Unit 3 Accounting And Stuff Flashcards
What is an accounting
The process of recording, analyzing and interpreting the financial or economic activities of a business
What are the two types of accounting
Financial and management
What does a financial accountant do
The process of recording and analyzing information about the finances of an organization to make decisions about the company
What does a management accountant do
Accounting practices used in cooperations to make Interno decisions about the company
What are financial activities in business is recorded as
Transactions
What are transactions
Recording of something of value for something else of value for example the company pays 9/hr to employees for work
Define a bookkeeping
The recording of all transactions for a business in a specific format
What is the principle that each transaction involves two changes called
Double entry
What is generally accepted accounting principles
Guidelines developed by professional accountants for the wayaccounting records and financial statements are prepared. Financial records are presented in a standard form
What are financial statements
Formal documents that
Give examples of finance worth
Money, spending, expenses, merges and costs
What is a fiscal year
A period of 12 consecutive months
What are assets
Things of value to the business or person owns
What are liabilities
Debts or amounts of money that are owned to others by an individual or business
What is a balance sheet
A statement of net worth of certain date
How to calculate owners equity
The difference between what assets and liabilities
What is owners equity
The owners investment in the business or the financial portion of the business that belongs to the owners or shareholders
What is another word for net worth
Owners equity
How to calculate total assets
Assets equal liabilities plus owners equity
What must the two sides of the equation be
Balanced
What is Accounts Receivable
An asset. Money owed by customers to a business
What are accounts payable
A liability. Debts the business goes to another business