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Preparing Financial Statements

This course will demonstrate the process of preparing a complete set of financial statements, including discussions of the basic accounting equation, journal entries, ledgers, and more

Created byLambers Inc.
BeginnerUpdated Dec 17, 2021
Preparing Financial Statements

What You'll Learn

  • check_circleState the basic accounting equation and explain how it relates to the financial statements.
  • check_circleApply the basic accounting equation to transactions that lead to a simple balance sheet.
  • check_circleApply the basic accounting equation to transactions that lead to a complete set of financial statements.
  • check_circleDescribe the structure and role of journal entries and ledgers.
  • check_circleUse journal entries and ledger accounts to prepare a simple balance sheet.
  • check_circleUse journal entries and ledgers accounts to prepare a complete set of financial statements.
  • check_circleExplain how closing entries transition the financial statements from one period to the next.
  • check_circleDefine contra accounts and the role they play in the financial statements.
  • check_circleDefine treasury stock and describe where it can be found on the financial statements.
  • check_circleDemonstrate how the sale of non-inventory assets affects the financial statements.
  • check_circleDiscuss and illustrate the difference between the accrual-basis and cash basis of accounting.
  • check_circleDemonstrate using several examples of how net income on the income statement can be reconciled with net cash from operating activities on the statement of cash flows.

About This Course

This course will demonstrate the process of preparing a complete set of financial statements, including discussions of the basic accounting equation, journal entries, ledgers, and contra accounts (e.g., accumulated depreciation and treasury stock). It also will address the differences between accruals and cash flows, and the items that reconcile net income on the income statement with net cash from operating activities in the operating section of the statement of cash flows.

Field of Study: Accounting

Course Content

2 activities • 12 videos • duration: 2h 1m

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Preparing Financial Statements-Part112 videos • 1 quiz • 2 hours
  • videocamBasic accounting equation
    Duration 8:13
  • videocamPreparing a beginning balance sheet
    Duration 8:50
  • videocamPreparing a complete set of financial statements
    Duration 15:01
  • videocamIntroduction to journal entries and ledgers
    Duration 11:21
  • videocamUsing journal entries to prepare a balance sheet
    Duration 8:05
  • videocamUsing journal entries to prepare financial statements
    Duration 15:31
  • videocamClosing entries
    Duration 9:15
  • videocamTreasury stock
    Duration 6:08
  • videocamContra accounts
    Duration 7:46
  • videocamSales of non-inventory assets
    Duration 7:39
  • videocamIntroduction to accrual - cash differences
    Duration 7:35
  • videocamReconciling net income with net cash from operations
    Duration 16:26
  • quizReview Questions
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Final Exam-Part11 quiz

Your Instructors

Lambers Inc.

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Lambers, Inc. is a leader in review courses for the EA, AFSP, and CPA exams. Lambers also offers IRS Continuing Education for Tax Preparers and CPE for CPAs. Accounting and finance professionals around the world incorporate Lambers products into their training programs.

Jamie Pratt

CPA

Jamie Pratt was the Alva L. Prickett Chair of Accounting at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, and now holds the title of Distinguished Emeritus Professor. He received his doctorate in business from Indiana University in 1977, and has held faculty positions at the University of Washington (Seattle), the University of Zurich (Switzerland), Northwestern University and INSEAD (Fontainebleau, France), returning to Indiana in 1991. Jamie’s research interests are in financial reporting and analysis, where he has published over 30 articles in the top academic research journals (including The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Contemporary Accounting Research, Accounting, Organizations and Society, and Issues in Accounting Education), and he has taught courses in financial reporting and analysis at every level (introductory, intermediate, advanced) in every program (undergraduate, MBA, PhD). He has received over 30 teaching awards and recognitions, and also taught executive education courses throughout the world. Research and/or teaching recognitions have also come from the following organizations: American Accounting Association, American Taxation Association, Big 4 accounting firms (KPMG and PriceWaterhouseCoopers), Indiana Society of CPAs, the Universities of Manchester (England), Kwansei Gakuin (Japan) and Kentucky, and Business Week magazine. His resume also includes two textbooks (one in its 11th edition), two computer-based interactive case platforms, a financial analysis case book, and several instructor guides that support these products.

Credit Information

Is this course eligible for my CPD requirements as a Canadian CPA?

Provincial regulators of CPAs in Canada do not require that independent providers of CPD be approved to offer courses. Instead, individual CPAs are responsible for assessing whether a CPD activity meets their requirements, and may take activities from any source provided those requirements are met.

Every course offered on LearnFormula is delivered by a qualified subject matter expert or learning organization, and advances learning objectives that are relevant to the responsibilities or professional competencies of Canadian CPAs. All activities on LearnFormula are quantifiable in terms of hours, and are also verifiable, in that users receive documented evidence of their attendance via a certificate of completion after finishing a course (and this certificate is stored by LearnFormula indefinitely). Nearly 100,000 Canadian CPAs successfully satisfy their CPD requirements via LearnFormula on an annual basis.

What Students Are Saying

4.4 out of 5
Student's Choice
121 reviews
  • SG
    Simone G.
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    please review the questions - i dont think they are worded well.

  • BF
    Bryan F.
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    Course was quite basic but a good refresher as I have been quite removed from financial statements throughout my career

  • HC
    HUI C.
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    some of the question had wrong reference question number

  • AB
    Ayorinde B.
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    Insightful

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