ACCT207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Deferral, Current Liability, Retained Earnings

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Identify the sections of a classified balance sheet. To improve understanding, companies group similar assets and liabilities together. Assets: current assets, long-term investments, property plant and equipment, intangible assets. Liabilities and stockholders" equity: current liabilities, long-term liabilities, stockholders" equity. Assets a company expects to convert to cash or use up within one year or the operating cycle, whichever is longer. Operating cycle: average time it takes from the purchase of inventory sale of goods cash from customers. Examples: current assets are cash, investment, receivables, inventories, and prepaid expenses. Companies list current assets in the order they expect to convert them into cash. (example) cash accounts receivable inventory prepaid insurance total current assets property plant equipment. Equipment less accumulated depreciation equipment total assets. Investments in stocks or bonds of other corporations that are held for over one year. Long term assets (land, buildings) that a company is not currently using in it"s operating activities.

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