Accounting 201 Midterm Flashcards
Consistency
The use of similar accounting procedures either over time for the same company, or across companies at the same point in time.
Corporation
An entity that is legally separate from its owners.
Cost effectiveness
Financial accounting information is provided only when the benefits of doing so exceed the costs.
Decision usefulness
The ability of the information to be useful in decision making.
Dividends
Cash payments to stockholders. Distributions by a corporation to its stockholders.
Economic entity assumption
All economic events with a particular economic entity can be identified.
Ethics
A code or moral system that provides criteria for evaluating right and wrong behavior.
Expenses
Costs of providing products and services.
Faithful representation
Accounting information that is complete, neutral, and free from material error.
Financial accounting
Measurement of business activities of a company and communication of those measurements to external parties for decision-making purposes.
Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
An independent, private body that has primary responsibility for the establishment of GAAP in the United States.
Financial statements
Periodic reports published by the company for the purpose of providing information to external users.
Financing activities
Transactions involving external sources of funding.Includes cash transactions resulting from the external financing of a business.
Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)
The rules of financial accounting.
Going concern assumption
In the absence of information to the contrary, a business entity will continue to operate indefinitely.
Income statement
A financial statement that reports the company’s revenues and expenses over an interval of time.
International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)
An international accounting standard-setting body responsible for the convergence of accounting standards worldwide.
Investing activities
Transactions involving the purchase and sale of (1) long-term resources such as land, buildings, equipment, and machinery and
(2) any resources not directly related to a company’s normal operations. Includes cash transactions involving the purchase and sale of long-term assets and current investments.
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
The standards being developed and promoted by the International Accounting Standards Board.
Liabilities
Amounts owed to creditors.
Materiality
The impact of financial accounting information on investors’ and creditors’ decisions.
Monetary unit assumption
A unit or scale of measurement can be used to measure financial statement elements.
Net income
Difference between revenues and expenses. Difference between all revenues and all expenses for the period.
Operating activities
Transactions involving the primary operations of the company, such as providing products and services to customers and the associated costs of doing so, like utilities, taxes, advertising, wages, rent, and maintenance. Includes cash receipts and cash payments for transactions relating to revenue and expense activities.