Session 7: Financial Reporting and Analysis: An Introduction Reading 29: Financial Statement Analysis: An Introduction
LOS c: Discuss the importance of financial statement notes and supplementary information, including disclosures of accounting methods, estimates, and assumptions, and management’s discussion and analysis.
The Management Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) portion of the financial disclosure is required to discuss all of the following EXCEPT:
A) |
capital resources and liquidity. | |
B) |
expected effects of marketplace events. | |
C) |
results of operations. | |
The MD&A portion of the financial disclosure is required to discuss results of operations, capital resources and liquidity and a general business overview based on known trends. A discussion of expected effects of marketplace events may voluntarily be included by a firm, but is not required in the MD&A portion. |