Chapter 2
The Financial Statements
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Business Activities

Business activities are reflected in financial
statements; business activities include:
– Operating activities – selling goods and
services.
– Investing activities – acquisition and sale
of productive assets.
– Financing activities – issue and
retirement/repayment of liabilities and
equity.
The Balance Sheet
The balance sheet reports the financial position
at a point in time (end of the quarter or year).
The Balance Sheet is also called:
 Statement of Financial Position
The components of the Balance Sheet are:
 Assets
 Liabilities
 Shareholders’ (Owners’) Equity
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The Balance Sheet
The balance sheet is represented by the
fundamental accounting equation:
Assets = Liabilities + Shareholders’ Equity
A =
L
+
SE
 The effects of all business transactions
may be represented in this formula.

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Assets
Definition?
 Current assets
–
–
–
–
–



Cash
Short-term investments
Accounts receivable
Inventory
Prepaid expenses
Long-term investments
Property, plant, and equipment
Intangible assets
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Liabilities
Definition?
 Current liabilities
– Accounts payable
– Wages payable
– Interest payable
– Short-term notes payable
– Current maturities of long-term debt
– Deferred revenues
– Other payables

Long-term liabilities
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Owners’ (Shareholders’) Equity
Definition?
 Contributed capital
– Shareholders’ equity (par or stated value)
– Paid-in capital in excess of par value

Earned capital
- Earned Capital has 2 components: Retained Earnings and Other
accumulated comprehensive income. We will cover other
accumulated comprehensive income in Chapter 13.
– Retained earnings represent the excess earnings retained in the
company after dividends have been paid to shareholders. This
represents the equity generated by the company for the
shareholders.
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The Statement
of Shareholders’ Equity (SSE)
The following formula represents the
basic SSE:
Beginning shareholders’ equity
Plus: Issuance of stock
Plus: Net income
Less: Dividends
Ending shareholders’ equity
SEBegin + Issue + NI - D = SEEnd
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The Statement
of Retained Earnings
The statement of retained earnings is a
subset of the SSE, and calculates the
changes in the retained earnings component.
Beginning retained earnings
Plus: Net income
Less: Dividends
Ending retained earnings
REBegin + NI - Div = REEnd
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International Perspective – Balance
Sheet



Many non-U.S. firms that publish IFRS-based balance
sheets add shareholder’s equity to non-current liabilities,
referring to the total as capital employed. Consequently,
the balance sheet format looks like:
Non-current assets + Current assets - Current
liabilities = Non-current liabilities + Shareholders’
equity
Under U.S. GAAP balance sheet accounts are listed in
order of liquidity. Many non-U.S. firms that publish
IFRS-based balance sheets list their assets in the
opposite order, starting with non-current assets, followed
by current assets.
Many non-U.S. companies, especially in Europe, use the
term “turnover” instead of revenue.
The Income Statement

Operating revenues
– Sales
– Fees earned
– Other revenues

Operating expenses
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Cost of goods sold
Wage expense
Rent expense
Selling expense
Depreciation expense
Amortization expense
Other expenses

Operating revenues
and expenses: usual
and frequent
 Other revenues and
expenses: unusual
or infrequent
 Disposal of a
business segment
 Extraordinary items:
unusual and
infrequent
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The Statement of Cash Flows

Cash flows from operating activities:
– Cash flows associated with the acquisition and sale of a
company’s products and services
– Collections from sales, rent, interest, etc.
– Cash paid to suppliers and employees, and for rent, selling
activities, interest, and taxes etc.

Cash flow from investing activities:
– Cash flows associated with the purchase and sale of a
company’s investments.
– Proceeds from sale of investment securities, land, buildings,
equipment, etc.
– Purchase of investment securities, land, buildings, equipment,
etc.

Cash flow from financing activities:
– Cash flows associated with a company’s two sources of outside
capital: liabilities and contributed capital.
– Proceeds from issuance of notes, debt, sale of equity, etc.
– Payments on notes, debt, dividends, etc.
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Classifying Financing, Investing, and
Operating Transactions
Financing and Investing
Transactions
Operating
Transactions
Income
Statement
Balance Sheet
1
2
3
4
5
1. Exchanges with shareholders
2. Exchanges of liabilities and shareholders’ equity
3. Issues and payments of debt
4. Purchases, sales, and exchanges of assets
5. Revenues and expenses
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Classifying Operating Transactions
Transitory
Group C
Gains and losses due
to change in
accounting
principles
Extraordinary
items
Persistent
Group B
Group A
Revenues and Normal and recurring
expenses from
operating revenues
activities not
and expenses
germane to a
company’s primary
activity
Disposals of
segments
Other revenues
and expenses
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Relationships Among the
Financial Statements
Beginning
Balance
Sheet
Assets
(Cash)
=
Ending
Balance Sheet
Statement of
Cash Flows
Income
Statement
=
Liabilities
Liabilities
+
Equity
Assets
(Cash)
+
Statement of
Stockholders’ Equity
Equity
Exercise 2-3
Balance Sheet (B) or Income Statement (I)
B
a. Equipment
I
b. Fees Earned
c. Retained Earnings B
d. Wage Expense
I
B
e. Patent
I
f. Cost of Goods Sold
g. Common Stock
B
B
h. Dividend Payable
i. Accumulated Depreciation
B
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Exercise 2-3
Balance Sheet (B) or Income Statement (I)
j. Prepaid Expense
B
k. Gain on Sale of Short-term Investment
l. Rent Revenue
I
m. Supplies Inventory
B
n. Accounts Receivable
B
o. Land
B
p. Insurance Expense
I
q. Interest Payable
B
r. Deferred (Unearned) Revenue
B
I
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Exercise
Given (in billions):
Beginning RE
Revenues
Expenses
Div. declared
Ending RE
2010
?
4.4
3.9
.3
1.6
2009
1.3
4.1
?
.3
?
2008
1.2
3.9
3.5
?
?
Now, using the following formulas and
relationships, solve for the other missing items:
(1) Rev - Exp = NI
(2) RE(B) + NI - Div = RE(E)
(3) RE(E) becomes RE(B) in the next year
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Exercise, 2010
Solve for RE(B) using:
RE(B) + NI - Div = RE(E)
NI = 4.4 – 3.9 = .5
RE(B) + .5 - .3 = 1.6
RE(B) = 1.4
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Exercise, 2009
First, find RE(E):
RE(E) 2009 = RE(B) 2010 = 1.4
Now find Expenses:
RE(B) + Rev. – Exp. - Div
1.3 + 4.1 – Exp - .3 = 1.4
Exp. = 3.7
= RE(E)
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Exercise, 2008
First, find RE(E):
RE(E) 2008 = RE(B) 2009 = 1.3
Now find Div:
RE(B) + Rev – Exp. - Div
1.2 + 3.9 – 3.5 – Div. = 1.3
Div. = .3
= RE(E)
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