Prepare the format of balance sheet and explain the various elements of balance sheet.
For a business, the balance sheet is one of the main financial reports prepared by either the bookkeeper or the accountant. Its a snapshot view of your
businesss overall financial situation for a particular period of time. The balancesheet consists of three major elements: assets, liabilities and owners equity. The object of the statement is to prove true the accounting equation, "
Asset = Liabilities + Owners Equity." The statement places a business
assets on the left side of the equation and the liabilities and equity on the right and the amounts on each side of the equation should be equal. Overall Use of the Balance Sheet Your balance sheets show the position of the company on a given day, including its total assets, liabilities and equity, which equals its net worth. Lenders commonly use financial statements to assess your companys creditworthiness. A high debt-to-assets or debt-to-equity ratio is a concern.
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.
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.
‘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’?
List the techniques of Financial Statement Analysis.
Distinguish between Vertical and Horizontal Analysis of financial data.
What is ‘Capital Reserve’?
How debentures are different from shares? Give two points.
What is meant by ‘Mortgaged Debentures’?
Explain the usefulness of trend percentages in interpretation of financial performance of a company.
What do you understand by analysis and interpretation of financial statements? Discuss its importance.
What is the importance of comparative statements? Illustrate youranswer with particular reference to comparative income statement.
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.