Basic Accounting Resources: Financial Statements

This brochure from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is designed to help you gain a basic understanding of how to read financial statements, including balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements.

Covers tools for financial statement analysis, evaluating cash flow, and preparing the cash flow statement.

Discusses special reporting situations, earnings per share, other key indicators, and more.

An explanation of the various types of financial statements. Part of the Quick Bookkeeping Insights section on the Bean Counter website by Dave Marshall.

This brochure provides an overview of five financial statements: balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flow, statement of comprehensive income, and statement of stockholders' equity. (Transcription at the bottom)

Under Financial Guidance - this booklet from the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity (DCEO) describes how to read balance sheets, income statements, cash flow statements, and ratios.

12 mini lectures on accounting and bookkeeping topics, accompanied by a written transcript.

Discusses the preparation of financial statements, the accounting cycle, and classified balance sheets.

A guide to understanding the components of the income statement. Includes examples.

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Two balance sheet crossword puzzles (from the Accounting Coach website). Options to Check Puzzle and Solve are available. Select "Open Online" for the free version.

24 multiple choice and true/false questions (from the Accounting Coach website). A word scramble and crossword puzzle are also available.

Test your knowledge of balance sheet terminology with this word scramble (from the Accounting Coach website).

Three cash flow statement crossword puzzles (from the Accounting Coach website). Options to Check Puzzle and Solve are available. Select "Open Online" for the free version.

33 multiple choice questions to test your knowledge of Cash Flow Statements (from the Accounting Coach website).

Test your knowledge of Cash Flow Statement vocabulary with this word scramble (from the Accounting Coach website).

Choose from three crossword puzzles. Options to Check Puzzle and Solve are available. Select "Open Online" for the free version (from the Accounting Coach website).

20 multiple choice and "yes/no" questions (from the Accounting Coach website).

Test your knowledge of income statement terminology with this word scramble (from the Accounting Coach website).

An interactive quiz about interpreting a Balance Sheet from Khan Academy.

An interactive quiz about interpreting an Income Statement from Khan Academy.

Quizzes, crossword puzzles, and word scrambles for all accounting and bookkeeping topics (from the Accounting Coach website).