
How to Read Financial Statements
Do financial statements confuse you?
It’s not that you want to become an accountant or a financial wizard. You’d just like to build a little know-how, so you can feel more confident in financial conversations in your organization.
That’s why you’ll appreciate this plain-English webinar. Think of this crash course as a financial flyover. In just one hour, you’ll be able to grasp the big picture without studying all the minute details financial managers need to understand.
Course Outcomes
- Cash basis vs. accrual basis: the difference between them and why it matters
- The balance sheet — what the business owns and what it owes
- The ins and outs of a balance sheet: assets, liabilities and equity
- What a balance sheet can and can’t tell you about a company
- The income statement, statement of operations, P&L statement, statement of activities — all one and the same!
- The primary purpose of an income statement
- Tips for reading between the lines of an income statement

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