Indicate How Each Event Affects the Elements of Financial Statements $$\text { Increase } = \mathrm { I } \quad \text { Decrease } = \mathrm { D } \quad \text { No Effect } = \mathrm { N }$$

question 75

Short Answer

Indicate how each event affects the elements of financial statements. Use the following letters to record your answer in the box shown below each element. You do not need to enter amounts. $$\text { Increase } = \mathrm { I } \quad \text { Decrease } = \mathrm { D } \quad \text { No Effect } = \mathrm { N }$$
On May 15, 2014, the board of directors of Roskos Co. declared a cash dividend. $\begin{array}{|l|l|l|l|l|l|}\text { Assets Liabilities } & \text { Equity } & \text { Revenues } & \text { Expenses } & \begin{array}{c}\text { Net } \\\text { Income }\end{array} & \begin{array}{c}\text { Cash } \\\text { Flow }\end{array}\\\hline&&&\end{array}$

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Definitions:

Equity Investment Transactions

Financial activities involving the buying and selling of stock or ownership stakes in a company.

Fair Value Method

An accounting approach used to measure and report the actual or estimated market value of an asset or liability at the present time.

Equity Method

An accounting technique used to record investments in which the investor has significant influence over the investee but does not control it.

Dividends

Money distributed by a corporation to its members, sharing a part of the company's income.