Accounting 1 Flashcards
Study these terms
Assets
Owned by the business
Equities
Financial rights to the assets of a business
Owner’s Equity
Amount remaking after the value of all liabilities is subtracted from the value of all assets
Accounting Equation
Assets=Liabilities+Owner’s Equity
Business Entity
An institution that is in existence to serve a purpose
Merchandising
Sells items (Walmart)
Types of businesses
Business entity, Service, Merchandising, Manufacturing, And Extracting
Service
Does something that performs a service (dry cleaners)
Extracting
A business that collects material such as a natural resource; minerals
Manufacturing
Constructs items to sell for profit (Levi’s, jeans)
Types of Business Ownership
Sole Proprietorship, Partnership, Corporation, Limited Liability, and Cooperative
Sole Proprietorship
Business owned by one person
Partnership
Business owned by two or more owners & remain private to them
Corporation
Public entity- has other stockholders/shareholders