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Chapter 6 Flashcards

1
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What is book keeping

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The actual record making process of accounting

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Who would be interested in a company’s financial information

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Stakeholders

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Andy: What do quoted limited companies have to do on the companies act 2006 in respect of accounting

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Provide an annual accounts return which must be audited by an independent auditor. Audited accounts or a true selection of a company state to the outside world

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What 4 things are included in the account of quoted companies

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Narrative report from the chairman and CEO executive
A strategic report
Financial accounts for the period
Other legal requirements such as a details of a directors remuneration

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The companies act 2006 include regulations on accounting such as The: 

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  1. Requirement to keep adequate accounting records
  2. Directors duty to prepare account for a company
  3. Directors duty to prepare accounts for a group of companies and the consistency of financial reporting within a group
  4. Requirement to prepare accounts that show a true and fair view
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6
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Account include the company’s financial statements which comprise of what

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The income statement
The balance sheet
Cash flow statements

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What is an income statement

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It shows the profit and loss

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What is a balance sheet

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A statement of financial position of the business at a point in time

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What is a cash flow statement

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Show the sources and uses of cash and a useful indicator of a company is liquidity

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What is the substance over form concept

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The financial statement to show the economic substance of transactions rather than the legal form

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Andy: the annual accounts will include what financial statement showing:

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Income statement
Balance sheet
Cash flow statements
Narrative reports of a chief executive and directors
The companies plan for the future
Other legal requirements such as a directors remuneration
(Optional) Chairmans report

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Andy: Who uses a company’s financial information

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Stakeholders. Quoted Companies have shares available to the public

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Andy: What is an income statement

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Shows the results of trading and is done on a accrual basis- it counts the money in if you’ve done the work and the money is an actually in

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Andy: What basis or cash flow statement done

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An actual basis

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Andy: What are balance sheets

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Balance sheet or a snapshot of the account at a particular moment in time to show what the company owns what it owes and what it is worth

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Andy: what should income statement, balance Street and cash flow statement show

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They must show a true and fair view

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Which stakeholders will Have an interest in organisations financial information

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Owners
Directors and managers
Employees
The public
Tax authorities
Financial analysts
Creditors and lenders
Competitors
Brokers
Customers
PRA and FCA
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18
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What is profitability

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It is a companies ability to make a profit. Is there is a positive amount of money left over we’re all costs and expenses or subtracted from the organisations income than organisation has made a profit

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Who want to know if a company has been profitable

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Managers
Employees
Existing and potential shareholders

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In profitability if your mouth left over when all costs and expenses are subtracted from organisations income is zero what does that mean

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They have broken even

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What is the cash position (liquidity)

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The amount of cash which a business has, or has access to, is known as its liquidity

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 what is Working capital

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The difference between current assets and current liabilities

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What is solvency

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Solvency is a measure of the excess of an organisations assets compared with liabilities. If a company liabilities exceed its assets it’s so said to be technically insolvent And will be required to cease trading

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andy: What is income

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All amounts earned.

Sales, revenue, turnover

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Andy: What is expenditure

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All the money out incurred to pay for goods or services

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Andy: what is profit

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Money in minus money out

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andy: what is assets

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Things that are owned

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Andy: what are liabilities

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Owed

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Andy: what are shareholders equity

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Stake shareholders have in the company

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Andy: what is capital (shareholders equity)

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Assets minus liabilities

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Andy: what is cash

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Anything in the bank accounts

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Andy; What is a tangible asset

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Something is physical such as cash, land, buildings, machinery or investments

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Andy: What is an intangible asset

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Something that is not physical such as a trademark, a copyright, or Goodwill

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34
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Andy: What is a creditor

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You owe them money. Until it is paid off in remains a liability on the companies balance sheet

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Andy: what is a debtor

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An organisation or person who owes a debt to a company. Can be considered as part of a company’s current assets and is shown as such in the balance sheet

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Andy: what is depreciation

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It reduces the value of an asset (can be things such as buildings and machinery) 

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Andy: what is liquidity

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The ability to turn assets into cash

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38
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Andy: what is solvency

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Assets greater than liabilities

39
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Andy: what is a regulatory capital

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Governed under solvency 2- money held for a regulator

40
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Andy, what is the formula a straight line depreciation

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Cost of asset minus residual value (if any) divided by the life of the asset

Example:
A company buys a machine for 6 K and the perceived shelflife of the machine is four years after which it will be 1200 residue value:

£6k - 1.2k / 4 years = 1.2k a year

IMPORTANT: The 1200 goes in a profit and loss not the 6000 remember this!

41
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Andy - what is the accounting equation? (Formula) if you have equity left over

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Equity = assets - liabilities

42
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What does assets equal

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Equity + liability

43
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Look at example page 6/13 for accounting equation

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See above

44
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What is a balance sheet

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Is a statement of the net wealth of a business at a particular time

45
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What is the difference between a businesses total assets and its total liabilities are called

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Its shareholders equity and it belongs to the owner of the business

46
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Andy - what is non-current assets

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Assets intended to be kept for more than 12 months

47
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Andy - What’s our current assets

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Assets intended to be used within 12 months

48
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Andy - What are tangible assets

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Could be current or non-current. Relatively easy to measure

49
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Andy - What are intangible assets

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These are non-current assets. Not easy to measure

50
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Andy - What are current liabilities

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To be repaid within 12 months

51
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Andy - What are non-current liabilities

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To be repaid for a period of longer than 12 months

52
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Andy: what are current assets

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Assets intended to be used within 12 months

53
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Andy: what are current liabilities

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To be repaired I paid in 12 months

54
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What is goodwill and other intangible assets

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The difference between the amount paid for acquiring a business and a value of an net Assets of that business one acquired

55
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Is property a non-current asset

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Yes freehold and leasehold property and land used for the business for trading

56
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Andy: What are three examples of non-current assets

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Goodwill, property, investments

57
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Andy: what are examples of current assets

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Cash, stock, debtors

58
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Andy: What are two examples of current liabilities

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Bank overdraft creditors or loans less than 12 months

59
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Andy: What are examples of non-current liabilities

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Bank loads , mortgages and bond issues

60
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Andy: What are examples of tangible assets

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Buildings, stock, debtors or cars

61
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Andy, what are examples of intangible assets

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Brand, trademark or Goodwill

62
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What is share capital

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Where are limited liability businesses can sell shares in order to raise long-term finance. The amount raised its always owed to the business shareholders

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Andy what is sources of long-term capital

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Noncurrent liabilities such as loans and mortgages

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Andy In sources of long-term capital equity comprises of what

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Share capital and reserves

65
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Andy What are reserves in sources of long-term capital

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Retained profit at a trading and tax

66
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Andy What is Working capital

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Working capital = ( current assets - current liabilities )

67
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Andy What sits on the same side of the balance sheets as liabilities

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Equity due to the fact that it is money owed to the shareholders

68
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Andy what are reserves under

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Equtity Important for the exam

69
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Why do share capital reserves differ from a liability

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In a normal course of trading there are no requirement to repay these amounts

70
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Andy: what are reserves

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Reserves of accumulated profits of the business that I’ve been reinvested into the business

71
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Andy, What is working capital

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Is a money used to finance day-to-day trading activity.

72
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Andy: what is working capital used for

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To pay for wages and raw materials and for overhead such as utility bills

73
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Andy: how is working capital calculated on the balance sheet

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Current assets minus current liabilities. Working capital is known as net current assets

74
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Andy: what is working capital also known as

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Net current assets

75
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What are assets employed

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They are calculated by adding non-current assets to working capital

76
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Andy: what does an income statement show

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The amount of profit or loss made by the business in the last financial year

77
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Andy: what is profit

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Profit is the difference between total income and total expenses

78
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Andy: how is gross profit calculated

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What subtracting cost of sales from turnover

79
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Andy: under gross profit is the value of unsold stock including As a cost on the income statement

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No

80
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Andy how many prophets are there

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4

81
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Andy What are the four profits

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Gross profit, operating profit, net profit before tax and net profit after tax

82
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Andy what is gross profit

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Income - cost or sales

83
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Andy. What is cost of sales

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Opening stock + purchases - closing stock

84
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Andy what is operating profit

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Gross profit - expenses

85
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Andy: if a company For 200 units of stock or £2 each and sold 150 units for £4 pound each during the financial year what is the profit made

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Turnover equals £600 (150 x 4)
Cost of sales equals £300 (150 x 2)
Gross profit equals £300

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Andy. Who dors not require operating profit to be shown

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IFRS

87
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Andy: What is revenue

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The total value of all sales excluding VAT invoice During the year it can include both cash and credit sales

88
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Andy: what is cost of sales

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The cost of a stock bought in during the yesr that has been subsequently sold doesn’t include money spent on stock that has yet to be sold

89
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Andy what is bet profit before tax

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Operating profit minus financial cost minus one expenses plus one off/other income

90
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Andy What is net profit after tax

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Net profit before tax minus corporation tax

91
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Andy What is paid part of a whole into dividends to the shareholders, the reminders put into reserves

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Net profit after tax

92
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To achieve the profit for the year which items will be added or subtracted on the income statement

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Finance income, finance costs, overheads, taxation

93
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Andy What are the main things on an income statement

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Shows the results of trading over a period of time usually 12 months
Income statements are on an accured basis
Start with sales
Deductions are shown in brackets
Then the four profits

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