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Read more A Lesson in Vocabulary This book is written for people who need to use financial statements in their work but have no formal training in accounting and financial reporting. Dont feel bad if you fall into this category. My guess is that 95 percent of all non-financial managers are financially illiterate when it comes to understanding the companys books. Let us proceed toward some enlightenment. Sales and revenue mean the same thingProfits, earnings, and income mean the same thing. Now, revenue and income do not mean the same thing. Costs are different from expenses. Expenses are different from expenditures. Sales are different from orders but are the same as shipments. Profits are different from cash. Solvency is different from profitability. Read more Back to Basics What are Assets? Assets are everything youve got-cash in the bank, inventory, machines, buildings-all of it. Assets are also certain rights you own that have a monetary valuelike the right to collect cash from customers who owe you money. Assets are valuable and this value must be quantifiable for an asset to be listen on the Balance Sheet. Everything in a companys financial statements must be translated into dollars and cents. What Are Liabilities? Liabilities are economic obligations of the enterprise such as money that the corporation owes to lenders, suppliers, employees, etc. Liabilities are categorized and grouped for presentation on the balance sheet by: (1) to whom the debt is owed and (2) whether the debt is payable within the year (current liabilities) or is a long-term obligation. Shareholders equity is a very special kind of liability. It represents the value of the corporation that belongs to its normal course of business. What Are Retained Earnings? All of the companys profits that have not been returned to the shareholders as dividends are called retained earnings. Retained earnings can be viewed as a pool of money from which future dividends could be paid. If the company has not made a profit but rather has sustained losses, is has negative retained earnings that are called its accumulated deficit. Read more A Deeper Dive Financial accounting means recording each and every event (transaction) that has a financial impact on the enterprise. By keeping track of these activities just as they happen, the accountant can easily summarize the firms financial position and issue financial statements. Journals and ledgers are the books in which accountants scribble transaction entries. A journal is a book (or computer memory) in which all of a companys financial events are recorded in chronological order. Everything is there, there is nothing missing. Journal entries can (and must) be made if: We know with reasonable certainty the amount of money involved. We know the timing of the event. An actual exchange between the parties of cash, goods or some formal representation of value (such as stock) has occurred. Read more 1,001 Ways to Engage Employees The Essential HR Handbook, 10th Anniversary edition The Leader Phrase Book The Essential Social Media Handbook Essential Books for Anyone in Business Employee engagement has been consistently cited as a top and growing priority by CEOs, managers, and human resources leaders across the country. The Essential HR Handbook will help you handle any personnel problem--from onboarding to outplacement--quickly and easily The Leader Phrase Book contains more than 3,000 dynamic phrases that will enable you to prevail in virtually all of lifes important situations. Social media done right can build and strengthen your relationship with your customers, encourage brand loyalty, extend your influence, and expand your credibility.

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🗸 Author(s): Thomas Ittelson
🗸 Title: Financial Statements, Third Edition: A Step-by-Step Guide to Understanding and Creating Financial Reports (Over 200,000 copies sold!)
🗸 Rating : 4.6 from 5 stars (1007 reviews)
🗸 Languange: English
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