Section 5 Flashcards
This is a contributory earnings related social insurance program. It is one of the 22 public retirement income systems of Canada, the other being old age security
Canada pension plan
The equity of the owners in a business enterprise
Capital
When one entity acquires control of another entity
Capital acquisitions
What is cash accounting?
A system that only recognizes income when cash is collected from a sale and only recognizes expenses when cash is paid for goods and services
Accounting method that measures income when cash is received and expenses, when cash is spent
Cash basis
An estimate of cash receipts and disbursements for a specific period of time. Used to determine whether a business has enough money to maintain standard operations, and also helps determine if cash money is being used in unproductive capacities.
Cash budget
Financial report on the sources of cash and uses of cash
Cash flow statement
An accounting professional, with a higher level of professional education
CPA certified public accountant
A systematic listing of all accounts, names and numbers used by a company
Chart of accounts
What is a CPA called in Canada?
Just a chartered accountant
A procedure set in place to reduce mistakes of improper behaviour
Checks and balances
A reduction in price for services or products to an individual
Client discounts
The process of collecting funds owned to the business
Collections
The amount a practice owes to suppliers
Accounts payable
Money that is owed to the practice for products or services
Accounts receivables
An accounting system recognizes revenues as earned and expenses as incurred
Accrual accounting
Accounting method that recognizes income, when it is earned and expenses, with they are incurred, regardless of when cash is received
Accrual basis
Relating to income that remains after the deduction of taxes
After tax
A particular period of time as distinguished from other periods
Ageing
Periodic expense attributed to the decline in usefulness of intangible assets over its estimated useful life
Amortization
An asset that lacks physical substance, and is hard to evaluate
Intangible asset
A trust which can be used to maintain control over the trust assets for designated period of time which may survive death
Asset control
Things of value owned by a business, such as cash, accounts, receivable, and equipment
Assets
An asset expected to be sold, consumed or exhausted through the normal operations of the business within the current fiscal year
Current assets
An asset that cannot easily be converted to cash
Fixed asset
Describe the difference between current fixed and intangible assets
Current is short-term assets, such as inventory and cash.
Fixed is long-term assets, such as land, buildings, and equipment.
And tangible is not physical in nature, such as copyrights and goodwill. 
A record of financial transactions, where an accountant can reconstruct the sequence of events
Audit trails
Total revenue, divided by total number of transactions in the same time period.
Average revenue per invoice or average transaction charge