Figure · FIG:pilot/statement-articulation

How the primary financial statements articulate

A nondirectional map showing how shared totals connect four primary financial statements.

Updated Aug 7, 2026 Review due Nov 7, 2026
Net income, ending equity, and the change in cash form explicit bridges among the primary statements.
Detailed visual description

Four statements surround one bounded reporting system without sequence arrows. The income statement connects through net income; the statement of changes in equity through ending equity; the balance sheet through ending balances; and the cash-flow statement through the change in cash. The cash-flow statement separately reconciles beginning and ending cash rather than following the balance sheet as a final preparation stage.

Review apparatus

Visual provenance and review

Technique
deterministic svg
Role
explanatory
Review state
revised
Rights
CC0-1.0 · Project-authored teaching diagram

Review notes

  • The first left-to-right flow implied that cash flows followed the balance sheet as a preparation stage.
  • A real OpenAI developmental review correctly classified that directional implication as major.
  • The revision uses nondirectional structural links and explicitly names the shared total carried by each statement.