Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Chapter 2 study guide

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND CASH FLOW

Topical review
  • Explain the basic structure of financial statements
    • Balance sheet (A=L+E)
    • Income statement (Profit=Rev-Exp)
    • Statement of cash flows - sections are operating, investing, and financing
  • Define and/or interpret each line item of the I/S and B/S
  • Discuss how accounting policies affect financial statements
    • LIFO vs. FIFO inventory accounting - effects on B/S and I/S
    • Depreciation acceleration/deceleration – effects on B/S and I/S
    • Assets booked at historical cost - ignores intangible assets (e.g., patents, technology, brand name)
  • Distinguish cash and net income and calculate net cash flow and free cash flow
    • Non-cash items such as depreciation
  • Differentiate different definitions of capital used by a firm: operating, NOWC, total investor supplied capital
  • Measure and interpret performance with NOPAT, ROIC, EVA, and MVA
  • Calculate taxes given a tax table
  • Discuss corporate tax issues such as dividend and interest income/payments
Definitions
  • Financial statement items: balance sheet and all accounts, income statement and each line, cash flow statement
  • Financial measures: net operating profit after tax (NOPAT), net cash flow, free cash flow, economic value added (EVA), market value added (MVA), net operating working capital (NOWC), total operating capital
  • Tax issues: double taxation, marginal tax, average tax
Basic numerical problems from the textbook

#8, 11, 12

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