List any three objectives of analysing financial statements?
1. Assessment of Past Performance and Current Position
2. Prediction of Net Income and Growth Prospects
3. Prediction of Bankruptcy and Failure
How will you disclose the following items in the Balance Sheet of a company;
(i) Loose tools
(ii) Uncalled liability on partly paid-up shares
(iii) Debentures redemption reserve
(iv) Mastheads and publishing titles (v) 10% debentures
(vi) Proposed dividend
(vii) Share forfeited account
(viii) Capital redemtion reserve
(ix) Mining rights
(x) Work-in-progress
State the importance of financial statements to
(i) shareholders
(ii) creditors
(iii) government
(iv) investors
Prepare the format of balance sheet and explain the various elements of balance sheet.
Prepare the format of statement of profit and loss and explain its items.
Explain the process of preparing income statement and balance sheet.
Explain how financial statements are useful to the various parties who are interested in the affairs of an undertaking?
State the meaning of financial statement analysis?
Explain the limitations of financial statements.
Explain the nature of the financial statements.
‘Financial statements reflect a combination of recorded facts, accounting
conventions and personal judgements’ discuss.
What do you mean by Ratio Analysis?
List the techniques of Financial Statement Analysis.
What does a Bearer Debenture mean?
What are various types of ratios?
Distinguish between Vertical and Horizontal Analysis of financial data.
State the meaning of ‘Debentures issued as a collateral security’.
What relationships will be established to study?
(a) Inventory Turnover (b) Debtor Turnover
(c) Payables Turnover (d) Working Capital Turnover
State the meaning of Analysis and Interpretation.
What is meant by ‘Issue of debentures for consideration other than cash’?
State the meaning of ‘Debentures issued as a collateral security’.
What is meant by redemption of debentures by ‘Purchase in the Open Market’?
How would you study the Solvency position of the firm?
State the meaning of Analysis and Interpretation.
Explain how common size statements are prepared giving an example.
What are liquidity ratios? Discuss the importance of current and liquid ratio.
What do you mean by Ratio Analysis?
Under which head is the ‘Debenture Redemption Reserve’ shown in the balance sheet?
What is meant by ‘Mortgaged Debentures’?
What do you understand by analysis and interpretation of financial statements? Discuss its importance.