Chapter 1 - College Accounting: A Practical Approach Flashcards
What is a sole proprietorship?
One owner
What is a partnership?
At least two owners
What is a corporation?
Owned by shareholders
What is a No-For-Profit?
No owners - for the benefit of society
What are some examples of external stakeholders?
Lenders
Shareholders
Government
Customers
Investors
Communtiy
What are some examples of internal stakeholders?
Officers
Controllers
Managers
Internal Auditors
Sales Staff
What are some examples of duties that a Financial Accountant handles?
Statement preparation and analysis
Auditing
Regulatory Issues
Planning
What are some examples of duties that a Managerial Accountant handles?
Cost accounting
Budgeting
Internal Auditing
Management Consulting
General Accounting
What are some duties that the Tax Accountant handles?
Tax preparation
Tax planning
Tax regulatory compliance
Tax consulting
What are some of the duties of other accounting related professionals nals?
Analysts
Appraisers
Underwriters in Insurance e
Planners
Traders
Managers of Accounting
Consultants
What is the general accounting designation?
CPA
What does CPA stand for?
Chartered Professional Accountant
What is a CA?
Chartered Accountant
What is a CMA
Certified Management Accountant
What is a CGA?
Certified General Accountant
What are the 6 main accounting standards?
Analyzing
Recording
Classifying
Summarizing
Reporting
Interpreting
What accounting Standard is the following:
“Looking at what happened and how it affected the business”
Analyzing
What accounting standard is the following?
“Putting the information into an accounting system”
Recording
What accounting standard is the following?
“To group all the same activities together”
Classifying
What accounting standard is the following?
“Creating totals based on a category or date”
Summarizing
What accounting standard is the following?
“Issue reports that tell the result of the accounting functions”
Reporting
What accounting standard does the following fall under?
“Examining reports and providing feedback to users”
Interpreting
What does “GAAP” stand for?
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
What are the guidelines set forth that must be followed in the accounting process that ensures everyone is preparing and interpreting reports the same way called?
GAAP
What does IFRS stand for?
International Financial Reporting Standards
When is IFRS used?
When your company has shares listed on stock exchanges
What is the word used to describe the moral principles that guide conduct of individuals in the industry?
Ethics
What is the following called:
Assets = Liabilities + Owners Equity
Accounting equation