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Accounting Ratios

CBSE · Class 12 · Accountancy

Quick revision notes for Accounting Ratios — CBSE Class 12 Accountancy. Key concepts, formulas, and definitions for last-minute revision.

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Key Topics to Revise

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Meaning and Objectives of Accounting Ratios

  • A ratio expresses relationship between two accounting numbers from financial statements
  • Ratios can be expressed as fractions, proportions, percentages, or number of times
  • Ratios must be calculated using meaningfully correlated numbers
2

Advantages and Limitations of Ratio Analysis

  • Advantages: Simplifies complex figures, enables comparisons, identifies problem areas, helps in SWOT analysis
  • Limitations: Based on historical data, ignores price-level changes, limited by accounting data quality
  • Ratios don't provide solutions, only indicate problems
3

Liquidity Ratios

  • Measure short-term solvency and ability to meet current obligations
  • Based on relationship between current assets and current liabilities
  • Two main ratios: Current Ratio and Quick/Liquid Ratio
4

Solvency Ratios

  • Measure long-term financial stability and ability to meet long-term obligations
  • Focus on relationship between debt and equity
  • Important for long-term lenders and investors

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Mathematical relationships between two or moreMeasure shortAssess longMeasure efficiency in asset utilizationAnalyze earning capacity and returns

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