facing increasing growth. They began their business as a family business so their level of financial accountability is low. But now the management needs a financial accountant in order to ensure the accountability and proper management of the firm. However, before that the management needs to know specifically the roles and responsibility of proper financial information. They also need to know about budgeted plans and methods for appraisal of a business opportunity. We have prepared this report
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ACCOUNTING To understand the financial statements of company, one must understand first its operations. Accounting is a system the collects and processes financial information about an organization and reports that information to the decision makers. Decision makers could be internal decision makers and outsider decision makers. External decision makers are creditors, investors, suppliers and customers. Internal decision makers could be managers to make day to day operations. Balance Sheet
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MBAs Peter D. Easton Robert F. Halsey Mary Lea McAnally Al L. Hartgraves Wayne J. Morse Cambridge Business Publishers To my daughters, Joanne and Stacey —PDE To my wife Ellie and children, Grace and Christian —RFH To my husband Brittan and my children Loic, Cindy, Maclean, Quinn and Kay. —MLM To my wife Aline. —ALH To my family and students. —WJM Cambridge Business Publishers FINANCIAL & MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING FOR MBAs, Fourth Edition, by Peter D. Easton, Robert F
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Fi FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS (section 2) ch 19 -creditors and investors use financial statement analysis to predict expected return and assess risk (variability in the return) HORIZONTAL ANALYSIS: -the study of percentage changes in comparative statements -eg. identifying that sales increased by 20% since last year is more useful than knowing sales increased by $20,000 -can be used to calculate all figures (including COGS, expenses, etc) -don’t calculate a percentage change
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its openings are the Australian Airline. In 2001, one study estimated that Virgin had approximately 38 percent of the Australian hospitality market and the Quantas Group about 34 percent. While this makes the audit job easier to perform, it implies that the pharmaceutical firm’s financial statements are not a very timely source of information on the company’s research activities, and the auditor’s service is less valuable. Firm management will have to use other ways of providing credible information
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Pre-Test 1. Financial accounting is an information system that: tracks and records an organization's business transactions 2. Jeff Brown is the sole owner of Shoe Central, a small shoe shop. One day, he buys a used car for his personal use, and pays $2,000 from his checking account. The fact that this transaction has no effect on Shoe Central's financial accounts is an application of the: 3. Jeff Brown, owner of Shoe Central, a small shoe store, buys cleaning supplies for his store once
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name] 24/6/2012 Business Administration Managing financial resources and decision: assignment not be spoken Introduction: If you can read a nutrition label box or a football score, you can learn to read basic financial statements in order to make the right investments. If you can follow a recipe or apply for a loan, you can learn basic accounting. Financial statements aren’t difficult and they aren’t rocket science. Before understanding the four types of financial statements, you must first
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Financial Statement Analysis Financial statements are the primary information companies publish about themselves. Financial statement analysis is the method used by any interested party to answer questions about a company by extracting the information from company financial statements. Financial statement analysis mainly focuses on investors, since businesses are in business to make profits, financial statements are prepared with shareholders’ in mind. Much of financial statement analysis
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Chapter 1 Accounting in Business QUESTIONS 1. The purpose of accounting is to provide decision makers with relevant and reliable information to help them make better decisions. Examples include information for people making investments, loans, and business plans. 2. Technology reduces the time, effort, and cost of recordkeeping. There is still a demand for people who can design accounting systems, supervise their operation, analyze complex transactions, and interpret reports. Demand also
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potentially good business ideas/ business ventures fail because the business owner did not adequately plan and manage their money carefully. Proper management techniques and keeping track of company’s cash flows is something that cannot be overlooked. Keeping track of the cash flow is important because businesses aren’t realistic when it comes to predicting their income and expenses (they overestimate their income and underestimate their expenses), and companies don’t see a cash shortage coming and
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