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1
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The information system that identifies, records, and communicates that economic events of an organizatino to interested users.

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Accounting

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The system of collecting and processing transaction data and communicating financial information to decision-makers.

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Accounting information system.

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Resources a business owns.

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Assets

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The examination of financial statements by a certified public accountant in order to express an opinion as to the fairness of presentation.

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Auditing

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A financial statement that reports the assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity at a specific date.

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Balance sheet

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Assets = Liabilities + Owner’s equity

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Basic accounting equation

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A part of the accounting process that involves only the recording of economic events.

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Bookkeeping

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A business organized as a separate legal entity under state corporation law, having ownership divided into transferable shares of stock.

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Corporation

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The use of software and statistics to draw inferences from data.

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Data analysis

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10
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Withdrawal of cash or other assets from an unincorporated business for the personal use of the owner(s).

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Drawings

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An assumption that requires that the activities of the entity be kept separate and distinct from the activities of its owner and all other economic entities.

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Economic entity assumption

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12
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The standards of conduct by which actions are judged as right or wrong, honest or dishonest, fair or not fair.

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Ethics

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Assets = Liabilities + Owner’s capital - Owner’s drawings + Revenues - Expenses

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Expanded accounting equation

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The cost of assets consumed or services used in the process of generating revenue.

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Expenses

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An accounting principle stating that assets and liabilities should be reported at fair value (the price received to sell as asset or settle a liability).

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Fair value principle

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16
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Numbers and descriptions match waht really existed or happened - they are factual.

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Faithful representation

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17
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The field of accounting that provides economic and financial information for investors, creditors, and other external users.

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Financial accounting

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A private organization that establishes generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in the United States.

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Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)

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An area of accounting that uses accounting, auditing, and investigative skills to conduct investigations into theft and fraud.

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Forensic accounting

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20
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Common standards that indicate how to report economic events.

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Generally acdepted accounting principles (GAAP).

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21
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An accounting principle that states that companies should recordf assets at their cost.

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Historical cost principle

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22
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A financial statement that presents the revenues and expenses and resulting net income or net loss of a company for a specific period of time.

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Income statement

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23
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An accounting standard-setting body that issues standards adopted by many countries outside of the United States.

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International Accounting Standards Boarf (IASB)

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International accounting standards set by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).

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International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)

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25
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The assets an owner puts into the business.

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Investments by owner

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Creditor claims against total assets.

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Liabilities

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An area of public accounting ranging from development of accounting and computer systems to support services for marketing projects and merger and acquisition activities

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Management consulting

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The field of accounting that provides internal reports to help users make decisions about their companies.

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Managerial accounting

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An assumption stating that companies include in the accounting records only transaction data that can be expressed in terms of money.

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Monetary unit assumption

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30
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The amount by which revenues exceed expenses.

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Net income

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31
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The amount by which expenses exceed revenues.

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Net loss

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32
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The ownership claim on total assets.

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Owner’s equity

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33
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A financial statement that summarizes the changes in owner’s equipty for a specific period of time.

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Owner’s equity statement

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34
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A business owned by two or more persons associated as partners

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Partnership

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35
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A business owned by one person.

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Proprietorship

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36
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An area of accounting in which the accountant offers expert service to the general public.

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Public accounting

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37
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Financial information that is capable of making a difference in a decision.

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Relevance

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38
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The increases in assets or decreases in liabilities resulting from the sale of goods or the performance of services in the normal course of business.

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Revenues

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39
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Law passed by Congress intended to reduce unethical corporate behavior.

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Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)

40
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A governmental agency that oversees U.S. financial markets

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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

41
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A financial statement that summaries information about the cash inflows (receipts) and outflows (payments) for a specific period of time.

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Statement of cash flows

42
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An area of public accounting involving tax advice, tax planning, preparing tax returns, and representing clients before governmental agencies.

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Taxations

43
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The economic events of a business that arr recorded by accountants.

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Transactions

44
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A record of increases and decreases in specific asset, liability, or owner’s equity items.

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Account

45
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A list of accounts and the account numbers that identify their location in the ledget.

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Chart of Accounts

46
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A journal entry that involves three or more accounts

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Compound entry

47
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The right side of an account.

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Credit

48
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The left side of an account.

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Debit

49
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A system that records in appropriate accounts the dual effect of each transaction.

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Double-entry system

50
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The most basic form of a journal.

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General journal

51
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A ledger that contains all asset, liability, and owner’s equity accounts.

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General ledger

52
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An accounting record in which transactions are initially recorded in chronological order.

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Journal

53
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The entering of transaction data in the journal.

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Journalizing

54
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The entire group of accounts maintained by a company.

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Ledger

55
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An account balance on the side where an increase in the account is recorded.

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Normal balance

56
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The procedure of transferring journal entries to the ledger accounts.

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Posting

57
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A journal entry that involves only two accounts.

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Simple entry

58
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The basic form of an account, consisting of (1) a title, (2) a left or debit side, and (3) a right or credit side.

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T-account

59
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A form with columns for debit, credit, and balance amounts in an account.

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Three-column form of account

60
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A list of accounts and their balances at a given time.

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Trial balance.

61
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Accounting basis, in which companies record transactions that change a company’s financial statements in the periods in which the events occur.

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Accrual-basis accounting

62
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Adjusting entries for either accrued revenues or accrued expenses.

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Accruals

63
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Expenses incurred but not yet paid in cash or recorded.

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Accrued expenses

64
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Revenues for services performed but not yet received in cash or recorded

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Accrued revenues

65
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A list of accounts and their balances after the company has made all adjustments.

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Adjusted trial balance

66
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Entries made at the end of an accounting period to ensure that companies follow the revenue recognition and expense recognition principles.

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Adjusting entries

67
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The difference between the cost of a depreciable asset and its related accumulated depreciation.

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Book value

68
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An accounting period that extends from January 1 to December 31.

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Calendar year

69
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Accounting basis in which companies record revenue when they receive cash and an expense when they pay out cash.

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Cash-basis accounting

70
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Ability to compare the accounting information of different companies because they use the same accounting principles.

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Comparability

71
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Use of the same accounting principles and methods from year to year within a company.

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Consistency

72
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An account offset against an asset account on the balance sheet.

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Contra asset account

73
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Constraint that weighs the cost that companies will incur to provide the information against the benefit that financial statement users will gain from having the information available.

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Cost constraint

74
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Adjusting entries for either prepaid expenses or unearned revenues.

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Deferrals

75
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The process of allocating the cost of an asset to expense over its useful life.

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Depreciation

76
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An assumption that every economic entity can be separately identified and accounted for.

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Economic entity assumption

77
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The principle that companies recognize expense int he period in which the companies make efforts (consume assets or incur liabilities) to generate revenue.

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Expense recognition principle

78
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An accounting principle that assets and liabilities should be reported at fair value (the price received to sell an asset or settle a liability).

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Fair value principle

79
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Information that accurately depicts what really happened.

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Faithful representation

80
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An accounting period that is one year in length.

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Fiscal year

81
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An accounting principle that dictates that companies disclose circumstances and events that make a difference to financial sratement users.

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Full disclosure principle

82
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The assumption that th company will continue in operation for the foreseeable future.

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Going concern assumption

83
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An accounting prinfciple that statrs that companies should record assets at their cost.

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Historical cost principle

84
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Monthly or quarterly accounting time periods.

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Interim periods

85
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A company-specific aspect of relevance. An item is material when its size makes it likely to influence the decision of an investor or creditor.

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Materiality

86
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An assumption that requires that only those things that can be expressed in money are included in the accounting records.

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Monetary unit assumption

87
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Future expenses paid in cash before they are used or consumed.

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Prepaid expenses (prepayments)

88
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The quality of information that indicates the information makes a difference in a decision.

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Relevance.

89
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The principle that companies recognize revenue in the accounting period in which the performance obligation is satisfied.

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Revenue recognition principle

90
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Describes information that is available to decision-makers before it loses its capacity to influence decisions.

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Timely

91
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An assumption that accountants can divide the economic life of a business into artificial time periods.

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Time period assumption

92
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Describes information that is presented in a clear and concise fashion so that users can interpret it and comprehend its meaning.

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Understandability

93
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A liability recorded for cash received before services are performed.

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Unearned revenues.

94
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The length of a service of a long-live asset.

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Useful life

95
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Describes information that occurs when inependent observers, using the same methods, obtain similar results.

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Verifiable

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