ACCT 217 Lecture 2: ACCT Lecture 2 Notes

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Chapter 1: the purpose & use of financial statements. Knowledge that should be gained by end of lecture chapter: Describe the primary forms of business organizations. Describe the content and purpose of each of the financial statements. Ex: debt financing business must pay back all of the money they borrow plus additional interest. Ex: equity financing business gives partial ownership in the business in return for funds and does not need to pay back any of the funds obtained. Investing: definition: purchasing/selling of long term assets which will help the company generate cash flows. Operating: definition: day-to-day operations of the business. Ex: revenues earned by sale of goods/services as well as other residual forms (i. e. interest, rent etc. ) Ex: expenses such as cost of goods sold, rent, salaries/wages, advertising etc. We learn how to account for these 3 buckets of activities. The purpose of accounting is to communicate the financial health of a company to its users.

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