Accounting and Finance Questions

A commercial bank is a type of bank that provides services such as accepting deposits, making business loans, and offering basic investment products.

Commercial bank can also refer to a bank or a division of a bank that mostly deals with deposits and loans from corporations or large businesses, as opposed to individual members of the public.

The primary purpose of life insurance is to provide financial protection to surviving dependents after the death of an insured.

Capital expenditures are capitalized because of the timing of their estimated benefits – the lemonade stand will benefit the firm for many years. The employees’ work, on the other hand, benefits the period in which the wages are generated only and should be expensed then. This is what differentiates an asset from an expense.

FPO (Follow on Public Offer) is a process by which a company, which is already listed on an exchange, issues new shares to the investors or the existing shareholders, usually the promoters. FPO is used by companies to diversify their equity base. A follow-on public offer (FPO) is also called Further Public Offer.

Reconciling the bank statement monthly is an example of independent internal verification

The three steps in the accounting process are

1. Identification,

2. Recording, and

3. Communication. 

Hence, analyzing and interpreting financial reports is not involved in the accounting process.