Final Exam Flashcards
What’s the entry for issuing a note payable
Debit: cash
Credit: Note payable
What’s the adjusting entry for interest
Debit: interest expense
Credit: interest payable
What’s the equation to find interest
Amount x Rate x Time
How do you record the note and interest being payed
Debit: Notes payable and interest payable
Credit: cash
How do you record sales tax in relation to your sales
Debit: Cash
Credit: sales revenue and sales tax payable
How do you record unearned revenue and then how do you record when it’s earned
Debit: cash
Credit: unearned rev
Debit: unearned rev
Credit: revenue
How do you record payroll and then the actual payment of payroll
Debit: salaries and wages expense
Credit: ant and all taxes payable
Debit: salaries and wages payable
Credit: Cash
How do you record bonds issued at discount
Debit cash and discount on bonds payable
Credit: bonds payable
How do you record bonds issued at premium
Debit: Cash
Credit: bonds payable and premium on bonds payable
What’s the entry for redeeming a bond
Debit: Bond payable
Credit: cash
What are the 4 types of bonds
Secured: assets are pledged as collateral
Unsecured: issued against the credit if the borrower
Convertible: can be converted into CS
Callable: can be called back
What’s the entry to issue a bond
Debit cash
Credit bonds payable
What is liquidity
Measured the short term ability of a company to pay its obligations and meet its unexpected needs for cash
Debt to asset ratio
Total liabilities/ total asset
Times interest earned
Net income+interest expense+income tax expense / interest expense
What are the pros and cons to being a corporation
Pros: separate legal existence, limited liability of stockholders, shareholders may sell their stock, can acquire capital, continuous life, corporate management
Cons: government regulations, additional taxes
What is the entry for issuing common stock
Debit: cash
Credit: common stock
What is always credited in the issuance of common stock or preferred stock?
Common stock or preferred stock and PIC in excess of par value (if applicable)
If you purchase treasury stock what’s the JE
Debit: TS
Credit: Cash
Equation to find outstanding stock
Issued stock - Treasury Stock
What are the three relevant dates for dividends
Declaration, record, and payment
What dividends require entries and if they do what are they
Declaration:
Debit: cash dividends
Credit: dividends payable
Record date: no entry
Payment date:
Debit: dividends payable
Credit: cash
What are the results of stock dividends
Decrease in retained earnings and increase in paid in capital
Payout ratio
Cash dividends declared on common stock / net income
Higher number better