Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Learning Objectives
1. How balance sheet accounts are
measured, classified and presented.
2. How balance sheet information is used.
3. Balance sheet terminology and format
outside the U.S.
4. How footnotes aid to the understanding
of the firm’s accounting policies,
contingent liabilities, subsequent events,
and related-party transactions
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The Accounting Equation
Shareholders’ Equity:
What’s left of the company’s assets
after paying off liabilities.
It also referred to as net assets.
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Balance sheet classification:
Overview
• Currentassets
• Property, plant and • Current liabilities
equipment
• Long-term debt
• Investments
• Other assets
• Other liabilities
• Preferred and Contributed
common stock Capital
• Additional paid-in
capital
• Retained earnings
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Elements of the balance sheet
How the money is
invested Where the money came from
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Balance sheet Classification and Account
Measurement - Current assets
Amortized cost
or current
market value
Net
realizable
value
Lower of cost or
current market
value
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Assets – classification and measurement
n Resources with future economic benefit to a
business entity as a result of a past transaction.
n Current Assets: cash and other assets that are
reasonably expected to be realized in cash or
sold, or consumed during a normal operating
cycle or one year, whichever is longer
Examples: Cash and cash equivalents, short-
term investments (reported at the fair value),
receivables (estimated amount collectible),
inventory (LCM), prepaid expenses, etc.
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Balance Sheet Classification and Account
Measurement -PPE, Investments and Intangibles
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Assets (contd.)
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Assets (contd.)
Property, Plant, Equipment (i.e., building,
Land, Machinery and equipment, capital
leases): assets used in firms’ operations
and meet the following criteria:
1. Economic life > 1 year;
2. Acquired for use in operation;
3. Not for resale to customers;
4. $ is material. (materiality)
Depreciation will be applied except for land.
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Assets (contd.)
Intangible Assets: assets with no
physical substance but have value
based on rights or privileges that
belong to the owner (i.e., goodwill,
patents, franchises, trademarks,…).
Amortization for limited life
intangibles (i.e., patents, franchises)
and impairment test for indefinite-life
intangibles (i.e., goodwill).
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Balance Sheet Classification and
Measurement - Liabilities
Amount due
at maturity
Historical
cost
Discounted
present
value
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Liabilities
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B. Long-Term Liabilities
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C. Other Liabilities
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Balance Sheet Classification and Account
Measurement -Stockholders’ equity
Historical
par value
Historical
cost
Combination of
different
measurement
bases
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Stockholders’ Equity
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a. Contributed Capital
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b. Accumulated Other Comprehensive
Income
n Increase of assets without outflows of
assets, increase of liabilities, increase
of income or issuance of common stock
(i.e.,(+) increase in market value of
securities-available-for-sale (+ or -),
gains or losses of foreign currency
adjustments, etc.)
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c. Retained Earnings
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Balance sheet information
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1. Rate of Return Ratios
ROA (return on assets) and ROCE (return on
common equity) ratios:
Evaluate operating efficiency and profitability.
ROA =
Net operating profit after taxes (NOPAT) /
Average assets
ROCE =
(Net income – Preferred dividends) / Average
common shareholders’ equity
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2. Capital Structure
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3. Liquidity Ratios
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Solvency (contd.)
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5. Flexibility
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Balance sheet presentation:
International differences
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Financial statement footnotes
Footnotes are an integral part of
companies’ financial reports.
These “notes” help users better
understand and interpret the numbers
presented in the body of the financial
statements.
Three important notes:
1. Summary of significant accounting
policies.
2. Subsequent event disclosures.
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Limitations of the Balance Sheet
n 1. Historical costs reporting for most
of assets and liabilities.
n 2. Estimations involved in the value of
some assets and liabilities (i.e., the net
realizable value of accounts receivable
and the cost of warranty).
n 3. the omission of some valuable items
such as goodwill of the company.
n 4. Off-balance sheet liabilities.
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Summary
1. The balance sheet shows the assets
owned by a company at a given point in
time, and how those assets are
financed (debt vs. equity).
2. Be alert for differences in balance
sheet measurement bases, account
titles, and statement format.
3. Financial statement footnotes provide
important information..
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