Basic Elements of Managerial Accounting Flashcards
It refers to the value of an asset at a balance date (or point in time)
Stock
It refers to the total value of transactions (sales or purchases, incomes or expenditures) during an accounting period
Flow
What is the basic accounting equation?
Company Equity = fixed assets + current assets - debts (creditors)
What is the basic equation for assets?
Assets = Liabilities + Stockholder’s Equity
This refers to the economic resources owned by a business.
Assets
This refers to the financial obligation or debts of a business
Liabilities
This refers to the owner’s claims of the assets of a business
Stockholder’s Equity
It is a point in time once a year
Stock
It is during an accounting period during the year
Flow
What are the components in a flow sheet?
Income (sales)
Expenditures (Purchases/Costs)
Profit/Loss After Tax
It is a measure of the products produced, the services provided and expressed in kind
Yield
What are the three classification of the products?
main, twin, by-products
Prices can be _____, _______, or _______
open market, protective, cost-originated
What are the three classification of protective prices?
official, bottom-up, top-protected
Give an example of a product main, twin and by-products.
Milk (main)
Calf (twin)
Animal Manures (by-products)
It is a price for all customers.
Fixed prices
Where can you price obtained by bargaining?
Open Market
What are the two characteristics of a fixed prices?
a) price fixed by international agreement or by a governmental price-fixing agency
b) price established by a contract and not subject to subsequent change
It is the price at which national intervention agencies in the EU are obliged to purchase any amount of a commodity offered to them regardless of the level of marketing prices
Intervention Price
It is the floor for market prices
Intervention Price
______ purchases have constituted one of the principal policy mechanisms regulating EU markets in sugar, cereal grains, butter and skimmed milk powder and beef
Intervention
It is a government regulation within a period of time
Maximum Consumer Price
In this modified price approach, businesses have the chance to sell less than the maximum price
Maximum Consumer Price