Chapter 3: The Accounting Information System Flashcards
account
an individual account record of increases and decreases in specific asset, liability, stockholder’s equity, revenue or expense items.
accounting information system
the system of collecting and processing transaction data and communicating financial information to decision-makers.
accounting transactions
events that require recording in the financial statements because they affect assets, liabilities, or stockholder’s equity.
chart of accounts
a list of a company’s accounts.
credit
the right side of an account.
debit
the left side of an account.
double-entry system
a system that records the two-sided effect of each transaction in appropriate accounts.
general jounral
the most basic for of journal.
general ledger
a ledger that contains all asset, liability, SE, revenue, and expense accounts.
journal
an accounting record in which transactions are initially recorded in chronological order.
journalizing
the procedure of entering transaction data in the journal.
ledger
the group of accounts maintained by a company.
posting
the procedure of transferring journal entry amounts to the ledger accounts.
t-account
the basic form of an account.
trial balance
a list of accounts and their balances at a given time.
