2 nd session: introduction to accounting. firm of the day 2
TRANSCRIPT
2nd session:Introduction to Accounting
Firm of the Day
2
Goal of Today’s Class
• Understand the four financial statements.
• Understand which business processes and transactions are reflected in each financial statement.
• Understand how the four financial statements fit together.
3
Reporting Business Activities
Obtain FinancingIssue debt and stock
Make InvestmentsPurchase land, bldgs, inventory,
etc.
Conduct OperationsSell goods and services to customers Pay employees, suppliers, creditors
Balance SheetLiabilities & Owner’s
Equity
Balance SheetAssets
Income StatementRevenues & Expenses,
Net income
4
Desirable Characteristics of Accounting
FASB Concept Statement #2(See Figure 2.1 of LLS)
5
Balance Sheet
• Describes the financial position of the firm at a given point in time
• Assets are – resources owned or controlled by the firm– Future economic benefits or rights that are owned or
controlled by the firm
• Liabilities are – a source of claim against the resources of the firm – Fixed and unavoidable obligations to transfer cash or
some other good or service to an outside party at some future time
Assets = Liabilities + Shareholders’ Equity
6
Balance Sheet – Cont’d
• Shareholders’ Equity – another source of and claim against the resources of the firm
• Shareholders' equity represents amounts invested in the firm by it’s owners, either:
a) directly => when they purchase shares from the company (i.e., contributed capital);
b) indirectly => when they allow the firm to retain its earnings rather than requiring that it paying them out in the form of dividends.
7
Remember the Mandatory Reports?
All SEC-mandated reports are available on EDGAR at:http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml
Firms also post reports on their investor relations sites
8
What does Consolidated mean?
Why this date?
Why is this an asset?
What must this be equal to?
Why is this an asset?
Which one is the largest asset?
Fiscal Year 2009 Report
9
Why are these liabilities?
What must this be equal to?
Fiscal Year 2009 Report
10
Income Statement
• Describes the financial results of the firm’s operations over a period of time
• Revenues represent resources (assets) acquired or obligations (liabilities) satisfied by the firm in exchange for the goods or services sold by the firm to others
• Expenses represent assets used or liabilities incurred to generate revenue by selling goods and/or services to others
Net Income = Revenues - Expenses
11
Why the reference?
Fiscal Year 2009 Report
Why are these expenses reported separately? What’s in either of them?
12
Fiscal Year 2009 Report
13
How much was the expense for employee stock compensation?
Fiscal Year 2009 Report
14
Bottom line: • primary statements are of limited use• footnotes contain the bulk of the details
Fiscal Year 2009 Report
15
How much merchandise did
Best Buy purchase during FY 2009?
Fiscal Year 2009 Report
Best estimate:
COGS: $34,017
Ending Inventory:$4,753No need to buy what came from Beginning Inventory: -$4,708
$34,017 + 4,753 – 4,708 = $34,062 16
Statement of Cash Flows
• Describes the flow of cash in and out of the firm during a period of time
Three categories on statement
1. Operating: activities carried out on a day to day basis to meet the goals of the company
2. Investing: activities carried out periodically that alter the firm’s infrastructure, enabling it to carry out the operating activities
3. Financing: activities carried out to obtain (and repay) funds used in the other activities
17
Where does this number come from?
Fiscal Year 2009 Report
18
How were these 1.9 billion dollars used?
Where else can we find these numbers?
Fiscal Year 2009 Report
Check the Balance Sheet:
19
Statement of Shareholders’ Equity
• Describes the amounts and changes in the components of the shareholders’ investment in the firm
• Retained earnings provide a reconciliation between the income statement and the balance sheet
20
21
22
Fiscal Year 2009 Report
Balance sheet - Outline
• Define – Assets– Liabilities– Shareholders’ Equity
• Valuation • Balance sheet classification
23
The Balance Sheet• A “snap shot” of the investing and
financing activities of a firm at a point in time.
• Assets: economic resources that are expected to provide future economic benefits.
• Liabilities: creditors’ claims on the assets of the firm.
• Equity: owners’ claims on the assets of the firm.
Assets = Liabilities + Equity 24
The Accounting Identity
• Equates economic resources to the claims on those resources
• Equity holders are the residual claimants:
A – L = E
Assets = Liabilities + Equity
25
Balance Sheet
• Reports the financial condition of the firm at a given point in time
• Assets = Liabilities + Shareholders’ Equity
• Resources = Finances• Core financial statement• Other financial statements provide
details of the changes in components of the balance sheet
26
Assets
• A resource or right to future benefits• Must satisfy three conditions to be included in
the balance sheet– Capacity to increase cash inflows or reduce cash
outflows– Entity must be able to obtain the benefits and control
others’ access to the benefits– Transaction must have occurred in the past.
Probable and measurable future economic benefits controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions
27
Types of Assets
• Tangible assets– Merchandise inventory– Property, plant and equipment
• Monetary and financial assets– Accounts receivable– Marketable securities
• Intangible assets– Patents– Trade name
28
Liabilities
• Obligation to produce or transfer a good, or deliver a service in the future, in return for benefits received in the past
• Claims against assets of the business– Accounts payable– Income taxes payable– Bonds payable– Pensions and other post-retirement
benefits29
Shareholders’ Equity (Owners’ or Stockholders’ Equity)
• Amount invested in the company by owners either directly or indirectly
• Residual interest in the assets of the firm after deducting the liabilities
Contributed capitalRetained earnings
Beginning Retained Earnings+ Net Income
- Dividends (Declared)
= Ending Retained Earnings
30
Exercise I – Fill in the gaps
2009 2008 2007 2006
Retained Earnings, January 1 $37,922 $25,634
Net Income 4,940 5,665
Dividends Declared and Paid 1,203 1,203 815
Retained Earnings, December 31 35,669 37,922 34,338 30,48
4
$30,484
1,086
$34,338
4,787(1,050)
31
Balance Sheet Equation
Assets – Liabilities =
Shareholders’ Equity
= Contributed Capital + R(etained) E(arnings)
= Contributed Capital + REbeginning of period + Net Income – Dividend
= Contributed Capital + REbeginning of period + Revenues – Expenses – Dividend
32
Valuation
• Assets All assets are designed to provide future benefits
(i.e., increase cash flow), but not all future benefits are recorded as assets
– Because some future benefits involve a great deal of uncertainty, they may not be recorded as assets
– This reflects a tradeoff between the relevance and reliability of accounting information
– Because the historical cost of the asset is so reliable, it is frequently used to value the asset on the balance sheet, even though it may not be the most relevant measure of value
33
Valuation – Cont’d
• Historical (original) cost – this is what we generally use.
• Three exceptions– Inventory – lower of cost or market (Asymmetric)– Long-term asset impairments (Asymmetric)– Marketable securities (Symmetric)
34
Valuation – Cont’d
• Liabilities– Present value of the cash outflows that
will be made to satisfy the obligation
• Shareholders’ Equity– Indirect – depends on how assets and
liabilities are valued.Shareholders’ Equity = Assets – Liabilities
35
Balance Sheet Classification
• Assets– Current Assets– Investments– Other Assets
• Liabilities– Current Liabilities– Non-current (Long-term liabilities)
• Shareholders’ Equity– Contributed capital– Retained earnings
36
Next Class…
• Balance Sheet Concepts
• The Accounting Process
• Debits, Credits, and T-Accounts
37