1) Gross profit will be a prominent figure on a single-step income statement.
2) If the company closes the year when the activities are at a peak, the number of days’
sales in inventory would tend to be overstated and the liquidity would be overstated.
3) There is a standard list of ratios.
4) If dividends are not declared by the board of directors in a particular year, a holder of
cumulative preferred stock will never be paid that dividend.
5) Accounting for a business combination must be accounted for using the purchase
method.
6) Banks are always restricted from operating interstate.
7) The deferred compensation element of an equity-based deferred compensation
arrangement is the amount of compensation cost deferred and amortized (expensed) to
future periods as the services are provided.