tailieunhanh - Lecture Accounting: Tools for business decision making (5th edition): Chapter 1 - Kimmel, Weygandt, Kieso

Chapter 1 - Introduction to financial statements. After studying this chapter, you should be able to: Identify the forms of business organization and the uses of accounting information, explain the three principal types of business activity, describe the four financial statements and how they are prepared. | INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Accounting, Fifth Edition 1 After studying this chapter, you should be able to: Describe the primary forms of business organization. Identify the users and uses of accounting information. Explain the three principal types of business activity. Describe the content and purpose of each of the financial statements. Explain the meaning of assets, liabilities, and stockholders’ equity, and state the basic accounting equation. Describe the components that supplement the financial statements in an annual report. Learning Objectives Preview of Chapter 1 Accounting Fifth Edition Kimmel Weygandt Kieso LO 1 Describe the primary forms of business organization. Forms of Business Organization In choosing the organizational form for your outdoor guide service, you should consider the pros and cons of each. Identify each of the following organizational characteristics with the organizational form or forms with which it is associated. 1. Easier to raise funds. 2. Simple to establish. 3. No personal legal liability. 4. Tax advantages. 5. Easier to transfer ownership. LO 1 Describe the primary forms of business organization. Corporation. Sole proprietorship and partnership. Corporation. Sole proprietorship and partnership. Corporation. Solution Users and Uses of Financial Information LO 2 Internal Users Illustration 1-1 Questions that internal users ask Users and Uses of Financial Information LO 2 External Users Illustration 1-2 Questions that external users ask Ethics In Financial Reporting United States regulators and lawmakers were very concerned that the economy would suffer if investors lost confidence in corporate accounting because of unethical financial reporting. Recent financial scandals include: Enron, WorldCom, HealthSouth, AIG, and others. Congress passed Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Effective financial reporting depends on sound ethical behavior. Users and Uses of Financial Information LO 2 Identify the users and uses of accounting . | INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Accounting, Fifth Edition 1 After studying this chapter, you should be able to: Describe the primary forms of business organization. Identify the users and uses of accounting information. Explain the three principal types of business activity. Describe the content and purpose of each of the financial statements. Explain the meaning of assets, liabilities, and stockholders’ equity, and state the basic accounting equation. Describe the components that supplement the financial statements in an annual report. Learning Objectives Preview of Chapter 1 Accounting Fifth Edition Kimmel Weygandt Kieso LO 1 Describe the primary forms of business organization. Forms of Business Organization In choosing the organizational form for your outdoor guide service, you should consider the pros and cons of each. Identify each of the following organizational characteristics with the organizational form or forms with which it is associated. 1. Easier to raise funds. 2. .

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