FINANCE FINALS Flashcards
It is a service activity. Its function is to provide quantitative information, primarily financial
in nature, about economic entities that is intended to be useful in making economic
decisions.
—Accounting Standards Council (ASC)
It is an art of recording, classifying, summarizing in a significant manner and in terms
of money, transactions, and events which are, in part at least, of a financial
character, and interpreting the results thereof.
-American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
The process of identifying, measuring, and communicating economic information to permit
informed judgements and decisions by users of the information.
—American Accounting Association (AAA)
Definition of Accounting
INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS
EMPLOYEES
MANAGERS
OWNERS
EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS
SUPPLIERS
SOCIETY
GOVERNMENT
CREDITORS
SHAREHOLDERS
CUSTOMERS
SERVICE CONCERN
The business derived its income from services rendered to clients
MERCHANDISING
CONCERN
The business is engaged in buying goods or commodities or any form of finished products and sells them at a profit.
MANUFACTURING
CONCERN
The business is engaged in buying of raw materials and supplies to be processed or manufactured
AGRICULTURE
The business is engaged planting of crops and sells its products
either in raw or finished form at a profit
HYBRID COMPANIES
Are those involved in more than one type of activity which are manufacturing, merchandising and service.
Nature of Business Organization
The business derived its income from services rendered to clients
SERVICE CONCERN
The business is engaged in buying goods or commodities or any
form of finished products and sells them at a profit.
MERCHANDISING
CONCERN
The business is engaged in buying of raw materials and supplies to
be processed or manufactured
MANUFACTURING
CONCERN
The business is engaged planting of crops and sells its products
either in raw or finished form at a profit
AGRICULTURE
Are those involved in more than one type of activity which are
manufacturing, merchandising and service.
HYBRID COMPANIES
- a report issued annually by a
corporation to its stockholders. It
contains basic financial statements
as well as management’s analysis
of the firm’s past operations and
future prospects.
ANNUAL REPORT
The end products of one
accounting cycle, which reveal the
formal record of the financial activities
of an entity for the purpose of
communicating the same to the endusers (stakeholders) as their source
reference in making decisions.
FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles
(GAAP)
Conceptual Framework
for Financial Reporting
Accounting Standards
(e.g. IFRS/PFRS and
IAS/PAS)
Applicable Government
Laws (e.g. Taxation)
BASES FOR
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
ENTITY
MONEY MEASUREMENT
PERIODICITY
ACCRUAL
MATCHING
GOING CONCERN
COST
REALIZATION
DUAL ASPECT
CONSERVATION
CONSISTENCY
MATERIALITY
ACCOUNTING CONCEPT
REAL ACCOUNTS (PERMANENT) & NOMINAL ACCOUNTS (TEMPORARY)
Elements of Financial Statements
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ASSET
LIABILITY
EQUITY
NA
INCOME
EXPENSE
Elements of Financial Statements
REAL ACCOUNTS
ASSET LIABILITY EQUITY
NOMINAL ACCOUNT
INCOME EXPENSE
A present economic resource controlled
by the entity as a result of past events.
An economic resource is a right that has
the potential to produce economic
benefits
Asset
A present obligation of the entity to
transfer an economic resource as a result
of past events. An obligation is a duty of
responsibility that the entity has no
practical ability to avoid
Liability
residual interest in the assets of the
entity after deducting all its liabilities.
Equity
increase in the economic benefits
during the accounting period in the
form of inflows or enhancements of
assets or decrease of liabilities that
result in increases in equity, other
than those relating to contributions
from equity participants.
Income
decreased in economic benefits
during the accounting period in the
form of outflows or depreciation of
assets or incurred of liabilities that
result in decreases in equity, other
than those relating to distributions to
equity participants.
Expense
reports the company’s financial position
and it consists (1) assets, (2) liabilities, and
(3) stockholders’ equity at a specified date
Statement of Financial Position
(Balance Sheet)
reports the company’s profitability
(revenues/gains minus expenses/losses)
during a specified period of time
Statement of Financial Performance
(Income Statement)
reports the changes in cash composition
during a specified period and is
divided into three parts: (1) operating
activities, (2) investing activities, and (3)
financing activities.
Statement of Cash Flows
(Direct/Indirect)
reports the changes or movements in
in the equity section during a specified
period of time
Statement of Stockholder’s
Equity (Changes in Equity)
presents assumptions used,
disclosures and relevant
information regarding the
computation of figures in FS
Notes to Financial Statements
Assets:
Current (e.g. Cash, Accts Receivables, Prepayments, Inventories)
Non-current (e.g. Fixed Assets)
Liabilities:
Current (e.g. Accts Payable, Accrued Exp., Short-Term Notes)
Non-current (e.g. Long-Term Notes, Loans and Bonds)
Equity
Capital (e.g. Common and Preferred Stocks, Partners’ Capital, etc.)
Retained Earnings (where nominal accounts are closed)
Dividend payments & Withdrawals
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION/
BALANCE SHEET
Formula :________ = Liabilities + Equity
Assets
Only the cash and cash
equivalents account
represents actual
spendable money.
Working Capital =
Current Assets
Net Working Capital =
Current Assets minus
Current Liabilities.
Net Operating Working
Capital (NOWC) =
Current assets minus
non-interest-bearing
current liabilities.
The cost of Fixed Assets
are periodically
depreciated
(e.g. SLM, SYD, DDB)
Prepayments (e.g.
Insurance & Rent) are
periodically amortized
Keynotes in SFP/BS
Operating Income:
Sales revenue
Non-operating income and other income:
Interest, Rent and Royalties
Gains in selling Long-Term Assets and Securities
Operating Expenses:
Cost of Good Sold
Administrative & Selling (e.g. Salaries, Utilities, Marketing, etc.)
Depreciation & Amortization
Non-operating expenses and losses:
Interests & Taxes
Losses in selling Long-Term Assets and Securities)
Formula : Net Income = Revenues/Gains - Expenses/Losses
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL
PERFORMANCE/INCOME STATEMENT
- Operating activities include cash activities
related to net income. - Investing activities include cash activities
related to noncurrent assets. - Financing activities include cash activities
related to interest-bearing liabilities and equity
for the purpose of raising a capital.
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
include cash activities
related to net income.
. Operating activities
include cash activities
related to noncurrent assets.
. Investing activities
include cash activities
related to interest-bearing liabilities and equity
for the purpose of raising a capital.
Financing activities
OPERATING
INCESTING
FINANCING
DIRECT CASH FLOWS
Authorized shares are the number of
shares that a corporation is legally
allowed to issue.
Issued Stocks (Common or Preferred
Stocks) represents shares that the
corporation has actually sold.
Treasury Stocks are issued shares of
stocks which are reacquired by the
issuing corporation.
Additional Paid-in Capital (APIC)
arises when stocks are issued in excess
to par value per share.
Retained Earnings include net income
for the period and dividends declared or
paid.
STATEMENT OF
STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY
are the number of
shares that a corporation is legally
allowed to issue.
Authorized shares
(Common or Preferred
Stocks) represents shares that the
corporation has actually sold.
Issued Stocks