Accounting Final Flashcards
Users of accounting
External And Internal Users
Accounting Assumptions
1) Going-Concern Assumption
2) Monetary Unit Assumption
3) Time Period Assumption
4) Business Entity Assumption
Going-Concern Assumption
That accounting information reflects a presumption that the business will continue operating instead of being closed to sold. This implies, for example, that property is reported at cost instead of, say, liquidation values that assume closures
Monetary Unit Assumption
Means that we can express transactions and events in monetary, or money, units.
Time Period Assumption
Presumes that the life a company can be divided into tome periods, such as months and years, and that useful reports can be prepared for those periods
Business Entity Assumption
Means that a business is accounted for separately from other business entities, including its owner
Accounting Principles
1) Measurement Principle (Cost Principle)
2) Revenue Recognition Principle
3) Expense Recognition Principle (Matching Principle)
4) Full Disclosure Principle
Measure Principle (Cost Principle)
Accounting principle that prescribes financial statements information to be based on actual costs incurred in business transactions
Revenue Recognition Principle
The Principle prescribing that revenue is recognized when earned as a result of the expenses
Expense Recognition Principle (Matching Principle)
Prescribes expenses to be reported in the same period as the
Full Disclosure Principle
Principle that prescribes financial statements (including notes) to report all relevant information about an enmity’s operations and financial condition
Accounting Equation
Assets = Liability + Owners Equity
Assets
Resources a business owns or controls that are expected to provide current and future benefits to the business
Liability
Creditors claim on an organization assets; involves a probable future payment of assets, products, or services that a company is obligated to make due to past transactions or events.
Owners Equity
Owners claim on the assets of a business; equals the residual interest in an entity’s assets after deducting liabilities; also called net assets
GAAP
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles: Rules that specify acceptable accounting principle
Financial Statements
1) Income Statement
2) Statement Of Owners Equity
3) Balance Sheet
Income Statement
Describes a company’s revenue and expenses along with the resulting net income or loss over a period of time due to earning activities.
All Revenue - All Expenses = Net Income
Statement Of Owners Equity
Explains changes in equity from net income (or loss) and from any owner investment and withdrawals over a period of time.
Beg. Capital + Investments by owner + Net Income - Withdrawal by owner = C. Taylor, Capital, Date
Balance Sheet
Describes a company’s financial position (types and amounts of assets, liabilities, and equity) at a point in time.
Ledger
Record containing all accounts ( with amounts) for a business; also called general ledger
A record of all the account used by a company
Ledger is second
Journal
Record in which transactions are entered before they are posted to ledger accounts; also called book of original entry.
Where the transaction is listed
Gives a complete record of each transaction in one place. It shows debits and credits for each transaction.
This is the first thing you do
Posting
Process of transferring journal entry information to the ledger is called posting
Taking it to the journal to the ledger
Adjusting Entries
Journal entry at the end of an accounting period to bring an asset or liability account to its proper amount and update the related expenses or revenuer account
Adjustments are necessary for transactions and events that extend over more than one period. It is helpful to group adjustments by the timing of cash receipts or cash payments in relation to the recognition of the related revenues or expenses.
Permeant (real) Account
Accounts that reflect activites related to one or more future periods; balance sheet accounts whose balances are not closed; also called real accounts
Report on activities related to one or more future accounting periods
Temporary (nominal) Account
Accounts used to record revenues, expenses, and withdrawals (divided for a corporation); they are closed at the end of each period; also called normal accounts
Accumulate data related to one accounting period.They included all income statement accounts, the withdrawal accounts and the income summary account.
Income Summary
Just used in closing statement
Temporary account used only in the closing process to which the balances of revenue and expenses accounts ( including any gain or loses) are transferred; its balance is transferred to the capital account (or retained earning for a cooperation)
That contains a credit for the sum of all revenues ( and gains) and a debit for the sum of all expenses (and loses)
Trial Balance
List of accounts and their balance at a point in time; total debit balances total credit balance
Unadjusted Trial Balance
Adjusted Trial Balance
Post Closing Trial Balance
Unadjusted Trial Balance
List of accounts and balances prepared before accounting adjustments are recorded and posted. (p.106
Adjusted Trail Balance
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Post Closing Trial Balance
List of permanent accounts and their balances from the ledger after all closing entries are journalized and posted (p.146)
It list the balances for all accounts not closed
Merchandiser
They buy and sell goods. They do NOT manufacture them
Entity that earns net income by buying and selling merchandise
Identified as either wholesaler or retailers
Credit Terms
Description of the amounts and timing of payments that a buyer (debtor) agrees to make in the future.
2/15 n60
2/15 n60
- 2% Discount
- 15 Days to get discount
- n60 net 60 if you don’t pay within the discount it will all be due in 60 days
Debit Merchandise Inv. when you pay for shipping