Financial Statement

Companies prepare (?????) that provide relevant financial data for internal and external users.

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          Also called an earnings statement or a profit and loss statement. It is an accounting statement that matches a company's revenues with its expenses over a period of time, usually a quarter or a year.

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          The purpose of the (?????) is to provide a financial summary of the firm's operating results during a specified time period.

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          It is a flow measure statement, meaning that each value on an income statement represents the cumulative amount of that item through the given accounting period.

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Also called Financial Position Statement.

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reports the assets, liabilities, and owner's equity at a specific date. In the (?????) , assets are listed at the top, followed by liabilities and owner's equity. Total assets must equal total liabilities and owner's equity.

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prepared at a specific moment in time (e.g., the month-end or year-end) to present the company's financial condition.

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The statement balances the firm's assets (what it owns) against its financing, which can be either debt (what it owes) or equity (what was provided by owners).

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                are assets that a company expects to convert to cash or use up within one year or its operating cycle, whichever is longer.

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are generally

(1) investments in stocks and bonds of other companies that are normally held for many years,

(2) (?????) assets such as land or buildings that a company is not currently using in its operating activities, and

(3) long-term notes receivable.

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