Accounting Flashcards
Liabilities
Firms debt and obligations
Assets
The resources that a business owns
Owners equity
The difference between the firms assets and it’s liability
Formula for owners equity?
OE= A-L
Double entry bookkeeping system
A system in which each financial transaction is recorded as two separate accounting entries to maintain the balance shown in the accounting equation
Annual report
A report distributed to stockholders and other interested parties that describes a friend operating activities in this financial condition
Trial balance
Summary of the balances of all general ledger accounts at the end of the accounting.
Formula for asset?
A=L+OE
what should your total liabilities and owners equity equal?
Assets
Fixed asset
Assets that will be held or used for. Longer than one year
Deappreciation
The process of apportioning the cost of a fixed asset over the period during which it will be used
Intangible assets
Assets of that do not exist physically but that have a value based on the rights or privileges they confirmed on a firm
Current liabilities
Debts that will be repaid in one year or less
Long-term liabilities
That’s the need not be repaid for at least one year
Retained earnings
The portion of the business profits not distributed to stockholders