fm ngani Flashcards
Involves the analysis of the accounting statement such as percentages and ratios, to determine how the business is performing compared to prior years and other similar businesses.
interpreting
a firm is faced with the problem of declaring dividend or postponing dividend declaration, this is a problem of internal financing.
dividend decision
He has an important role
to contribute to good decision-making on issues that involve all the
functional areas of the business.
chief financial officer
Is the amount of money charged to the borrower for the use of borrowed funds.
interest expense
Are goods held for sale.
merchandise inventories
Are amounts due to creditors evidenced by a written promise to pay.
notes payable
typically handles the accounting activities such as corporate accounting, tax management, financial accounting and cost accounting.
control function
Covers office supplies used by the business in the conduct of its daily
operations.
supplies expense
A process by which a firm determines the price, input and output levels that will lead to the highest possible profit
profit maximization
the process of providing funds for business activities, making purchases, or investing.
financing
commonly responsible the handling financial activities, such as financial planning and fund raising, making capital expenditures
treasury function
Are claims against debtors evidenced by a written promise to pay.
notes receivable
a form used for recording increases and decreases in each individual asset, liabilities, capital, revenue and expense.
account
Are goods used in the operations of the business.
supplies
the annual portion of the cost of a tangible asset such as
buildings, machineries, and equipment charged as expense for the year.
depreciation expense
the placing of the account number of the ledger account in the general journal and
the general journal page number in the ledger account.
cross indexing
Are groups such as employees, customers, suppliers, creditors, owners and others who have a direct economic link to the firm.
stakeholders
Is recording in the ledger the information contained in the journal.
posting
The journal entry for this transaction will involve more that one debit
and/or credit.
compound journal entry
concerned with the acquisition, financing and management of assets with some overall goals in mind.
financial management
Involves the commitment of funds to acquire or develop assets, expand operations, conduct research and development, or invest in human capital.
investing
list of the accounts with debit or credit balance to determine that debit equals
credits in the recording process.
trial balance
Is the complete collection of all the accounts of a company
ledger (general ledger)
purchased supplies for cash
increase and decrease in asset