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Chapter 2
Financial Statements
• Our focus..
– Interrelationship between the balance sheet and the income
statement
– The process by which these statements can be used to project a
firm’s future cash flows
5. Ownership accounts
– Shareholders’ equity
– Retained earnings—accumulated total since inception
• Three reasons:
– Accrual accounting
– Non-cash expense items—depreciation
– Preference to classify interest expense as part of financial cash
flow