Accounting Unit 1 Flashcards
What is the accounting equation?
Assets=liabilities+owners equity
Planning, recording, analyzing and interpreting financial information
Accounting
Planned process for providing financial information
Accounting system
Organized summaries of a businesses financial activities
Accounting records
Reports that summarize the financial condition and operation of a business
Financial statements
Business that performs an activity for a fee
Service business
A business owned by one person
Proprietorship
Anything of value that is owned
Assets
Amount owed
Liability
Financial rights to the assets of business
Equity
Account that summarizes the owners equity
Capital
The amount remaining after subtracting the liabilities from the assets
Owners equity
Business activity that changes assets, liabilities or owners equity
Transaction
Record summarizing all information for a single item
Account
Name given to the account
Account title