ACCT 1B Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Basis Of Accounting, Income Statement, Financial Statement

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Equity is an accounting estimate of the amount of assets left over for stockholders after paying off what the company owes outsiders (liabilities). Seen as the most important financial statement by users. Investors have a tendency to rely too much on the income statement. Provides an estimate of income or loss for the period. Income or loss = revenues (-) expenses. Revenues: what the company earns by selling its products or services. Expenses: what the company spends/consumes to generate revenues benefits/assets used up by way of internal consumption or because of a sale. Revenues happen only when cash is received from customers. Expenses happen only when payments are made to suppliers of goods and services. More sophisticated and accurate measure of income for the period. Under gaap companies have to follow accrual accounting. Revenues are recognized when the earnings process is substantially complete whether cash is received or not. Recognized means that for accounting purposes the activity has happened.

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