accounting Flashcards
what is the function of financial info
- informative (entrepreneur, investory, external creditors, supplier, customer)
- tax basis
- profit distribution
obligations to book keeping
<700 000 single entry
> 700.000 double entry+ accrual accounting (financial statement)
group also consolidated statement
principles of book keeping
causation: expenses when seen, revenues when realized
congruency: tax tules follow commercial accounting rules
realization: forbidden to book revenues before realized, losses in advance
IFRS:
no tax rules
matching: book matching expenses to revenues
accounting activties:
- financial: loans, interest expense, issuing shares and bonds, treasury shares, paid in capitan, dividends
- investing: income from financing acticties (dividends, interest income, securities), long-term assets
- operating: sales, expenses, paying taxes, purchases
closing accounts
- putting expenses and revenues on profit and loss account 9890 and afterwards put profit and loss account on balance sheet account 9850
- put assets, equity and liability on 9850
balance sheet content debit side
assets: longterm: -intangible -tangible -financial fixed assets current assets: -inventory -receivables -asset securities -cash prepaid expenses deferred taxes
IFRS: current in order in which turnt jnto cash, then prepaid part then longterm
balance sheet credit side
equity: -paid in capital -revenue and capital reserves -net income liabilties -allowances -liabitlies like trade payables or loan or or prepayments -unearned revenue
IFRS: first liability in order in which they decrease cash then equity
income statement content
operating income: -sales -changes in inventory -own work capitalized -other operating -disposal of longterm assets -released allowances operating expense: -cogs -personell -depriciation operating result financial income or expenses EBIT tax after tax retained earnings release of reserves allocation to revenue reserves net income/loss
account numbers
assets: #x1xx-#2999
-longterm assets #100-#999
-current assets #1000-#2999
liabilties #3xxx
reveneues #4xxx
expenses #5xxx-#8xxx
equity #9xxx
cash flow statment (use)
use: determine futur cashflow how cash is generated use and origin of cash ablitiy to pay interest dividends and debt
cash flow (parts)
-cash flow:
equity old-new
operating cash flow: cash effect of revenues and expenses
-investing cash flow:
income from financial investments, purchase of long term and fixed financial investments
-financing cash flow:
interest expense, dividends, issuing of shares and bonds, repayment of capital and issuing of capital
direct method
liquid assets-outgoing payments+incoming payments
indirect method (general)
calculation start with income before tax
kick out everything that is not operating cash flow or no cash effect
-operating cash flow
-investing cash flow
-financing cash flow
working capital
inventory receivable prepaid expenses liabilities allowances unearned revenues
operating part cash flow stat
\+depreciation -disposal of longterm assets -income of financial assets -prepaid expenses \+unearned -receavable \+payables \+provision -tax payment -inventory
investing part cash flow
\+disposal of longterm \+disposal financial investment -purchase of longterm assets -purchase of financial assets \+income financial investment \+interest income
financing part cash flow
-Dividend
-interest expense
+issuing of shares and bonds
-repayment of loan
+issuing share captial
-repaying share capital
practitioner method
net income- non-cash revenues+non-cash expenses
—> everything was bought with cash
free cash flow
cash free for financing anf investing activities or cash free after paying for planned investments and after dividends
what does a consolidation do, what do you do?
eliminate all internal processes
increase info for investors
consolidation rules and regulation (voluntarily)
can prepare jnder austrian code or IFRS voluntarily: -future stock exchange listing -foreign investors -compare with competitors
obligation for consolidation
-when listed on stock exchange
-groups
2 affiliated companies with uniform control or dominant rights
or when dominant influence
or when right to influence voting behaviour
or when shareholder and right du appoint majority of members of supervisiory
or majority of votings
-associated companies with 20% or more control
-subsidiary no matter what form
exemption from consolidation
essential: when influence less then 5%
size: 24 mio assets or 48 mio sales and 250 employees, net method: 20,40,250
inclusion: included in othrr companies stat,
importance: info only witt unproportionat effort or price, sub only got reselling
form of consolidated financial statement
entity principle:
as if one company
valuation principle:
with similar valuation concerning useful life or inventory principles
same date:
if prepared 3 months before or after have to consider intermin financial statement for this period
steps of consolidated financial statement
- hand in info to parent
- uniformity of strcuture, date, currency, consideration of positions
- elimination process
- minority interest
step 3 of consolidated finance stat
capital: investment vs assets of sub
debt: debt vs receivable
income: revenues vs expenses
interim profit: unrealised profit if inventory or assets purchased from other company
distribution: dividends
capital consolidation
investment of parent into sub has to be cleared
equity of sub assessed with fair present value