extra - specific Flashcards

1
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how can we increase gross profit?

A
  • increase revenue
  • reduce cost of salesr
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2
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how can we increase net profit?

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  • increase revenue
  • reduce cost of sales
  • reduce expenses
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3
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start-up costs

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money used to set up the business before it starts trading

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4
Q

how can we gain income from sales ?

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  • over the counter sales
  • credit sales
  • repairs
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5
Q

how can we gain income from assetts ?

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  • selling uused assetts
  • renting out space to other enterprises
  • leasing out assetts (equipment)
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6
Q

retained profit ?

A

net profit kept within the enterprise to help it grow

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7
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net current assets

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current assets - current liabilities

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8
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long term liabilities

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loans or payments that need t payed within a long period of time

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9
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current liabiliies

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loans or payments that need to be payed within a year

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10
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current assets

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cash or items that can be turned into cash quickly

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11
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fixed asstes

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enables products to be made orservices provided and sold

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12
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fixed costs

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costs the enterprise must pay no matter how good or bad it is doing

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13
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statement of comprehensive income

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  • how much revenue the enterprise has received from sales and goods
  • how much the enterprise has spent
  • where the money was spent
    measures how well they are doing in terms of gross profit ,costs and net profit
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14
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statement of financial postion

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  • the value of the enterprises assets and liabilities
  • the source of capital used by the enterprise used to finance its operations
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15
Q

why will enterprise that deal with mostly cash sales have few debtors

A

reflected in liabilitie

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16
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liquidity

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enterprises ability to turn assets into cash

17
Q

what does solvent mean

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an enterprise can pay it’s debts because it has posotive liquidity

18
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what does insolvent mean?

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an enterprise cannot pay its debts may have to cease trading because it has negatve liquidity

19
Q

profitabilty

A

enterprises ability to turn revenue into profit

20
Q

profit margin

A

amount of profit generated from each £1 made in sales revenue

21
Q

GPM -gross profit margin (percentage)

A

gross profit /revenue *100

22
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net profit margin(percentage)

A

net profit/revenue *100

23
Q

what does gpm stand for

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how much gross profit the enterprise makes for every £1 in sales (for every £1in sales the enterprise makes £ (gpm percentage/100) in gross profit)

24
Q

current ratio may be misleading why?

A

if current assetts largely consist of inventory

25
Q

current ratio

A

current assets /current liabilities

26
Q

tougher measure of liquidity

A

liquid capital ratio(doesn’t include inventory) - helpful for debts that need to be payed in the near future (for example wages)

27
Q

liquid capital ratio

A

current assets -inventory/current liabilties *100