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Understanding
Financial
Statements, Taxes,
and Cash Flows
1. Income Statement:
An income statement provides the following
information for a specific period of time (for
example, a year or 6 months or 3 months):
Revenue,
Expenses, and
Profit.
2. Balance sheet:
Balance sheet provides a snap shot of the
following on a specific date (for example, as of
December 31, 2010)
Assets (value of what the firm owns),
Liabilities (value of firms debts), and
Shareholders equity (the money invested by the
company owners).
EBIT = Earnings before interest and taxes; EBT = Earnings before taxes;
EAT = Earnings after taxes
Revenues
Less: Cost of goods sold
Equals Gross
profit
Less: Operating expenses
Equals: net
Operating income
Less: Interest expense
Equals: earnings
Before taxes
Less: Income taxes
Equals:
NET INCOME
Revenues = $14,526,000,000
In general,
An increase in a liability account = source of
cash
A decrease in a liability account = use of cash
Decrease in short-term
notes = $9
Total Sources of cash Total Uses of cash =
= $216.00 $220.50
Accounts receivable
Accounts payable
Accumulated depreciation
Paid-in-capital
Average tax rate
Balance sheet
Cash flow statement
Fixed assets
Gross plant and equipment
Gross profit margin
Income statement
Inventories
Liquidity
Long-term debt
Taxable income
Total assets
Total liabilities
Total shareholders equity
Uses of cash