Financial Accounting, 9th Edition

Appendix    D    Specimen Financial Statements: Amazon.com, Inc.

Amazon.com, Inc. is the world's largest online retailer. It also produces consumer electronics—notably the Kindle e-book reader and the Kindle Fire Tablet computer—and is a major provider of cloud computing services. The following are Amazon's financial statements as presented in the company's 2011 annual report. To access Amazon's complete annual report, including notes to the financial statements, follow these steps:

1. 1. Go to www.amazon.com.
2. 2. Select the Investor Relations link at the bottom of the page and then select the 2011 Annual Report under Annual Reports and Proxies.
3. 3. Use the Bookmarks section on the left to find specific information. The Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, for example, begin on page 40.