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Interpretation of Financial Statements part a – ACCA Financial Accounting (FA) lectures

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  1. John Moffat says

    August 4, 2023 at 9:44 am

    If we have enough information to be able to calculate the average then yes. However normally we only know the net assets at the end of the year in the exam and so we use that.

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  2. elviskhupe62 says

    March 31, 2023 at 2:12 pm

    Thank you so much Professor you are the best just passed FA exam today 31/03/23 representing from Ireland/Zimbabwe

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    • John Moffat says

      March 31, 2023 at 3:36 pm

      Thank you for your comment, and many congratulations 馃檪 馃檪

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  3. gareisha27 says

    November 5, 2019 at 11:55 pm

    Hey, why did you use profits from operations and not profit before tax to calculate the net profit ratio?

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    • John Moffat says

      November 6, 2019 at 7:03 am

      The company does not control the tax rate and so taking the profit after tax is not measuring how well the company is being run.

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      • muddyzaahid says

        November 18, 2019 at 7:03 pm

        Hi john,

        So i understand that the company has no control over tax, but that is taken in account after profit, i need to know why you chose “profit from operations” for ROCE when the want the “profit before tax”?

        Thank you in advance

  4. danielwardle42 says

    December 7, 2018 at 11:41 am

    Hi John,

    is the capital Employed the same as Total Long term Capital?

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  5. nimmonen says

    September 1, 2018 at 1:18 pm

    Why is the ratio called “asset turnover” when you working with sales and long term capital?

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    • John Moffat says

      September 1, 2018 at 3:29 pm

      Long-term capital is equal to the net assets. I explain the relevance of the measure in the lecture.

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      • Sam6365 says

        August 4, 2023 at 3:04 am

        Sir asset turnover ratio equals revenue divided by average total assets

      • DilnazMurat says

        January 13, 2025 at 6:02 pm

        Mr. Moffat, i thought equity equals to the net assets, as long-term capital equals to equity+debt(NCA) or maybe I didnt understand it correctly. Could you please clarify it?

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