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3.4 - Final Accounts Flashcards

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What are final accounts?

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financial statements of a company at the end of a year.

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What are the two types of final accounts?

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Balance sheet and profit and loss account.

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What is the purpose of final accounts to shareholders?

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The perfomance of the company is important as the company’s profits and revenues are related to the dividends they receive.

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What is the purpose of final accounts to managers?

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Final accounts indicate their perfomance.

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What is the purpose of final accounts to employees?

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The perfomance can be used to asses their job security

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What is the purpose of final accounts to governments?

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To understand whether taxes are paid and ensure that the organisation is not involved in any illegal accounts and practices.

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What is the purpose of final accounts to competitors?

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The can see their relative success/failure, industry benchmark, marketing standing and market power

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What is the purpose of final accounts to suppliers?

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Understand how likely debtors pay back for trade credit.

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What is the purpose of final accounts to customers?

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Understand how profits are distributed and how committed an organisation is to CSR.

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What is the purpose of final accounts to pressure groups?

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To understand if the organisation is involved in any unethical practices.

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What is a profit and loss account?

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Shows an organisations trading activity over a time period. The purpose of a P&L account is to show if the organisation is making a profit/surplus or loss.

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What are the three parts of the profit and loss account?

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  • Trading account
  • Profit statement
  • Appropriation account
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What is the purpose of trading account?

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Shows gross profit(difference between sales revenue and cost of producing/purchasing products sold). Gross profit = revenue - cost of sales. Costs of sales = direct costs(COGS for goods) of products sold. Cost of sales = Opening stock + Purchases - Closing stock

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What is opening stock?

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The cost of raw materials at the start of the trading period. Purchases - the costs of supply/delivery of stocks

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What are purchases?

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The cost of supply/delivery of stock.

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What is closing stock?

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The cost of stock at the end of the trading period

17
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What is the profit/loss statement?

As part of the P&L account.

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Shows net profit. Net profit = Gross profit - Expenses

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What are expenses?

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Indirect or fixed costs of production(something that can be controlled).

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What is the appropriation account?

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Shows dividends and retained profits.

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What is a balance sheet?

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The financial statement of an organisation’s assets, liabilities and capital at a particular point in time. Legal requirements for all companies. 3 parts: Assets, liabilities and equity. Net assets = equity. Sources of finance should balance with how they are spent.

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What are assets?

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items of property owned by an organisation.

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What are current assets?

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Short-term liquid assets that last for up to one year.

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What are non-current assets?

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Long term assets that last for more than one year.

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Formula for total assets?

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Total assets = current+non-current assets

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What are liabilities?

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Money owed by the organisation to its suppliers and lenders

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What are current liabilites?

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Short term debts that are paid for within one year.

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What are non-current liabilites?

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Long term debts payable after one year.

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Formula for total liabilities?

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Current + Non-current liabilites.

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Formula for net assets?

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Total assets - Total liabilities

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What is equity?

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Value of all assets if they were liquidated.

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What are the advantages of balance sheet?

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  • Quick way to asses financial standing at any point in time
  • Helps to make sure all assets and liabilites are accounted for
  • Good way to check equity and net balance and how much an organisation is worth
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What are the disadvantages of balance sheet?

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  • Static snapshot, not a representation of reality
  • Somewhat inaccurate: hard to know the real market value of assets
  • Has some room for inaccuracies and manipulation

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