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By Kong Ratanak-MBA
Course facilitator
OBJECTIVES
1. Define objectives of financial reporting
2. Qualitative Characteristics of accounting
information and its interrelationship
3. Accounting convention of comparability and
consistency, materiality, conservatism, full
disclosure and cost-benefit.
4. Explain management responsibility for ethical
financial reporting and define fraudulence
financial reporting
5. Basic components of classified balance sheet
6. Multiple step Vs single step income statement
7. Use classified financial statements for evaluation
of liquidity and profitability.
Objectives of Financial reporting
CONVENTION THAT
QUALITATIVE CHARACTERISTICS HELP IN
Understandability Usefulness
Decisionmakers must be able Accountant must provide information that is INTERPRETATION
to interpret accounting useful in making decision Comparability &Consistency
information. Materiality
Conservatism
Full Disclosure
Cost-benefit
Relevance Reliability
Feed back value Faithful representation
Predictive Value Verifiability
Timeliness Neutrality
Conventions that help in interpretation of
Financial Statement
• Comparability and Consistency:
– similarity, differences, trend over different time
period and companies to companies
– Procedures of accounting are kept unless it is
informed of the change.
• Materiality
– Relative important of an Item or event
• Conservatism
– When facing the uncertainty, accountant will choose
the procedures that is least likely overstated assets
and income.
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Conventions………..cont.
• Full Disclosure
– Financial statements and their notes present all
information that is relevant to the users.
• Cost benefit
– Benefit to be gained from providing new
accounting information should be greater than
the Cost of providing it.
Management’s responsibility for Ethical
Reporting
• Preparation of Financial statements comply to
GAAP
• Internal Control (the assurance that the
objective is achieved)
• Fraudulent financial reporting is the intentional
preparation of misleading financial
statements.
Multiple Step Income statement Single step Income statement
PROFITABILITY RATIO
Net profit on Sales ratio Net income / Net Sales Profitability on sales for
comparison and trend analysis
Gross profit margin Gross Profit / Net Sales Gross profit rate; for comparison
ratio and trend analysis.
Return on Assets Ratio (Net income+ Interest Assets utilization in producing
expenses) / Average returns
Assets
Return on Equity Ratio (Net income - Preferred Effectiveness of equity
Dividend)/ Average investment in producing returns
common Equity
Classified Financial Statements
Ratio for Emerson Corporation
December 31, 19x5
Review Problem
19x2 19x1
Current Assets 200,000.00 170,000.00
Total Assets 880,000.00 710,000.00
Current Liabilities 90,000.00 50,000.00
Long-term Liabilities 150,000.00 50,000.00
Stockholders‘ Equity 640,000.00 610,000.00
Sales 1,200,000.00 1,050,000.00
Net Income 60,000.00 80,000.00
Profitability Analysis Net Sales Profit Average total Assets Return Average Return
Income Margin Assets Turnover on Stock on
Assets Holders Equity
'Equity
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