Bookkeeping Lec 2 Flashcards
is a business activity concerned with recording and classifying financial data related to business operation in order of its occurrence.
Bookkeeping
Uses only one entry in every transaction, similar to a check register.
Does not track assets and liabilities from transaction.
Applicable only to very small businesses with simple operations and low volume of activity.
Single-entry bookkeeping
Used by most businesses.
Discussed in detail in the succeeding slides.
Double-entry bookkeeping
Double-entry bookkeeping developed by?
Luca Pacioli in 1494
Based on the principle of the duality of business transactions and events, i.e., every transaction has a double (or dual) effect on the position of a business as recorded in the accounts.
Double entry bookkeeping
Step 2-4?
Bookkeeping phase
step 5-7?
Reporting phase
step 8-10
wrap up phase
is defined as a summarized record of economic transactions related to the elements of the financial statement
account
Accounts related to the entity’s assets, liabilities and owner’s equity
Balances are carried-over from one accounting period to another.
Also known as permanent accounts or balance sheet accounts.
Real account
Accounts related to the entity’s revenues and expenses.
Balances are transferred to a real account at the end of an accounting period.
Also known as temporary accounts or income statement accounts.
Nominal Account
Accounts that reduced the value of a related account.
The normal balance of these account will be the opposite of the related account (i.e., if asset account have normal debit balance, contra-asset accounts will have a normal credit balance).
Can either be a real account or nominal.
Contra Account
“debere” “what we will receive”
debit
“credere” “what we will have to pay”
credit
is a listing of the names of the accounts that a company has identified and made available for recording transactions in its books of accounts.
chart of accounts
Paper bill, check and any other medium that will be accepted in the exchange of goods or service.
cash
Amount due to be collected by the entity from it s customer for service rendered or goods sold on credit.
accounts receivable
A written pledge that a debtor will be pay the entity a fixed amount on a certain date.
notes receivable
A contra-asset account representing a portion of the entity’s receivable that is assessed to be uncollectible.
allowance for doubtful accounts
Goods that are held for sale in the ordinary course of business or used in production of goods and services.
inventories