Analysis of Financial Statements and Financial Condition

Financial Statements

Which types of financial statements (balance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement, internal budget, operating plan) would be most meaningful to supply to the board members of a publicly-held company seeking to expand operations? Would your answer be different if working with a private company?

 

Discussion 2

 

Unrestricted, Temporarily Restricted, and Permanently Restricted Net Assets

Determine the correct category for the following items a to d and explain your rationale:

a) Revenue from gift shop sales

b) Donor gives cash to the organization, specifying it cannot be used until the following year

c) Donor makes a pledge for current year operations but it is not yet paid

d) Donor gives organization a statue, but makes it promise to only display the statue and not sell it.

 

 

Required Resources

Text

Ives, M., Patton, T., Patton, S. (2013). Introduction to governmental and not-for-profit accounting (7th ed.). Pearson.

• Chapter 13: Accounting for Health Care Organizations
• Chapter 14: Analysis of Financial Statements and Financial Condition
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