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This document is an assignment brief asking students to write a summary of the four basic financial statements. It explains the purpose of each statement and how they are useful to both internal and external users. It is for the ACC 290 module.
What's inside
- Assignment brief and instructions
- Purpose of each financial statement
- Usefulness to internal users
- Usefulness to external users
- APA formatting guidelines
Who it is for: Students taking the ACC 290 course. (Undergraduate)
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Summary
The four basic financial statements are key to accounting. A student learns what each statement is, what it does, and who uses it.
The Four Statements
The four basic financial statements are the balance sheet, income statement, retained earnings statement, and statement of cash flows. Each statement has its own purpose in accounting.
Income and Retained Earnings
The income statement shows a company's success or failure over time. The retained earnings statement shows changes in retained earnings and what happens to profits.
Balance Sheet and Cash Flows
The balance sheet shows a company's assets and claims at a specific point in time. The statement of cash flows shows cash receipts and payments over time.
Use to Internal and External Users
These statements help internal users like managers and employees. They also help external users like investors and creditors.
Key terms
- Balance sheet
- A balance sheet reports a company's assets and claims at a specific point in time.
- Income statement
- An income statement reports a company's success or failure over a period of time.
- Retained earnings statement
- A retained earnings statement shows changes in retained earnings and what happens to profits.
- Statement of cash flows
- A statement of cash flows shows a company's cash receipts and payments over time.
- Internal users
- Internal users are people within a company, such as managers and employees.
- External users
- External users are people outside a company, such as investors and creditors.
Questions this document helps with
- What does an income statement show?
- How do financial statements help managers?
- Why do investors look at financial statements?
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