AFM101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Retained Earnings, Cash Flow, Financial Statement

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Statement of financial position (balance sheet) is to report the financial position (assets, liabilities and shareholders equity) of an accounting equity at a particular time. Structure: name of the entity, title of the statement, specific date of statement and lastly unit of measure (ex. Accounting entity organization that collects and reports financial information. (also called business or the corporation) Assets: resources controlled by the entity as a result of past business events, and from future economic benefits. (can be sold for cash) Liabilities: e(cid:374)tit(cid:455)"s o(cid:271)ligatio(cid:374)s that (cid:396)esult f(cid:396)o(cid:373) past e(cid:448)e(cid:374)ts. The(cid:455) a(cid:396)(cid:396)i(cid:448)e f(cid:396)o(cid:373) the pu(cid:396)(cid:272)hase of goods and services on credit. Sha(cid:396)eholde(cid:396)"s e(cid:395)uity (net worth) indicates the amount of financing provided by owners of the business as well as earnings over time. It arises from 3 sources: contributed capital (investment of cash or other assets by owner), retained earnings (earnings reinvested into the business) and other components.

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