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Annual Reports & SEC Filings

Annual Reports - Corporate:

An annual report can help the reader gain a comprehensive overview of a company. It provides details about the financial condition of a company, and offers insight into that company's management business philosophies.

Investors usually can expect to find the following items in a company's annual report:

• A summary of the previous year


• Company structure, product line, and subsidiaries information


• A letter to shareholders from the President or CEO


• A detailed discussion about the company's financial results


• Financial statements (balance sheet, income statement, etc.)


• Notes to the financial statements


• Company information often not included in other documents.

Many companies have copies of Annual Report(s) as well as other financial statements available to current and prospective investors on the Investor Relations (IR) page of their corporate websites. Click here to see a sample IR web browser search tutorial.

• CAROL UK Companies (Requires Free Reg.)


• IRIN

Annual Reports - Non-profit (IRS Form 990):

When most people think of Annual Reports they usually think of the corporate variety. Many non-profit organizations, foundations and charities also produce annual reports. These reports can be useful for assessing the performance of an organization.

How to Read the IRS Form 990

10 significant pieces of information that can be found in the Form 990:

• Identity and Tax status


• Amount of Income Received and Sources


• Total Expense Breakdown


• Net Assets


• Programs and Expenditures


• Board Member and Staff Compensation


• New Activity, Govering Process Changes and Excess Benefits


• Self-dealing Transactions


• Private Foundation Status


• Lobbying Efforts
• Charity Navigator(Requires Free Reg.)
• Foundation Center
• GuideStar(Requires Free Reg.)

SEC Filings

SEC Filings (Descriptions) are filings required of U.S. public parent companies by the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). International companies with securities traded in the U.S. must also file (20F).

• Hoover's Company Capsules & Profiles


• Lexis Nexis Academic Universe


• NetAdvantage


• SEC.Gov (EDGAR) View the SEC Edgar Tutorial

An aternative is to use Yahoo! Finance to find a company's financials. Click here to see a short tutorial on how to find SEC Filings using Yahoo! Finance.

Resources:

• How to Read a Financial Report


• The Merrill Lynch Guide to Understanding Financial Reports

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Industry Norms and Ratios

Library Collection:

• Ratio Analysis


• Ratio Analysis Periodicals


• Industrial Statistics

e-books:

• Ratio Analysis


• Industrial Statistics

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U.S. Accounting Resources

Library Collection:

• Accounting Standards


• Accounting Standards Handbooks, Manuals, etc.


• Accounting Standards Periodicals


• Cost Accounting


• Cost Accounting Periodicals


• Disclosure in Accounting


• Financial Statements


• Financial Statements-Periodicals


• Financial Statements-Standards


• Forensic Accounting


• Forensic Accounting-Auditing


• Forensic Accounting-Periodicals


• Managerial Accounting


• Managerial Accounting-Periodicals


• Social Accounting


• Valuation - Corporate

e-books:

• Accounting Standards


• Auditing Standards


• Cost Accounting


• Disclosure of Information


• Financial Statements


• Forensic Accounting


• Managerial Accounting


• Social Accounting


• Valuation

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International Accounting Resources

Library Collection:

• Accounting Standards Handbooks, Manuals, etc.


• Accounting Periodicals - Ireland


• Comparative International Accounting


• Comparative International Accounting Periodicals


• Europe Accounting Periodicals


• Financial Statements - Belgium


• Financial Statements - Denmark


• Financial Statements - Developing Countries


• Financial Statements - France


• Financial Statements - Ireland


• Financial Statements - Italy


• Financial Statements - Japan


• Financial Statements - Luxembourg


• Financial Statements - Portugals


• Financial Statements - Spain


• Financial Statements-Standards


• Financial Statements-Standards - European Union
• Great Britain Disclosure in Accounting


• International Accounting


• International Accounting Periodicals


• International Disclosure Law & Legislation Periodicals

e-books:

• Accounting Standards


• Business Enterprises - Accounting


• Comparative International Accounting


• Financial Statements

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Non Profit Accounting Resources

Library Collection:

• Non Profit Organizations Accounting


• Non Profit Accounting Handbooks., Manuals, etc.


• Non Profit Organizations Accounting Law and Legislation


• Non Profit Organizations Accounting Periodicals

e-books:

• Non Profit Organizations Accounting

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Tax Resources

Library Collection:

• U.S. Income Tax - Foreign Income


• U.S. Income Tax - Foreign Income - Periodicals


• U.S. Income Tax Law and Legislation


• U.S. Income Tax Law and Legislation - Periodicals


• U.S. Income Tax Statistics - Periodicals


• U.S. Internal Reveune Law


• U.S. Internal Reveune Law Periodicals


• Tax Accounting Periodicals


• U.S. Tax Court


• U.S. Tax Court Periodicals

e-books:

• U.S. Income Tax


• U.S. Income Tax - Foreign Income


• U.S. Tax Planning


• International Business Enterprises - Taxation

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Case Studies

Library Collection

• Accounting Case Studies


• Accounting Moral and Ethical Aspects Case Studies


• Corrupt Accounting Practices Case Studies


• European Corporation Accounting Case Studies


• Forensic Accounting Case Studies


• Mexican Corporation Accounting Case Studies


• Nonprofit Accounting Case Studies


• U.S. Corporation Accounting Case Studies

e-books:

• Accounting Case Studies
• Corrupt Accounting Practices Case Studies
• Forensic Accounting Case Studies
• Non Profit Accounting Case Studies

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Career Resources

Library Collection:

• Accounting Vocational Guidance


• U.S. Accounting Vocational Guidance

e-books:

• Accounting Vocational Guidance

Other Resources:

• SHU eRecruiting System

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