Financial statements provide the primary source of info ceeded by owners and managers to make decisions on the future activity of a business.
True
Reporting financial info the same way from one fiscal period to the next is an application of the accounting concept Adequate Disclosure.
False
An income statement is used to report a business's financial progress.
True
An income statement for a merchandising business has 3 man sections: revenue, cost of merchandise sold section, and expenses section.
True
Cost of merchandise sold is also known as cost of goods sold.
True
Revenue less cost of merchandise sold equals net income.
False
Calculating a ratio between gross profit on sales and net sales enables management to compare its performance to prior fiscal periods.
True
Total expenses on an income statement are deduted form the gross profit on sales to find net income before federal income tax.
True
For a merchandising business, every sales dollar reported on the income statement includes only 3 components: gross profit on sales, total expenses, and net income.
False
When a business's expenses are less than the gross profit on sales, the difference is known as a net loss.
False
Increasing sales revenue while keeping cost of mercandise sold the same will increase gross profit on sales.
True
Most businesses correct an unacceptable component percentage for gross profit by simply increasing the markup on merchandise purchased for sale because an increased selling price will always increase profit.
False
Individual amounts reported on an income statement have little meaning without being compared to another amount.
True
A statement of stockholders' equity contains 2 major sections: 1.) capital stock and 2.) retained earnings.
True
The beginning balance of a capital stock account is the amount of capital stock issured at the beginning of the year.
True
The amounts in the capital stock section of hte statement of stockholders' equity are obtainedfrom the general ledger account, Capital Stock.
True
Net income is shown on the last line of a statement of stockholders' equity.
False
Some income may be distributed as dividends to provide stockholders with a return on their investments.
True
Data needed to prepare the liabilities section of a balance sheet are obtained from a work sheet.
True
Ruled double lines across both amount columns below the Assets section and below the Stockholers' Equity section show that the assets equal liabilities plus owners' equity.
