
(a)
A financial statement is the complete record of financial transactions that take place in a company at a particular period of time. It provides important financial information like assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses of the company to its internal and external users. It helps them to know the exact financial position of the company. There are four basic financial statements; they are:
- The income statement: This is a financial statement that shows the net income earned or net loss suffered by a company through reporting all the revenues earned and expenses incurred by the company over a specific period of time. An income statement is also known as an operations statement, an earnings statement, a revenue statement, or a
profit and loss statement. The net income is the excess of revenue over expenses. - The
retained earnings statement: This is a financial statement that shows the amount of net income retained by a company at a particular point of time for reinvestment and pays its debts and obligations. It shows the amount of retained earnings that is not paid as dividends to shareholders. - The balance sheet: This is a financial statement that shows the assets, liabilities, and
stockholders’ equity of a company at a particular point of time. It reveals the financial health of a company. Thus, this statement is also called as theStatement of Financial Position . It helps the users to know about the creditworthiness of a company as to whether the company has enough assets to pay off its liabilities. - Statement of cash flows: This is a financial statement that shows the cash and cash equivalents of a company for a particular period of time. It determines the net changes in cash through reporting the sources and uses of cash due to the operating, investing, and financial activities of a company.
Annual Report: It is a comprehensive financial report that shows all the business activities that takes place throughout the previous financial year. Its purpose is to provide the complete financial information of a company’s financial activities to its users in order to help them analyze and take well informed decisions.
To determine: the company’s net income and the time period of measuring it
(b)
the company’s total sales and the time period of measuring it
(c)
the company’s industry
(d)
the names of the four companies of this industry.
(e)
the name of the one of the competitor of A Incorporation, its total sales and net income.

Want to see the full answer?
Check out a sample textbook solution
Chapter 1 Solutions
Financial Accounting
- Carla Vista Company had $212,200 of net income in 2024 when the unit selling price was $151, the unit variable costs were $95, and the fixed costs were $571,800. Management expects per unit data and total fixed costs to remain the same in 2025. The president of Carla Vista Company is under pressure from stockholders to increase net income by $84,000 in 2025. Compute the number of units that would have to be sold in 2025 to reach the stockholders' desired net income. Units needed in 2025 unitsarrow_forwardSolve this Accounting problemarrow_forwardQuestion 5.5arrow_forward
- Carla Vista Company had $212,200 of net income in 2024 when the unit selling price was $151, the unit variable costs were $95, and the fixed costs were $571,800. Management expects per unit data and total fixed costs to remain the same in 2025. The president of Carla Vista Company is under pressure from stockholders to increase net income by $84,000 in 2025. (a) Compute the number of units sold in 2024. Sales in 2024 unitsarrow_forwardThe sales level in units requiredarrow_forward??!!arrow_forward
- AccountingAccountingISBN:9781337272094Author:WARREN, Carl S., Reeve, James M., Duchac, Jonathan E.Publisher:Cengage Learning,Accounting Information SystemsAccountingISBN:9781337619202Author:Hall, James A.Publisher:Cengage Learning,
- Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis...AccountingISBN:9780134475585Author:Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. RajanPublisher:PEARSONIntermediate AccountingAccountingISBN:9781259722660Author:J. David Spiceland, Mark W. Nelson, Wayne M ThomasPublisher:McGraw-Hill EducationFinancial and Managerial AccountingAccountingISBN:9781259726705Author:John J Wild, Ken W. Shaw, Barbara Chiappetta Fundamental Accounting PrinciplesPublisher:McGraw-Hill Education





