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Which financial statement do you feel is the most important and why?
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Brian Schuchart is a CPA and Senior Finance Business Partner. His professional experience includes senior management roles with NBC Sports, Virtual Health, and the Children's Hospital of Philadephia.
Rather than give one answer, speak to the value of all three: the income statement, the balance sheet and the statement of cash flows. Each statement is vital in evaluating the financial health of an organization.
Brian Schuchart is a CPA and Senior Finance Business Partner. His professional experience includes senior management roles with NBC Sports, Virtual Health, and the Children's Hospital of Philadephia.
"I can't choose just one because each statement has immense value. First, you need the income statement to assess the profitability of the organization and to compare performance to benchmarks such as last year and budget. The balance sheet is important as it is a snapshot of the organization's financial position. It can be used to calculate important ratios that assess the health of the organization's finances. And finally, cash is king, so the statement of cash flows is extremely important when evaluating liquidity."
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