ACCT I S 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, Historical Cost, International Accounting Standards Board

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Chapter 2 summary: a further look at the financial statements. So readers can determine whether the company has assets to pay liabilities as they come due and evaluate claims of short and long-term creditors on the company"s assets. Assets: current assets: assets that a company expects to convert to cash or use up within one year or its operating cycle, whichever is longer. When accounting for ppe, you must consider depreciation, the allocation of the cost of an asset to a number of years (as the value of the asset decreases) The contra-asset account to depreciation is accumulated depreciation: intangible assets: assets that do not have physical substance and yet often are very valuable (also referred to as other assets) Stockholder"s equity: common stock: investments of assets into the business by stockholders, retained earnings: income retained for use in the business. Earnings per share, working capital, current ratio, debt to assets, free cash flow.

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