Stages of a business: Introduction, Growth, Stability, Decline
Introductionstage
Products or services are produced and developed in the market
Growthstage
Sales/revenues, profits or earnings are increasing yearly
Stabilitystage
Business is in a state of equilibrium regardless of sales, costs etc. or on the point of break even
Declinestage
Business is on the phase of decreasing or a higher loss in terms of sales, not gaining profit for 3-5 consecutive years
Cottageenterprise
Asset size of 250,000 to 500,000 pesos
Smallenterprise
Asset size of 500,000 to 2.5 million pesos
Types of activities in Cash flow
OperatingActivities
Financingactivities
Investingactivities
OperatingActivities
Transactions that relate to how a business earns money on a day-to-day basis
Financingactivities
Activities come from entering into loans to avail more cash or to pay long-term debts; owner's additional investments and withdrawals
Investingactivities
Come from the sale (receipts) and purchase (payments) of non-current assets, businesses, and securities used for the maintenance of and additions to support/expand the company's operation and competitiveness in the future
Statement ofcashFlow
Financial statement that explains the net change in cash for the year
StatementofFinancialPosition
Other term of Balance sheet in the accounting concepts
StatementofComprehensiveIncome
Statement that discusses the sales/revenue of the company records every year
Gain
If the expenses is greater than the sales or revenue, what is the effect of the Net income
Loss
If the expenses is lesser than the sales or revenue, what is the effect of the Net income
DepreciationExpense
Allocated portion of the cost of property, plant and equipment charged to expense in the current accounting period
AmortizationExpense
Write-off of an intangible asset over its expected period use, which reflects the consumption of the asset
BadDebts Expense
Amount of accounts receivable that is estimated as uncollectible and is recognized as an expense in the current accounting period
CostofSales
Cost of merchandise or goods that were sold during a particular accounting period
WagesExpense
Costs of the service rendered by workers who are paid on an hourly or based on output
AccountsPayable
Open accounts which represent the amount of money owed by the business to creditors or suppliers
NotesPayable
Amount of money owed by the business to the supplier or creditor evidenced by a promissory note
MortgagePayable
Amount of money borrowed by the business from a bank or a lending institution which is secured by collateral, usually payable more than one year
InterestIncome
Interests earned on notes received and bank interest on savings
Gain onsalesofotherassets
Income derived from the sales of assets used in the business operation
Servicerevenues
Earnings made by any business involved in rendering services
Expenses
Costs being incurred by the business in generating revenues
Liabilities
Present obligations of the business arising from past transactions or events, what the business owes
Assets
Major account which are resources owned by the business as the result of company's transactions
Revenues
Earnings from rendering of services or selling of goods