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Financial Management and Accounting Decisions

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MGT-481: Financial & managerial accounting

The aims of the course are to explain how information helps investors to analyze the financial profile of a company, and to provide analytical tools for assisting managers in evaluating various decisions within economic organizations. Summary (fr)? Cont ...

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This lecture covers the analysis of financial results for Applix, focusing on sales growth, interest expenses, operating profit, and bonus calculation. It introduces a new reporting system to enhance decision-making autonomy and financial indicators. The importance of budgeting in financial and managerial accounting is discussed, emphasizing planning, coordination, performance evaluation, and goal alignment. The lecture also delves into the budgeting process, including benefits, participation, budget periods, and components of the master budget.

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Earnings before interest and taxes

In accounting and finance, earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) is a measure of a firm's profit that includes all incomes and expenses (operating and non-operating) except interest expenses and income tax expenses. Operating income and operating profit are sometimes used as a synonym for EBIT when a firm does not have non-operating income and non-operating expenses.

Financial statement

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Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization

A company's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (commonly abbreviated EBITDA, pronounced iːbɪt'dɑː, ə'bɪtdɑː, or 'ɛbɪtdɑː) is a measure of a company's profitability of the operating business only, thus before any effects of indebtedness, state-mandated payments, and costs required to maintain its asset base. It is derived by subtracting from revenues all costs of the operating business (e.g. wages, costs of raw materials, services ...

Expense

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Financial accounting

Financial accounting is a branch of accounting concerned with the summary, analysis and reporting of financial transactions related to a business. This involves the preparation of financial statements available for public use. Stockholders, suppliers, banks, employees, government agencies, business owners, and other stakeholders are examples of people interested in receiving such information for decision making purposes. Financial accountancy is governed by both local and international accounting standards.

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