Exam 1

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Sole proprietorship

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A form of organization with a single owner

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Business entity

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An organization operated to earn a profit

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Economic entity concept

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The assumption that a single identifiable unit must be accounted for in all situations

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Shares of stock

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A certificate that acts as evidence of ownership in corporation

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Bond

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A certificate that represents a corporations promise to repay a certain amount of money and interest in the future

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Capital Stock

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Indicates the owners contributions to a corporation

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Stockholder

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One of the owners of a corporation

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Creditor

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Someone to whom a company or person has a debt

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Balance sheet

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Summarizes the assets liabilities and owners equity at a specific point in time

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Income statement

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Summarizes revenues and expenses

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Cost principle

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Assets are recorded at the costs to acquire them

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Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)

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The various methods rules practices and other procedures that have evolved over time in response to the need to regulate the preparation of financial statements

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Financial accounting standards board (FASB)

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The group in the private sector with authority to set accounting standards

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Ethical decision making model

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Identification, analysis, and resolution

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Relevance

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The capacity of information to make a difference in a decision

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Faithful representation

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The quality of information that makes it complete neutral and free from error

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Comparability

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Analyze two or more companies and look for similarities and differences

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Depreciation

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The process of allocating the cost of a long term tangible asset over it’s useful life

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Consistency

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Allows a user to compare two or more accounting periods for a single company

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Materiality

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The magnitude of an accounting information omission or misstatement that will affect the judgement of someone relying on the information

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Conservatism

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The practice of using the least optimistic estimate when two estimates of amounts are about equally likely

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Operating cycle

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The period of time between the purchase of inventory and the collection of any receivable from the sale of the inventory

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Liquidity

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The ability of a company to pay it’s debt as they come due

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Working capital

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Currant assets - current liabilities

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Current ratio

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Current assets / current liabilities

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Single step income statement

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Income statement in which all expenses are added together and subtracted from all revenues

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Multi step income statement

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Income statement that shows classifications of revenues and expenses as well as important subtotals

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Gross profit

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Sales - costs of goods sold

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Profit margin

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Net income / sales

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Event

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A happening of consequence to an entity

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External event

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An event involving interaction between an entity and it’s environment

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Internal event

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An event occurring entirely within an entity

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Transaction

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Any event that is recognized in a set of financial statements

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Source document

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A piece of paper that is used as evidence to record a transaction

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Chart of accounts

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A numerical lists of all accounts used by a company

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Double entry system

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System of accounting in which every transaction is recorded with equal debits and credits and the accounting equation is kept in balance

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Posting

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Process if transferring amounts from a journal to the ledger accounts

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Historical costs

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Amount paid for an asset and used as a basis for recognizing it on the balance sheet and carrying it on later balance sheets

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Current value

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The amount of cash or it’s equivalent that could be received by selling an assets currently

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Cash basis

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A system of accounting in which revenues are recognized when cash is received and expenses are recognized when cash is paid

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Accrual basis

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A system of accounting in which revenues are recognized when earned and expenses are recognized when incurred

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Adjusting entries

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Journal entries made at the end if a period by a company using the accrual basis of accounting

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Straight line method

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The assignment of an equal amount of depreciation to each period

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Contra account

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An account with a balance that is opposite that of a related account

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Deferral

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Cash has been paid or decided but expenses or revenue has not yet been recognized

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Deferred expenses

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An asset resulting from the payment of cash before the incurrence of expense

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Differed revenue

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A liability resulting from the receipt of cash before the recognition of revenue

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Accrual

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Cash has not yet been paid or received but expense has been incurred or revenue earned

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Accursed liability

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Liability resulting from the recognition of an expense before the payment of cash

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Accrued assets

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Assets resulting from the recognition of a revenue before the receipt of cash