Financial Accounting Flashcards
What are the 2 forms of Business we’re discussing in the class?
Proprietorship & Partnership and Corporation
What are the Tax and Liability implications of a Proprietorship & Partnership?
Unlimited Liability, No Taxation
What are the liability and tax implications for a Corporation
Limited Liability and the Corporation is taxed
What is the Separate Entity assumption?
We treat the business and the owners as separate entities, focusing on the accounting for the businesses, not the owners.
What is the Unit of Measurement assumption?
The currency in which the company is operating.
What is the Going Concern assumption?
We presume that the company will continue to operate.
What is the Periodicity assumption?
We presume that we can arbitrarily pick any time period that we want to and report the financial results for that time period.
What is the Materiality assumption?
The only information that needs to be disclosed in financial statements is information that will be useful for those who rely on the financial statements to make decisions.
Who are users of financial reports?
Investors (stockholders)
Creditors (banks)
Government Agencies (SEC)
Company Management
Financial Analysts
What are the 6 qualities of financial statements?
Understandability
Timeliness
Full disclosure
Comparability
Objectivity
Decision relevance
What are the required financial statements?
Balance sheet
Income statement
Statement of cash flows
What is the Accounting Formula?
Assets = Liabilities + Owners’ Equity
What is the definition of Assets?
Resources owned or rights to receive resources.
What are 3 types of assets?
Physical - cash, buildings, inventory, equipment
Intangible - copyrights, patents, trademarks
Legal rights - right to receive payment
What are some common asset accounts?
Cash
Accounts/Notes receivable
Inventory
Investments
Buildings & Equipment
Copyrights/patents
How are assets ordered on the balance sheet?
In order of most liquid to least liquid. Cash first. Intabgibles last.
What are the 4 types of Valuation?
Historical Cost
Sales Value
Replacement Cost
General Price-level adjustment cost
What valuation is given by the Cost Principle?
Assets are valued at their historical cost
What are liabilities?
Obligations owed to creditors
What are common types of liability accounts?
Accounts/notes payable
Interest payable
Accrued Sales
Deferred (unearned) Revenues
Classified balance sheets break assets and liabilities into what categories?
Current Assets/Liabilities (less than 1 year) and Long Term Assets/Liabilities
What is Capital Stock?
What the company received when selling shares of its stock
What are retained earnings?
Accumulated earnings - dividends
What are dividends?
Distribution of earning that occur when the board of directors decide to give the shareholders a bone
What is the formula for retained earnings??
Beginning Retained Earnings
+ Net Income
- Dividends
What is the formula for (simplified) Statement of Stockholders’ Equity?
Beginning Stockholders’ Equity
+ Net Income
- Dividends
+ Issuance of Capital Stock
Classify the account: Cash
Current Asset
Interest Expense
Expense
Sales Returns
Contra-Revenue
Wages Payable
Current Liability
Taxes Payable
Current Liability
Marketable Securities
Current Asset
Mortgage Payable
Long Term Liability
Common Stock Paid in Capital
Equity
Rent Expense
Expense
Deferred Revenues
Current Liability
Interest Payable
Current Liability
Discount on Bonds Payable
Contra-Liability (Long Term)
Common stock at part value
Equity
Prepaid Expenses
Current Asset
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Contra-Asset (Current)