List any three objectives of analysing financial statements?
1. Assessment of Past Performance and Current Position
2. Prediction of Net Income and Growth Prospects
3. Prediction of Bankruptcy and Failure
How will you disclose the following items in the Balance Sheet of a company;
(i) Loose tools
(ii) Uncalled liability on partly paid-up shares
(iii) Debentures redemption reserve
(iv) Mastheads and publishing titles (v) 10% debentures
(vi) Proposed dividend
(vii) Share forfeited account
(viii) Capital redemtion reserve
(ix) Mining rights
(x) Work-in-progress
State the importance of financial statements to
(i) shareholders
(ii) creditors
(iii) government
(iv) investors
Prepare the format of statement of profit and loss and explain its items.
Prepare the format of balance sheet and explain the various elements of balance sheet.
Explain the process of preparing income statement and balance sheet.
Explain how financial statements are useful to the various parties who are interested in the affairs of an undertaking?
State the meaning of financial statement analysis?
Explain the limitations of financial statements.
‘Financial statements reflect a combination of recorded facts, accounting
conventions and personal judgements’ discuss.
Explain the nature of the financial statements.
What do you mean by Ratio Analysis?
List the techniques of Financial Statement Analysis.
What does a Bearer Debenture mean?
What are various types of ratios?
Distinguish between Vertical and Horizontal Analysis of financial data.
State the meaning of ‘Debentures issued as a collateral security’.
What relationships will be established to study?
(a) Inventory Turnover (b) Debtor Turnover
(c) Payables Turnover (d) Working Capital Turnover
State the meaning of Analysis and Interpretation.
What is meant by ‘Issue of debentures for consideration other than cash’?
What are Comparative Financial Statements?
What does a Bearer Debenture mean?
State the meaning of ‘Debentures issued as a collateral security’.
State the importance of Financial Analysis?
What are important profitability ratios? How are these worked out?
Describe the steps for creating Sinking Fund for redemption of debentures.
What is meant by ‘Issue of debentures for consideration other than cash’?
What relationships will be established to study?
(a) Inventory Turnover (b) Debtor Turnover
(c) Payables Turnover (d) Working Capital Turnover
The current ratio provides a better measure of overall liquidity only when a
firm’s inventory cannot easily be converted into cash. If inventory is liquid, the
quick ratio is a preferred measure of overall liquidity. Explain.