Wednesday, December 16, 2020

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--NATURE AND ATTRIBUTES OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


 

     FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

     UGC NET COMMERCE/MANAGEMENT


     ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGEMENT DECISIONS

     DR SHASHI AGAGRWAL

     MEANING AND DEFINITIONS

     MAY REFER TO ANY FORMAL AND ORIGINAL STATEMENTS WHICH DISCLOSE FINANCIAL INFORMATION TO ANY BUSINESS CONCERN. OUTCOME OF SUMMARISING PROCESS OF ACCOUNTING. ALSO CALLED FINANCIAL REPORTS

     THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PREPARED ON THE BASIS OF RECORDED FACTS.

     RECORDED FACTS ARE WHICH CAN BE EXPRESSED IN MONEY TERMS. STATEMENTS ARE PREPARED FOR A PARTICULAR PERIOD

      THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS STATES THE NATURE OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PREPARED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRESENTING A PERIODICAL VIEW OF REPORT ON THE PROGRESS BY THE MANAGEMENT DEALS WITH STATUS OF INVESTMENTS IN THE BUSINESS AND RESULTS ACHIVED DURING THE PEIROD UNDER REVIEW.

     MAY REFER TO ANY FORMAL AND ORIGINAL STATEMENTS WHICH DISCLOSE FINANCIAL INFORMATION TO ANY BUSINESS CONCERN. OUTCOME OF SUMMARISING PROCESS OF ACCOUNTING. ALSO CALLED FINANCIAL REPORTS

     HIMTON JOHAR:- A FINANCIAL STATEMENT IS AN ORGANIZED COLLECTION OF DATA ACCORDING TO LOGICAL AND CONSISTENT ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES.

     MYERS ,” FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS IS LARGELY STUDY OF RELATIONSHIP AMONG THE VARIOUS FINANCIAL FACTORS IN A BUSINESS AS DISCLOSED BY A SINGLE SET OF STATEMENTS AND A STUDY OF THE TRENDS OF THESE FACTORS AS SHOWN IN SERIES OF STATEMENTS.

     ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS,” FINANCIAL STATEMENTS REFLECT A COMBINATION OF RECORDED FACTS,ACCOUNTING CONVENTIONS AND PERSONAL JUDGEMENTS.

     IN RELATION TO A COMPANY” FINANCIAL STATEMENTS MEANS THE COLLECTIVE RECORD OF THE BALANCE SHEET.STATEMENT OF PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT,CASH FLOWS STATEMENTS.CASH FLOW STATEMENTS.STATEMENTS OF CHNAGES IN  EQUITY ( IF APPLCABLE) AND AN EXPLANANTORY NOTES ANNEXED TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

     STATEMENTS HAVE TO PREPARED AT THE END OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR AND MAY BE KEPT IN ELECTRONIC FORM COMPLETE AND UNLATERED

     CASH FLOW STATEMENTS ARE NOT MANDATORY FOR SMALL COMPANIES,ONE PERSON COMPANY AND DORMANT COMPANIES.

     NATURE OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

     RECORDED FACTS: DATA TAKEN OUT FROM  ACCOUNTING RECORDS. RECORDS ARE MAINTAINED ON THE BASIS OF ACTUAL COST DATA

     ACCOUNTING CONVENTIONS : CONVENTION OF MATERIALITY,CONVENTION OF VALUING ASSETS LESS DEPRECIATION. THE USE OF CONVENTIONS MAKES ACCOUNTING CONVENTIONS AND MAKES FINANCIAL STATEMENTS COMPARABLE SIMPLE AND REALISTIC

     POSTULATES : ASSUMPTINS :

               GOING CONCERN

               VALUE OF MONEY WILL REMAIN SAME

               REVENUE IS TREATED IN THE YEAR IN WHICH THE SALE WAS UNDERTAKEN EVEN THOUGH SALE PRICE MAY BE RECIVED FOR MANY YEARS

     PERSONAL JUDGEMENTS :

     APPLYING THE COST OR MARKET VALUE WHICHEVER IS LESS TO INVENTORY VALUATION THE ACCOUNTANT WILL HAVE TO USE HIS JUDGEMENTS IN COMPUTING THE COST IN A PARTICUALR CASE

     SELECTION OF DEPRECIATION METHOD

      NATURE

1.       FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE THE REPORTS PRODUCED BY THE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM

2.       SUMMARISED REPORTS

3.       PREPARED AT THE END OF THE ACCOUNTING YEAR

4.       BASED ON RECOREDED FACTS

5.       PER ACCOUNTING CONVENTIONS PRACTICES

     OBJECTIVES

1.       TO PROVIDE RELIABLE FINANCIAL INFORMATION ABOUT ECONOMIC RESOURCES AND OBLIGATIONS

2.       CHANGES IN THE ECONOMIC RESOURCES AND OBLIGATIONS

3.       PROVIDE FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT ASSISTS IN ESTIMATING THE EARNING POTENTIAL OF BUSINESS

4.       TO DISCLOSE THE TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE OTHER INFORMATION THAT ASSISTS IN EARNING POTENTIALS OF THE BUSINESS.

     CHARACTERSTICS OF IDEAL FINANCIAL STATMENTS

1.       ANALYTICAL PRESENTATION

2.       AUTHENTICITY

3.       COMPLIANCE WITH LAW

4.       ACCURACY AND FREEDOM FROM BIAS

5.       PROMPTNESS

6.       CONFORM TO GENERALLY ACCEPTED PRINCIPLES

7.       CONSISTENCY

 

     DIFFERENT TYPES OF FINANCIAL STATMENTS

BALANCE SHEET:- WHICH  SHOWS THE  FINANCIAL POSITION OF A BUSINESS UNIT AS ON PARTICULAR DATE. COMPRISE OF A LIST OF ASSETS,LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL FUND

HOWARD,” THE BALANCE SHEET IS A STATEMENT WHICH REPORTS THE VALUE OWNED BY THE ENTERPRISE AND THE CLAIMS OF THE CREDITORS AND OWNERS AGAINST THESE PROPERTIES.

BALANCE SHEET ASSETS ARE LISTED ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE AND THE LIABILITIES AND OWNER’S EQUITY ON THE LEFT.

TOTAL ASSETS =TOTAL LIABILITIES + OWNER’S EQUITY

OWNER’S EQUITY= TOTAL ASSETS-TOTAL LIABILITIES

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN OWNER’S EQUITY OR RETIANED EARNINGS : OWNER’S EQUITY REFERS TO THE CLAIMS OF THE OWNERS OF THE BUSINESS ( SHAREHOLDERS ) AGAINST THE ASSETS OF THE FIRM

CONSISTS OF TWO ELEMENTS :

1.       PAID UP SHARE CAPITAL : THE INITIAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS INVESTED BY THE SHAREHOLDERS

2.       RETAINED EARNING/RESERVE/SURPLUS REPRESENTING UNDISTRIBUTED PROFITS

qA STATEMENTS OF RETAINED EARNING IS ALSO KNOWN AS PROFIT AND LOSS APORPIRATION ACCOUNT OF INCOME DISPOSAL

THE BAALNCE IN THIS ACCOUNT WILL SHOW THE AMOUNT OF PROFIT RETAINED IN HAND AND CARRIED FORWARD. THIS ACCOUNT WILL NOT HAVE DEBIT BALANCE

STATEMENT OF PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT/INCOME STATEMENT :- SUMMARY OF REVENUES,EXPENSES AND NET INCOME OR NET LOSS OF FIRM. IT SHOWS THE EXPENSES INCURRED ON PRODUCTION,SALE AND DISTRIBUTION AND SALES REVENUE AND THE NET PROFIT OR LOSS FOR A PARTICULAR PERIOD.

FUND FLOW STATEMENT:-THE FUND FLOW STATEMENT DESCRIBES THE SOURCES FROM WHICH FUNDS WERE DERIVED AND THE USE TO WHICH THESE FUNDS ARE PUT.

FOULKE,” A STATEMENT OF SOURCES AND APPLICATION OF FUNDS IS A TEHNICAL DEVICE DESIGNED TO ANALYSE THE CHANGES IN THE FINANCIALCONDITIONS OF A BUSINESS ENTERPRISE BETWEEN TWO DATES.

qCASH FLOW STATEMENT:-DEALS WITH THE INFLOW AND OUTFLOW OF CASH BETWEEN TWO PERIODS. SOURCES OF CASH INFLOW AND USES OF CASH

 

     FINANCIAL STATEMENTS-SCHEDULE III COMPANIES ACT 2013

     SECTION 129 OF THE COMPANIES ACT 2013 PROVIDES FOR THE PREPRATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

     2( 40) TO INCLUDE BALANCE SHEETS,PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT/INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT.CASH FLOW STATEMENTS AND CHANGES IN EQUITY AND ANY EXPLANATORY NOTES ANNEXED TO THE ABOVE

     NEW SECTION 129 CORRESPOND TO THE EXISTING SECTION 210, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS GIVE A TRUE AND FAIR VIEW OF THE STATE OF AFFIARS. COMPLY WITH ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

     FINANCIAL STATEMTNS WILL BE PREAPRED IN THE FORMS PROVIDED IN SCHEDULE III OF THE COMPANIES ACT 2013

     129(3) IF THE COMPANY HAS ONE OR MORE SUBSIDARIES WILL HAVE TO PREPARE A CONSLODIATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE COMPANY

     BALANCE SHEET

     BALANCE SHEET IS A SNAPSHOT OF FINANCIAL POSITION OF A COMPANY AT A GIVEN DATE.

     SCHEDULE III OF PART 1 REQUIRE THE BALANCE SHEET TO BE PREPARED IN THE PRESCRIBED FORM. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO GIVE ,” TRUE AND FAIR VIEW”













     BOARD APPROVAL

     THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS INCLUDING THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS HAS TO BE APPROVED ANS SIGNED AS PRESCRIBED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

     SIGNED EITHER BY AUTHORIZED CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OR BY ATLEAST 2 DIRECTRS AND APPOINTED COMPANY SECRETARY

     THE BOARD ‘S REPORT AND AUDITOR’S REPORTS ARE TO BE ATTACHED WITH THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS BEFORE IT IS ISSUED.

     CHARACTERSTICS OF IDEAL FINANCIAL STATMENTS

  1. DEPICT TRUE FINANCIAL POSITIONS
  2. SHOULD BE PRESENTED IN SIMPLE AND  CLEAR WAY TO MAKE THEM UNDERSTANDABLE
  3. SHOULD BE RELEVENT TO THE OBJECTIVES OF THE ENTEPRISE
  4. SHOULD BE PREPARED IN SUCH WAY THE IMPORTANT INFORMATION IS UNDERLINED
  5. SHOULD BE COMPARABLE
  6. EASY TO MAKE ANALYSIS
  7. BRIEF
  8. SHOULD BE PREPARED AND PRESENTED AT THE EARLIES POSSIBLE TIME

     IMPORTANCE





     IMPORTANCE

     LIMITATIONS

1.       INTERIM REPORTS

2.       DO ONT GIVE EXACT POSITION

3.       HISTORICAL COSTS

4.       IMPACT OF NON MONETARY

5.       NO PRECISION









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