This week we learned that companies are required to prepare a statement of cash flows because it gives a more accurate snapshot of the actual cash flow of a company. Financial statements give an overall picture of how much revenue a company is reporting, but high revenue does not guarantee that the company has the ability to pay its bills. The statement of cash flows is a tool designed to help external users make sound economic decisions about the company. The statement of cash flows is divided into three sections: 1) operating activities, 2) investing activities, and financing activities. The operating activities section analyzes the company's flow of cash as it relates to a net loss or net income.
The business "passes through" it's earnings or losses to its partners. All partners pay their prospective share of taxes individually. Partnerships longevity can be short due to the limited availability to funding. Additional funding to a partnership comes from the personal assets of each partner. When partners can't get along and suffer from disagreements the business suffers.
This is where the business sells its accounts receivables to a business that specialises in debt collection. The debts will be put at a reduced amount by the factoring business, but the advantage is that it provides an injection of cash into the business with funds to continue operating and stops the problem turning into a solvency issue. Woolworths began using a factoring company to collect its accounts receivable at the start of 2015. This is a low-risk funding option for Woolworths and allows the business to meet its financial objective of liquidity. It saves the business time and effort involved in chasing debtors and allows management to focus on the prime function of grocery retailing, although it costs Woolworths a percentage of repayments to do this.
They gave a good estimate of how my decisions would affect business performance for the upcoming quarter. I was able to look at the pro-forma statements and make adjustments in my decisions before moving into the next quarter. For example, in quarter 2, I had decided to not add another sales site due to not having enough cash on hand. After looking over the pro-forma statements, I realized that I would have enough money to add another location for the next quarter and still have more than $300,000 cash left over at the end of the quarter. Operating efficiency was improved using just-in-time and lean operations techniques.
Throughout the months January to December all of Tidy Team’s cash sales were favourable. Ms.Wang gains £762 which she could use to invest in her business or even pay bills etc. With cash flow forecast it outcomes the practical results that reflect the actual money a business like Tidy Team receive and pay out over a certain amount of time. Advantages of having cash sales instead of credit, is that with credit sales it takes longer to get into the business’s account. If Ms.Wang uses credit sales, she may not be able to pay bills as credit sales take longer to go into the account, this is a disadvantage.
Incremental budgeting is when you take last year’s budget and add more or less to it depending on what you’re looking to do with your budget for the year. Some companies like this budget because if you’re meeting your budget every year it will stay the same. If you don’t use your budget it will reduce the next year. Some people
Financial Statement Report ACC/290 06/03/2013 Lisa Henderson Financial statement is an expression used when referring to end of the month reports such as an income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement, and Retained Earnings Statement. These statements are also known as the final accounts. The income statement is a financial statement that aids in estimating the gross and net profit of a business for a specific time period. Many companies put together income statements so they can evaluate proceeds with expenditures to verify their performance. If the income of the business is more than the expenses then the company has made money and vice versa.
Cash flow is more vibrant and holds to the true value. Cash flow is concerned with the movement of money in and out of a business. The concept of accounting profit can be somewhat narrow with its results only looking at income and expenses at a certain point in time and is taxable. By comparing the information provided from the two reports the free cash flow information from will provide the company with a much truer understanding how the project will be performed. Comparing the company’s net income to its actual cash generated, an investor can determine whether the company is more aggressive or conservative in accounting for its performance.
When an individual passes away and before his or her heirs receive any money all debts must be paid, unlike the government (Colander, 2010). Another difference between government and individual debt is that the government can create money to pay off debts if needed whereas an individual cannot. This week’s objectives gave us, a better understanding of how deficits and surpluses work also how deficits are not always bad. It also taught us how difficult it can be for the government to pay off debts and to come up with a budget that will lead us out of a
COURSE WORK 1- FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT/FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING 1. UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIFFERNCE BETWEEN FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING Financial accounting is focused on generally accepted accounting principles- producing a limited set of financial statements. This includes the balance sheet and the income statements, by which the overall past performance of business can be judged by outsiders. Management accounting deals with information that is not made public and is used for internal decisions making only. These reports are far more detailed than financial accounting reports and can cover performances and activities by departments, teams, products, customers and employees.