Answer:
Subtracting the base period amount from the analysis period amount, dividing the result by the base period amount, and then multiplying that amount by 100.
Explanation:
Financial accounting is an accounting technique used for analyzing, summarizing and reporting of financial transactions like sales costs, purchase costs, payables and receivables of an organization using standard financial guidelines such as Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and financial accounting standards board (FASB). It can be defined as the field of accounting involving specific processes such as recording, summarizing, analysis and reporting of financial transactions with respect to business operations over a specific period of time. Financial experts or accountant uses either the cash basis or accrual basis of accounting.
There are two (2) main methods used in financial accounting for analyzing financial statements and these are;
I. Vertical analysis.
II. Horizontal analysis.
Horizontal analysis compares historical financial informations over a number of reporting periods.
In horizontal analysis the percent change is computed by subtracting the base period amount from the analysis period amount, dividing the result by the base period amount, and then multiplying that amount by 100.
