Understanding Financial Statements- An introduction

Overview

Key Features

Financial statements are critical documents for small business owners, company directors, board members, investors and the public to enable them to understand an organisation’s financial performance and financial position.

Measures derived from the practice of financial accounting permeate throughout society. It is common to read about the ‘profits’ of various organisations in the news media, as well as about the total liabilities, total assets, total equity, expenses and income of an organisation. 

The skills and knowledge delivered by the Understanding Financial Statements- An introduction short course at the  University of Tasmania will help you understand what these terms, and the numbers behind them, represent.

Designed by one of Australia’s leading financial accounting authors, this self-paced online course is written in plain English and is intended to give participants foundational knowledge about what is included in, and excluded from, financial statements, enabling them to place the numbers in context.