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    Understanding Financial Statements


Course Outline

Chapter 1 - The Foundation of Accounting
Lesson  1 The window of enterprise
Introduces the three major financial statements and the two main accounting equations, and reviews their uses.
Lesson  2  Introduction to the financial statements
Covers the basics of the Balance Sheet, the Income Statement, and the Statement of Cash Flows.
Lesson  3  Accounting definitions
Defines Assets, Liabilities, Owners' Equity, Expenses, and Revenue. 
Lesson  4 Accounting concepts
Entity Concept, Going-Concern Concept, stable Monetary Concept, and Time-Period Concept.
Lesson  5  Accounting principles
Covers the Objectivity, Cost, Revenue Recognition, Matching, Consistency, and Disclosure Principles.

Chapter 2 - The Balance Sheet
Lesson  6  Introduction to the balance sheet
Reviews the three sections of the balance sheet:  Assets, Liabilities and Owners' Equity.
Lesson  7 Assets overview
Discusses current assets and non-current assets.
Lesson  8 Current assets: cash and trade accounts receivable
Takes a closer look at Cash and Trade Accounts Receivable
Lesson  9 Current assets: inventory and prepaid expenses
Covers Inventory, Inventory Valuation and Prepaid Expenses.
Lesson 10 Non-current assets
Presents the following non-current assets:  Property, Plant and Equipment, Accumulated Depreciation, Depreciation Methods, Other Assets, and Intangible Assets.
Lesson 11 Liabilities overview
Defines the two classifications of liabilities:  Current Liabilities and Long-term Liabilities.
Lesson 12 Current liabilities
Reviews the Current Liabilities section of the Balance Sheet:  Accounts Payable - Trade, Accrued Expenses, Income Taxes Payable, Notes Payable - Short-Term, Current Maturities - Long-Term Debt.
Lesson 13 Long-term liabilities
Examines Deferred Taxes and Long-Term Debt, Net. 
Lesson 14 Stockholders’ equity
Discusses the Stockholders' Equity section of the Balance Sheet:  Common Stock, Additional Paid-In Capital, Retained Earnings, Preferred Stock, and Treasury Stock.

Chapter 3 - The Income Statement
Lesson 15 Introduction to the income statement
Covers the line items in a typical Income Statement:  Sales, Cost of Goods Sold, Gross Margin, Operating Expenses, Operating Income, Other Income, Other Expenses, Income Before Income Tax, Income Tax Expense, and Net Income.
Lesson 16 Business cycles part 1
Details the activities of the first two business cycles and their impact on the Balance Sheet and the Income Statement:  the Investing and Financing Cycle and the Expenditure Cycle.
Lesson 17 Business cycles part 2
Reviews the activities of the last two business cycles and their impact on the Balance Sheet and the Income Statement:  Conversion Cycle and Revenue Cycle.  

Chapter 4 - The Statement of Cash Flows
Lesson 18 Introduction to the statement of cash flows
Discusses what the Statement of Cash Flows reports.  Reviews how the Statement of Cash Flows is useful.  Covers the three sections of the Statement of Cash Flows, along with the inflows and outflows that are included in each section.
Lesson 19 Operating activities (indirect and direct method)
Covers the Operating Activities section of the Statement of Cash Flows.  Shows how to analyze the Operating Activities section using the Direct and the Indirect methods.
Lesson 20 Investing activities
Details the transactions that are included in the Cash Flows from Investing Activities section of the Statement of Cash Flows.
Lesson 21 Financing activities (supplemental disclosures, non-cash investing and financing)
Covers Cash Flows from Financing Activities section.  Reviews Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities and Supplemental Disclosures.
 

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