Exam 1 Material Flashcards

1
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For internal users, focuses on decision making for the manager to make business decisions

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Managerial Accounting

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2
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For external users; reporting back to investors / resource owners. Follows GAAP

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Financial Accounting

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3
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GAAP

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Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

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4
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group of people or entities organized to exchange items of value

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Market

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5
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provide financial resources to a business in exchange for ownership of the business

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Investors

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6
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lend financial resources to a business. Expected to be repaid with interest.

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Creditors

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7
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natural resources in different stages of transformation

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Physical Resources

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8
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intellectual and physical labor

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labor Resources

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9
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parties interested in the operations of a business, including owners, employees, suppliers, customers, and government agencies

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Stakeholders

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10
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resources used in operations

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Assets

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11
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Assets =

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Liabilities + Common Stock + Retained Earnings

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12
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Liabilities + Stockholders’ Equity =

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Assets

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13
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obligations of a business; creditors claim on assets

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Liabilities

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14
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represents the owners claim on assets

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Stockholders Equity

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15
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basic class of corporate stock, carrying no preference

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Common Stock

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16
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includes all earnings retained in the business since inception

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Retained Earnings

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17
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owners and creditors inters in business assets

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Claims

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18
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Span of time covered by the financial statements, normally one year, but may be by quarter, month

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Accounting Period

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19
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Land is recorded at…

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Historical Cost

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20
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price we paid for the assets

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Historical Cost

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21
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market value as of the end of accounting period

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Fair Value

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22
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Creditors are always paid…

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First

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23
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Tell investors what the performance (earnings) of the company was over the accounting period

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Income Statement

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24
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Tell us where we at the end of the accounting period, what our assets are, what liabilities we have, and our stockholders equity

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Balance Sheet

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25
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Cash inflows and outflows from transactions with investors and creditors

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Financing Activities

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26
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cash inflows & outflows for everyday normal business operations

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Operating Activities

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27
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cash inflows & outflows associated with buying or selling long term assets

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Investing Activities

28
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Accounting system that recognizes expenses or revenues when they occur regardless of when cash is exchanged.

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Accrual Accounting

29
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Recognition of events before exchanging cash

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Accrual

30
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Recognition of Revenue or expense in a period after cash is exchanged

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Deferral

31
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Revenues - Expenses =

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Net Income

32
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to recognize an expense before we pay it

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Accrued Expenses

33
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transaction that decreases one claim and increases another, so that the total claims did not change

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Claims exchange transaction

34
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The Accounting Cycle

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  1. Record Transactions
  2. Adjust Accounts
  3. Prepare Statements
  4. Close Temporary Accounts
35
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recognizing expenses in the same accounting period as the revenues they provide using three methods: Matching expenses directly with revenues (cost of goods sold); Matching expenses to the period in which they incurred (rent expenses) ; and matching expenses systematically with revenues (depreciations )

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Matching Accounts

36
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liability arising when customers pay cash in advance for services a business will perform in the future

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Unearned Revenue

37
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The economic benefit (increase in assets or decrease in liabilities) gained by providing goods or services to customers.

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Revenues

38
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Companies that buy and resell merchandise inventory

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Merchandising Business

39
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supply of finished goods held for resale to customers

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Merchandising Supply

40
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companies that sell goods to other business

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retail companies

41
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Companies that sell goods to other businesses

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Wholesale Companies

42
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Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold

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Gross Margin

43
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all costs related to obtaining or manufacturing a product intended for sale to a customers. Accumulated in inventory accounts and expensed as costs of goods sold at the point of sale

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Product Costs

44
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Costs that cannot be directly traced to products that are recognized as expenses in the period with they are incurred. Ex: advertising, rent

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Selling and Administrative Costs

45
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General selling and administrative costs that are expensed in the period in which the economic sacrifice is made

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Period Costs

46
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(Beginning Inventory Balance + Inventory purchased during the period + Transport-in) - purchase returns - allowances and purchase discounts =

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Cost of Goods Available for sale

47
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the total costs paid to obtain goods and to make them ready for sale, including the cost of beginning inventory plus businesses and transportation-in costs, less purchase returns, allowances and purchase discounts

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Cost of Goods Available for sale

48
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Total cost incurred for the goods sold during a specific accounting period

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Cost of Goods Sold

49
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Difference between sales revenue & cost of goods sold; the amount a company makes from selling goods before subtracting operating expenses

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Gross Margin ( Gross Profit)

50
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method of accounting for inventories that increases the inventory account each time merchandise is purchased and decreases it each time merchandise is sold

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Perpetual inventory system

51
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A reduction in the cost of purchases resulting from dissatisfaction with merchandise purchased

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Purchase allowances/ Purchase returns

52
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discount offered on merchandise said to encourage prompt payment; offered by sellers and represents sales discounts to seller when they are used & purchase discounts to the purchaser of merchandise

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Cash discount

53
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2% discount off the gross invoice if paid within 10 day. full amount due in 30 days

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2/n, n/30

54
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Reduction in the gross price of merchandise extended under the condition that the purchaser pay cash for the merchandise within a stated time.

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Purchase discounts

55
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Discount Rate( 365 days / Term of the loan) =

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Annual Rate

56
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When we (the business) buys goods

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Transportation-In

57
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when we (the business ) sells goods

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Transportation-Out

58
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The buyer pays shipping

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FOB Shipping

59
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The seller pays shipping

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FOB Destination

60
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reflects decreases in inventory for reasons other than sales to customers

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Shrinkage

61
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increase in assets or decrease in liabilities that results from peripheral or incidental transaction

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gain

62
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decrease in assets or increase in liabilities that results from peripheral or incidental transactions

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loss

63
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cash discount extended by the seller of goods to encourage prompt payment

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Sales Discount

64
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sales less returns from customers and allowances or cash discounts given to customers

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Net Sales

65
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amounts are converted to percentages to allow a better comparison of period-to-period or company-to-company financial data is placed on a common basis.

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Common Size of Financial Statements

66
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method of accounting for changes in the inventory account only at the end of the accounting period

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Periodic Inventory system

67
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schedule that reflects the computation of the amount of cost of goods sold under the period inventory system; an internal report not shown in the formal financial statements

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Schedule of Cost of Goods Sold