ACG 2021 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Financial Statement, Limited Liability, Retained Earnings

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20 Jan 2017
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The core of financial accounting revolves around the basic financial statements: Income statements (statement of operations: statement of retained earnings, balance sheet, statement of cash flows. Why accounting is the language of business: accounting- information system that measures business activities, processes data into reports, and communicates results to the decision makers, bookkeeping and accounting are not the same. Personal bank accounts to see whether to rent or buy their home and monthly budget. Investors want to know how much income to expect on their investment. Creditors want to know when and how the company will pay them back: regulatory bodies. Irs and various governments make businesses and other organizations pay income, property, excise, and other taxes. Sec makes companies that trade stock publicly provide many kinds of periodical reports: nonprofit organizations. Base their operating decisions on accounting data. Must give periodic reports of their activities to the irs and governments even if they don"t owe taxes.

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