financial stmts Flashcards
what are the components of a single step income stmt?
Revs
-Exp
=Net Incom
What are adjusting entries?
they are entries made at the end of an accounting period and required every time a company prepares a financial stmt
report the correct assets, liabs, and se on the balance sheet
report the correct revenue and expenses on the income stmt
What are the components of stmt of RE
Beginning Balance RE
+Net Income
= Ending Balance RE
What are the components of a balance sheet
What are the type of adjusting entries?
Deferrals and Accruals
Debit to increase
asset
expenses
What are deferrals?
they are expenses or revenues that are recognized at a later point than when the cash was originally exchanged
Credit to increase
liability + equity
revenue
What are Accruals?
the revenue or expenses is incurred in the current period but the related cash isn’t paid or received until future period
You act first → get cash/pay later
Work first, cash later
Equity is increased when
common stock is issued, and when revenue is earned.
Equity is decreased
when dividends are declared/recorded, and when expenses are incurred.
What are two kinds of deferrals?
prepaid expenses and unearned revenues
what are prepaid expenses?
expenses were paid in cash before they are used or consumed
what’s the je and adjusting entry for prepaid insurance?
JE
DB: Prepaid Insurance
CR: Cash
End of period adj
DB: Insurance Exp
CR: Prepaid Insurance
What are unearned revenue?
cash received before services are performed
What is the JE and adj JE for unearned revenue
Cash
Unearned Rev
adj
Unearned Rev
Service Rev
What are two kinds of accruals?
revenues and expenses
adj JE for accrued exp (unpaid salaries)
Salaries Exp
Salaries Payable
adj JE for accrued revenue (work done not billed)
A/R
Service Revenue
We record depreciation JE as
Depreciation
Acc Depreciation Expense
what is the formula for interest exp?
interest exp = principal of np * annual int rate * current portion of year
Calc for retained earnings
Beg RE
+Net Income
-Dividends
=End RE
What do closing entries do?
They reduce all temporary accounts balance to zero in preparation for the next period transactions
- Transfer all Income stmt accounts and balances to Income Summary
- Transfer all the Income Summary and Dividends accounts to Retained Earnings
Single Step Income Stmt Formula
Revenues - Expenses = Net Income