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Chapter Five: Balance Sheet and Statement of Cash Flows Flashcards

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Net Realizable Value

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Amount expect to receive on asset (estimated amounts for accounts and notes receivable)

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Classified Balance Sheet

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Reports the accounting equation (assets = liabilities + equity) with the assets on the top or left side of the sheet and liabilities on the bottom or right side of the sheet

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Sections of Classified Balance Sheet

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Current Assets, Noncurrent Assets, Current Liabilities, Long-term Liabilities, and Stockholder’s Equity

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Current Assets

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listed first in order of liquidity

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Types of Current Assets

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Cash, Investments, Accounts and Notes Receivable, Inventory, and Prepaid Expenses

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Cash

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reported at fair value (face value), amounts on hand + amounts on demand accounts + money market funds

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Investments

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Purchasing of stock or bond, trading and available for sale reported at fair value and held-to-maturity reported as amortized

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Accounts (sales) and Notes (interest and document associated) Receivable

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estimated amount collectible, amounts owed to you, reported at net realizable value, report accrued interest

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Inventory

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reported as lower-of-cost-or-market, anything that can be sold in normal operations

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Prepaid Expenses

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unexpired (amount not used), pay for now and expect to receive benefits in the future

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Types of Noncurrent Assets

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Long-term Investments, Property, Plant, and Equipment, and Intangible Assets

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Long-term investments

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any investments held over one year, reported as fair value or cost for held to maturity securities

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What is the difference between long and short term investments?

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Intent to hold onto security

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Property, Plant, and Equipment

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long-term assets used in normal operations of business, reported at cost less accumulated depreciation (book value)

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Intangible Assets

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nonphysical substance and nonfinancial instrument, reported at book value, amortized (how long asset worth to us), goodwill not amortized

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Current Liabilities

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obligations due within 1 year, reported at face value

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Long-term Liabilities

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reported at present value, takes into account that there is value in future and moves to current liability as moves closer to maturity

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Types of Stockholder’s Equity

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Contributed Capital and Retained Earnings

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Contributed Capital

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what stockholder’s have invested in your company, reported at par value + anything else they paid in (paid in capital in excess of par value)

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Retained Earnings

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Money left over from operations after paying dividends or payments to owners, reported at accumulated value

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Supplementary Information

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disclosed in notes of financial statements

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What is reported in supplementary information?

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Accounting Policies, Contractual Situations, Fair Values, and Contingencies

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Accounting Policies

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how you record when there are different options (ex. FIFO vs. LIFO)

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Contractual Situations

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Used with debt covenants

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Fair Values

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things on balance sheet at cost must have reported fair value

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Contingencies

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potential future benefit (gain) or obligation (loss)

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Gain contingencies

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never recognized (principle of conservancy)

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Loss contingencies

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classified as probable, reasonably possible or remote

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When do you accrue loss contingencies that are probable?

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If amount can be reasonably estimated

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When do you disclose loss contingencies that are probable?

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If amount cannot be reasonably estimated

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How do you report reasonably possible loss contingencies?

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Disclose them

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Why is the balance sheet useful?

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Rates of Return, Evaluating Capital Structure, Liquidity, Solvency, and Financial Flexibility

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Rates of Return

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return on assets and return on equity

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Evaluating Capital Structure

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how much money comes from debt or shareholders

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Liquidity

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how quickly can convert assets into cash

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Solvency

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ability to readily pay off current liabilities

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Criticisms of Balance Sheet

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adds up figures that are not logically combined/related, relies heavily on estimates, and omits items of value (ex. value of personnel, R & D)

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Three Sections of Cash Flow Statement

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Financing Activities, Investing Activities, and Operating Activities

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Financing Activities (dividends)

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Organizations receive resources from creditors and owners, any transaction between organization and creditors or owners (exception: interest)

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Investing Activities

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acquisition or disposition of resources to be used to produce profits, any cash transaction used to acquire or dispose LT asset

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Operating Activities

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use of resources for purpose of producing profits, any transaction used in determination of net income (interest)

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In what two ways are cash flows prepared?

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Direct method and Indirect Method

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Direct Method

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analyze each account that causes cash flow in operating activities

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Indirect Method

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back out of net income in order to end up at operating activities (remove non-cash)

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Where do the differences in the direct and indirect method occur?

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operating sections

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Input/Output Formula (direct method)

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every account has one, beginning balance (balance sheet) + things added - things deducted = ending balance

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What are the tasks in an input/output formula?

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to “know” things added and deducted and will usually know 3 and solve for 4th

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What do you look for in analysis of input/output formula?

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Seek items that simultaneously affect cash

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Indirect Method

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adjustments made, Net Income + Depreciation - Increases in Current Assets (other than cash) + Decreases in Current Assets + Increase in Current Liabilities - Decreases in Current Liabilities - Gains + Losses = Cash Flow From Operating Activities

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