ACCT 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Retained Earnings, Current Liability, Accounts Payable

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Current liabilities: obligations that are to be paid within the coming year or one operating cycle. Examples: bank indebtedness, accounts payable, accrued liabilities, bank loan/notes payable and current maturities of long-term debt. Non-current liabilities: debts expected to be paid or settled after one year. Examples: bank loan/notes payable, lease obligations, pension and benefit obligations and deferred income tax liabilities. Usually accompanied by extensive notes to the financial statements. Share capital: investment of cash (or other assets) in the company by shareholders in exchange for preferred or common shares. Retained earnings: cumulative profits kept for use in the company. Specific tools can be used to analyze the financial statements. Ratio analysis expresses the relationships between selected financial statement data. Intracompany comparisons cover two or more years for the same company. Intercompany comparisons between the company and a competitor. Industry average comparison based on averages for the particular industry.

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