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Accounting Assumptions/conventions
Two major assumptions Going concern Separate entity from owners
Three Major Conventions Conservative Historical basis Constant value of currency unit
Accounting processes
Financial basics
Focusses on inflow and outflow of funds in an enterprise. Monitoring the funds movement to ensure that adequate and timely funds are available; Manage in a manner that funds are efficiently used to generate adequate surplus(returns)
Financial processes
Estimating needs of funds (amount, time, period) Arranging for funds(identifying sources, negotiating) Avoiding mismatch Monitoring returns to ensure that returns on the fund is greater than cost of funds
Financial statements
Three principal statements Balance sheet(sources and uses of fund. Profit and Loss(income/revenue statement) Cash flow(incoming and outgoing of funds)
Even inspection of the statements is quite informative, but financial analysis using techniques such as %, ratios, is very rewarding.