Prepare the format of statement of profit and loss and explain its items.
Only the revenue or expenses related to the current year are debited or credited to profit and loss account. The profit and loss account starts with gross profit at the credit side and if there is a gross loss, it is shown on the debit side.
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.
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?
List any three objectives of analysing financial statements?
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’?
State the meaning of ‘Debentures issued as a collateral security’.
Can the company purchase its own debentures?
What is meant by ‘Redemption out of Capital?
What relationships will be established to study?
(a) Inventory Turnover (b) Debtor Turnover
(c) Payables Turnover (d) Working Capital Turnover
What are important profitability ratios? How are these worked out?
What is meant by redemption of debentures by conversion?
Differentiate between redemption of debentures out of capital and out of profits.
Explain how common size statements are prepared giving an example.
State the importance of Financial Analysis?
Name the head under which ‘discount on issue of debentures’ appears in the balance sheet of a company.