Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
TO FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
1-2
Preview of Chapter 1
Financial Accounting
Seventh Edition
Kimmel Weygandt Kieso
1-3
Forms of Business Organization
Solution
1. Corporation.
2. Sole proprietorship and partnership.
3. Corporation.
4. Sole proprietorship and partnership.
5. Corporation.
Internal
Users
Illustration 1-1
Questions that internal
users ask
1-6 LO 2
1-7
Users and Uses of Financial Information
External
Users
Illustration 1-2
Questions that external
users ask
1-8 LO 2
1-9
Users and Uses of Financial Information
Illustration 1-3
Steps in analyzing ethics cases
Review Question
Which of the following did not result from the Sarbanes-
Oxley Act?
Financing Activities
Two primary sources of outside funds are:
1. Borrowing money (debt financing)
Amounts owed are called liabilities.
Party to whom amounts are owed are creditors.
Notes payable and bonds payable are different types
of liabilities.
Investing Activities
Purchase of resources a company needs to operate.
Computers, delivery trucks, furniture, buildings, etc.
(property, plant, and equipment).
Operating Activities
Once a business has the assets it needs, it can begin its
operations.
Revenues - Amounts earned from the sale of products
(sales revenue, service revenue, and interest revenue).
1-17 LO 3
Business Activities
Operating Activities
Expenses - cost of assets consumed or services used.
(cost of goods sold, selling, marketing, administrative,
interest, and income taxes expense).
Retained Statement
Income Balance
Earnings of Cash
Statement Sheet
Statement Flows
1-20 LO 4 Describe the content and purpose of each of the financial statements.
Communicating with Users
Review Question
Net income will result during a time period when:
1-21 LO 4 Describe the content and purpose of each of the financial statements.
Communicating with Users
Helpful Hint The financial statement heading identifies the company, the type of
statement, and the time period covered. Sometimes, another line indicates the unit of
1-22 measure, e.g., “in thousands” or “in millions.” LO 4
Communicating with Users
Retained Earnings
Income Statement Statement
Illustration 1-4 Illustration 1-5
1-23 LO 4 Describe the content and purpose of each of the financial statements.
Communicating with Users
Retained Earnings
Statement shows amounts and
Statement
Illustration 1-5
causes of changes in retained
earnings during the period.
1-24 LO 4 Describe the content and purpose of each of the financial statements.
Communicating with Users
Balance Sheet Retained Earnings
Illustration 1-7 Statement
Illustration 1-5
1-25 LO 4 Describe the content and purpose of each of the financial statements.
Communicating with Users
Balance Sheet Reports assets and claims
Illustration 1-7
to assets at a specific
point in time.
Assets = Liabilities +
Stockholders’ Equity.
Helpful Hint The heading identifies the company, the type of statement, and the time
1-28 period covered by the statement. Negative numbers are shown in parentheses. LO 5
Communicating with Users
Review Question
Which of the following financial statements is prepared as
of a specific date?
a. Balance sheet.
b. Income statement.
c. Retained earnings statement.
d. Statement of cash flows.
Financial statements.
Auditor's report.
1-34 LO 6
Other Elements of an Annual Report
Auditor’s Report
Auditor’s opinion as to the fairness of the presentation of the
financial position and results of operations and their conformance
with generally accepted accounting principles.
Illustration 1-12
1-35 LO 6
State whether each of the following items is most closely
associated with the management discussion and analysis (MD&A), the notes to
the financial statements, or the auditor’s report.
Solution
1. Descriptions of significant accounting policies. 1. Notes.
2. Unqualified opinion. 2. Auditor’s report.
3. Explanations of uncertainties and contingencies. 3. Notes.
4. Description of ability to fund operations and expansion. 4. MD&A.
5. Description of results of operations. 5. MD&A.
6. Certified public accountant (CPA). 6. Auditor’s report.
1-41 LO 7
Looking to the Future
Both the IASB and the FASB are hard at work developing standards that
will lead to the elimination of major differences in the way certain
transactions are accounted for and reported. In fact, at one time the
IASB stated that no new major standards would be issued for a period of
time. The reason for this policy was to provide companies the time to
translate and implement IFRS into practice, as much had happened in a
very short period of time. Consider, for example, that as a result of a
joint project on the conceptual framework, the definitions of the most
fundamental elements (assets, liabilities, equity, revenues, and
expenses) may actually change. However, whether the IASB adopts
internal control provisions similar to those in SOX remains to be seen.
1-42 LO 7
IFRS Practice
Which of the following is not a reason why a single set of high-
quality international accounting standards would be beneficial?
b) Financial markets.
c) Multinational corporations.
1-43 LO 7
IFRS Practice
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act determines:
1-44 LO 7
IFRS Practice
IFRS is considered to be more:
1-45 LO 7
Copyright
“Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.
Reproduction or translation of this work beyond that permitted in
Section 117 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act without the
express written permission of the copyright owner is unlawful.
Request for further information should be addressed to the
Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. The purchaser
may make back-up copies for his/her own use only and not for
distribution or resale. The Publisher assumes no responsibility for
errors, omissions, or damages, caused by the use of these
programs or from the use of the information contained herein.”
1-46