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Use the 2019 Annual report of HSBC to answer the following questions:
Question 1: Business organizations can be classified into different legal forms. List and briefly explain the different forms of business organizations. Identify under which category of business organization the HSBC bank falls, support your answer from the annual report of HSBC 2019.
Question 2: The process of determining the monetary amount at which the elements of the financial statements are to be included in the balance sheet and income statement is called measurement. The IASB Framework includes the four bases of measurement. Explain these four bases of measurement with example. Identify that which measurement bases is used by HSBC in preparing their financial statements?
Question 3: IAS 16 Property, plant and equipment identifies and describes two different models of accounting for tangible non-current assets. Discuss the importance of these two models for HSBC and describe the depreciation methods used by HSBC.
Question 4: The sources of company finances may be various and complicated. Equity capital is the main source of company finances, what are the different types of share capital, explain. Also identify the different forms of share capital from annual report of HSBC.
Question 5: Explain why the going concern basis is important in understanding HSBC financial statement; Support your answer with evidence from HSBC annual report.
Question 6: Balance sheet can be prepared in vertical, net asset and horizontal format. What is the difference between these formats? Which format has been adopted by HSBC and what is the underlying assumption? Provide evidence from annual report.
Question 7: What is meant by investor ratio? Explain the dividend payout ratio and earning per ratio, compare these ratios from 2018 to 2019 from annual report to HSBC.
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