

Does liability equals assets plus equity?

NO! The accounting equation is

Assets = Liability + Owners Equity

Therefore if you want to change the formula around the following would be correct.

Liability = Assets - Owners Equity

or

Owners Equity = Assets - Liabilities

Why do companies produce profit and loss account?

Profit and Loss A/c:
Profit and loss account as name describes prepares to determine the net profit earned by company in one accounting year and which is not available information in any other financial statement of company.

What are the objectives of accounting standard?

The objectives of any accounting is to show the financial standing of a business at any given point in time.

The accounting standard is set to insure that businesses use the exact same method of computing their assets, liabilities, and owners equity. It insures that companies use the same standards and therefore helps to keep businesses from padding their "statements" by using whatever standards or practices they choose.

On the income statement net sales minus cost of goods sold equals?

=Profit Margin, but the question to you what if COGS=Sales what this means?

or in other words what does it mean having Profit Margin=0?

Why is control over cash important?

Control over your cash is important because you won't overspend. If you overspend, it could lead to you bouncing checks.

Why net income differs from net cash flows from operating activities?

Because of accrual accounting. Wikipedia accrual vs. cash basis of accounting.

You make sales on credit, but haven't collected cash yet.
NI goes up, but A/R goes up instead of cash.

You have earnings but no cash.

What is the equity to assets ratio?

This ratio refers how much amount invested for fixed assets from equity. Formula for

calulating this ration:-

Fixed Assets/Equity(Capital+Reserves+Other accumilated Profits)

If the Ratio is .75 ie 75%of Equity spend for Fixed Assets, Hence we

can calculate working Capital of the Company