Ch. 3 Flashcards
The key processes in financial accounting
- general ledger (GL)
- Accounts receivables accounting
- accounts payable accounting
- Asset accounting
- bank ledger accounting
Is used to record the financial impacts of business process steps
general ledger (GL)
is associated with the fulfillment process and is used to manage money owed by customer for goods and services sold to them
Accounts receivables accounting
is associated with the procurement process. Manage money owed to the vendor.
accounts payable accounting
Is used to record data related to the purchase, use, and disposal of assets such as buildings equipment, machinery, and automobiles
Asset accounting
is concerned with recording data associated with bank transactions.
bank ledger accounting
Typical financial statements
balance sheet
Income statement/ profit and loss statement
statement of cash flow
is a snapshot of the organization at a point in time. Financial position of an organization
balance sheet
indicates the changes in a company’s financial position over a period of time. Indicates the financial performance of an organization.
Income statement, also known as a profit and loss statement
displays all cash receipts and payments over a specified period of time
statement of cash flow
Organizational Data has three elements or levels.
Client
Company Code
Business areas
are internal divisions of an enterprise
Business areas
is a division of an enterprise for which management monitors performance
segment
A list of accounts that can be included in a general ledger an ordered listing of accounts that comprise a company’s general ledger.
chart of accounts
Are what the company owns, such as cash, inventory of materials, land, buildings, and money owed to the company by its customers (receivables)
Assets
are what the company owes to others, including money owed to vendors (payables) and loans from financial institutions
Liabilities
refers to the owner’s share of the company’s assets.
Owner’s equity
are the monies the company earns by selling its products and services
Revenues
are the costs associated with creating and selling those products and services.
Expenses
groups together accounts with similar characteristics.
account group
all bank and cash accounts are consolidated in one account group
liquid assets
The typical company code data in general ledger accounts consist of the following elements.
Account currency
tax-related data
field status group