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The income statement is also called a profit and loss statement, P&L, statement of earnings, or statement of operations. The first important observation is that, as I covered in the financial statements introduction post, the income statement does not show the cash-in and cash-out of the company but
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To put in practice the theory on how a balance sheet is structured (from the article HERE), let's take a look at a couple balance sheets. I don't want to make you certified accountants therefore we'll just focus on the main peculiarities of the
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The balance sheet is a picture of the working capital of the company in a specific moment in time, or in simple terms, all the things the company owns and owes: Assets represent where the company has invested money, while Liabilities + Equity are where the company took the money to
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Although there are a lot of numbers in accounting and finance, it is not an exact science. This is because: * In many cases they are estimates of reality. * Different countries have different rules and follow different standards * International standards often are not very strict in terms of the structure for