AFM121 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Financial Statement, Retained Earnings, Income Statement

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Financial statements & business decisions: the accounting system collects and processes financial information about an organization and reports information. 16 has examples of each statement: statement of financial position (balance sheet, assets = liabilities + owners" or shareholders" equity. Asset definition: has an economic benefit, contributes to cash, controllable due to past events, expected to flow, measure financial value reliably, resource can meet the definition of an asset and still not be reported on balance sheet. Liability definition: obligation from past events, result in an outflow of resources with economic, measure financial value reliably, obligation can meet the definition of a liability but not be reported on balance. *student liabilities: student loans, line of credit, osap, credit card balance, amount owing rent, cellphone bill, utility bill sheet. Asset & liability measurement: the dispersion of estimates can differ greatly. Several assets are not recognized on the balance sheet.

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