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Numbers in parentheses in financial statements?

In financial statements numbers are sometimes given with parentheses around them, while other numbers appear without parentheses. What does it mean if a number is enclosed by parentheses?
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As an employee, when is it inappropriate to request to see your young/startup company's financial statements?

If you work for a young company, equity in the form of restricted stock or options is often a form of compensation and a way to keep you aligned with the company's goals. But as a new employee you don't always know the situation you're walking into,…
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Presenting negative numbers using parentheses: where does this practice come from?

The standard accounting way is always to show negative numbers in parentheses. Where does this practice come from? For example, this cash flow statement use parentheses indicate negative values:
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Why does Apple set the strange period for fiscal year?

Tesla's fiscal year is the same as a calendar year, going from Jan 1 in the current year till Dec 31 next year. According to https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/tsla/financials ANNUAL Period…
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How is it possible for a company that has never made money to have positive equity?

Consider the technology company Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP). When you look at its balance sheet we see that Ret. Earn.(Accum. Deficit) is (7,778) Million. Yet it has a positive shareholder equity value. Total Equity is 2,199 Million. As a student who is…
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How to read "Change in Dividend Accruals"?

This is from an Interactive Brokers monthly statement. My question is, how much of the AUD 36.06 dividend was actually payed out to the account after tax? And how do I read the lower table with the first row in AUD being a positive value and the…
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Revealing personal information on a bank statement

I am an international doctoral student at a US university. My school asks me for a proof of funds to cover the expenses of my spouse. I therefore requested a bank statement. However, my statement reveals much personal information such as my account…
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Why are goodwill impairments on the statement of cash-flows of GE?

Consider the General Electrics 10-K report for 2018. In the statement of cash flows they report 22,136 million of cash gains attributed to (apparently positive) goodwill impairment in the value of companies they acquired. Isn't goodwill some…
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What are the implications for GameStop as a company in the aftermath of the current share price surge?

The way that the current short-squeeze of GameStop stock works has been well covered elsewhere and the position of the two investment sides has also been quite clearly documented, but what impact is it likely to have on GameStop as a company in the…
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What does F[YY]e mean in reporting

What does the term F[YY]e mean in financial reporting in India? I have seen reports these days to use the term F15e. Does this mean Financial Year end? Googling on this does not yield a relevant result.
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Calculating the total capital of a company?

I was wondering how do we calculate the total capital of a company? Which items should I look for in the financial statements? And how do I calculate notes payable? Is the same as accounts payable?
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why Apple's Common stock issued while Common stock outstanding decrease

Here is picture 1 which show Apple's Common stock and additional paid-in capital changes from 2023 to 2024, which shows 1,423 millions dollar Common stock issued. Here is picture 2 which show Apple's Common stock outstanding from 2023 to 2024. My…
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How has this compound interest been calculated?

I'm trying to recreate a credit account statement from mathematical principles in order to verify its veracity. This is because I suspect I've been charged an additional payment after supposedly settling, but would like to be more confident in this…
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How much accounting knowledge is needed to read financial statements of publicly traded companies?

You have to understand accounting and you have to understand the nuances of accounting. It's the language of business and it's an imperfect language, but unless you are willing to put in the effort to learn accounting — how to read and interpret…
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What are some quick test to check whether a company is in healthy financial status

Usually, before deciding to invest in a company, I prefer to to look at 2 figures in their balance sheet Current asset Current liabilities Very often, I assume the company with Current asset > Current liabilities are considered as healthy company.…
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