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How do you calculate percentage incease/decrease quickly, when comparing financial data.
Can someone explain the easiest way when using a calculator.hey iggy,
read this article (somewhere in the middle)
https://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~jenolive/percent1.htmlotherwise, basicly , if u need to add certain percentage, say
A was 80 and became 10% higher,
so u just multiply by 1.1 (that is 100 % + 10% ), so u’ll get 88and if u need to decrease by certain % , then u do just opposite.
say A decreased by 40% ,
so u muliply 80 x 60% = 48 (100 % – 40%)If any item at the end of one accounting period is, say 80 and B is 135, then
find diffence 135 – 80 = 55,
then devide 55 / 80 = 69%.
So that means 80 increased by 69%.If say vice versa , or any other situatiuon when comparative figure decreased,
say it was 120 and now 47.
Then u do just the same
120 – 47 = 73 .
73 / 120 = 0.61.
That means 120 decreased by 61%.Not sure which increase / decrease exactly you kept in mind, so check that article and hope it helps.
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Thank you Ansi for this brain scratching lesson.
Very helpful indeed for myself & my children.
Thank you once again.
Dituri
Great help,Thank you Ansi.
But it is still time consuming if you are going through FS comparisions, is it best just to pick the one’s with large increase or decrease in the examwell,
once u are used to those percentages, it takes u just seconds. So i can’t say it’s time consuming. You just need to be careful, so as to pick and compare right numbers.As for large increase , decrease.
You see , everything is relative. For sure in audit , you need to go for material bits.
But when u deal with some ratios even couple of %s might be quite important.So try to practice as much as u can.
good luck
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