Things to remember on Financial Statements, reading notes from “The portable MBA in Finance and Accounting”

• Assets = Liabilities + Owner Equity

• Asset is the money you spend in order to operate the business

• Balance sheet represents the financial position of a company at a specific moment in time

• The balance sheet must always keep its equilibrium

• Income increases Owner equity / Drawing decreases Owner equity

• Income statement shows the way income has been earned during that period

• Basic form of income statement can be defined as:
o Sales−Cost. of Goods Sold=Gross Income.
o Gross Income−Expenses=Net Income.

• The income statement explains the increase of owner equity represented by net income.

• An expense is not necessarily a cash outflow (depreciation)

• The cash flow statement “is an elaboration of the Balance-Sheet
• change in beginning and ending Cash »

• All the financial statements are articulated
The Portable MBA in Finance and Accounting (Portable Mba Series (Paper))