Class Notes for Financial Accounting, 10th Edition

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Chapter 1: The Financial Statements

Learning Objectives

1.
Explain why accounting is the language of business
2.
Explain and apply underlying accounting concepts, assumptions, and principles
3.
Apply the accounting equation to business organizations
4.
Evaluate business operations through the financial statements
5.
Construct financial statements and analyze the relationships among them
6.
Evaluate business decisions ethically
Questions You Should Be Able To Answer

Learning Objective
Question(s) Answer For practice
1.
Explain why
accounting is
the language of
business

Why is accounting
considered the language of
business?

What are the ways
businesses can be
organized?

Accounting
communicates
economic
information. The
better you
understand
accounting, the
better you can
understand and
communicate in
business terms.

Proprietorship: sole
owner with personal
liability

Partnership: more
than one owner,
often with personal
liability

Corporation: more
than one owner, with
limited liability

S1-7, S1-8, S1-9

S1-3

2.
Explain and
apply
underlying
concepts,
assumptions
and principles
of accounting

Explain the following
concepts, assumptions, and
principles:

(1)
Entity assumption
(2)
Continuity
assumption

(3)
Historical cost
principle

(1)
Each organization
is separate

(2) Entity will
remain in business

(3) Assets recorded
at actual cost

S1-4, S1-5,

S1-15
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(4)
Stable monetary
unit assumption

(4) Ignore effects of
inflation

3.
Apply the
accounting
equation to
business
organizations

What is the fundamental
accounting equation?

What is:

(1)
An asset?
(2)
A liability?
(3)
Stockholders’
(owners’) equity

What are some examples
of:

(1)
Assets
(2)
Liabilities
(3)
Stockholders’
equity

(4)
Revenue
(5)
Expenses
Assets = Liabilities +
Stockholders’ Equity

(1)
Economic
resources expected to
benefit the entity in
the future

(2)
Economic
obligations, debts

(3)
Claims held by
owners

Cash, accounts
receivable,
inventories, property
and equipment

Accounts payable,
notes payable

Common stock,
retained earnings

Sales, service
revenue

Cost of sales,
operating expenses

S1-1; S1-6

S1-8

S1-8

4.
Evaluate
business
operations
through the
financial
statements

What information is shown
in the:

(1)
Income statement
(2)
Statement of
retained earnings

(3)
Balance sheet
(4)
Cash flow
statement

(1) Results of
operations (revenue
expenses)

(2) What a company
did with its earnings

(3) Financial
position (assets =
liabilities +
stockholders’ equity)

(4) The sources of
cash inflow (receipts)
and outflow
(payments)

S1-7, S1-15

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