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 balance sheet and explain the various elements of balance sheet.
Prepare the format of statement of profit and loss and explain its items.
Explain how financial statements are useful to the various parties who are interested in the affairs of an undertaking?
Explain the process of preparing income statement and balance sheet.
State the meaning of financial statement analysis?
Explain the limitations of financial statements.
Explain the nature of the financial statements.
‘Financial statements reflect a combination of recorded facts, accounting
conventions and personal judgements’ discuss.
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 does a Bearer Debenture mean?
List the techniques of Financial Statement Analysis.
Differentiate between redemption of debentures out of capital and out of profits.
Explain the different terms for the issue of debentures with reference to their redemption.
What relationships will be established to study?
(a) Inventory Turnover (b) Debtor Turnover
(c) Payables Turnover (d) Working Capital Turnover
Explain the usefulness of trend percentages in interpretation of financial performance of a company.
Can the company purchase its own debentures?
What are liquidity ratios? Discuss the importance of current and liquid ratio.
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.
What is the importance of comparative statements? Illustrate youranswer with particular reference to comparative income statement.