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Unit 4 Income Statements. Business Management. Business Analysis. Risk Solvency. Feasibility Liquidity Repayment Capacity. Statement of Cash flows. Balance Sheet. Statement of Owners’s Equity. Income Statement. Profitability Financial Efficiency. Income Statement.
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Unit 4 Income Statements Business Management
Business Analysis Risk Solvency Feasibility Liquidity Repayment Capacity Statement of Cash flows Balance Sheet Statement of Owners’s Equity Income Statement Profitability Financial Efficiency
Income Statement Definition: A summary of income and expenses for a given period of time.
Uses of the Income Statement • Reporting income and expenses on tax returns • Required on loan applications • Financial analysis of business • Explain changes in Owner’s Equity
Reporting Income and Expenses • Cash Method • Accrual Method
Cash Method • Income must be reported in the year the cash, or its equivalent is received. • Deductions for expenses are made in the year that the cash is paid out.
Cash method- Advantages • Flexibility- choose when to take income and deduct expenses. • More favorable capital gains tax treatment than accrual method. • If business shows a profit, cash is available to pay the income tax.
Cash Method- Disadvantages • Expenses are not deductible until cash is paid. • Inventory adjustments must be made to compute an income statement and analysis information. • Income reported is more erratic.
Cash Transactions • Cash Revenue • Cash Expenses-summary and coded • Depreciation • Gain or Loss on Sales of Capital Assets- Capital Gains/Losses
Cash Income Statement • Do Assignment #1---Cash Income Statement for GYFS • Information on Website • Create a new page in your Excel spreadsheet assignment file.
Accrual Method • Inventories must be used to determine gross income. Sales are treated as income when the price of the item is recoverable. • Expenses are deductible when payable.
Accrual Method-Advantages • Levels out peaks and valleys of income without year-end manipulations. • Easier to determine net income and analyze strong and weak points of the business from year to year than with the cash method.
Accrual Method-Disadvantages • very detailed and complex records are required. • Inventory must be valued by an approved IRS method. • In some years profit may only appear on paper, and money may have to be borrowed to pay income tax. • Difficult to determine actual cash position of the business.
Variable Costs • Costs that vary with production levels
Fixed Costs • Costs that remain constant with changes in production
Analysis • Operating ratio= • Fixed ratio= • Gross ratio=