Chapter 3 notes to financial statements
Contents:
- Types of Footnotes to the Financial Statements
- Other Information Pertaining to Financial Statements
- Notes to Financial Statements as an Important Source of Information for a Financial Statement Analysis
- Guides to financial statements
The accompanying consolidated financial statements and related notes reflect estimates and assumptions made by the management of Hexcel. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosures with respect to contingent assets and liabilities, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses. Financial statements are documents that publicly traded companies use to communicate financial data to a governing body called the Securities and Exchange Commission . Financial statements contain information about assets owned by a company, debt owed by a company, revenue, expenses, and information about financing provided by shareholders. The financial statements contain line items that express a numerical value on each item listed. Notes to the financial statements contain detailed information on the accounting decisions made by accountants during the creation of the financial statements as well as explanations of important factors that impact line items.