Account Classification
Cash is classified as
What is an asset?
The normal or natural balance of assets is
What is debit?
Financial statement that reports movement of cash into and out of the corporation during the accounting period
What is the Statement of Cash Flows?
These two types of accounts increase with debits
What are assets and expenses?
This element of the balance sheet is made up of what owners have contributed to the corporation, plus what owners have left in the corporation to continue to grow it
What is SE (CS & RE)?
Accounts Receivable is classified as
What is an asset?
To increase a liability account, such as Notes Payable, one would:
What is credit?
Also called the P&L, this financial statement reports on revenues generates & the costs to generate them in a given accounting period
What is the income statement?
Generally, items on this side of the basic accounting equation increase with credits
What is the right? (L, SE)
What is Beginning RE
+ NI
- Dividends
= End RE
Accounts Payable is classified as
What is a liability?
Doing this would increase the Wage Expense account
What is debit it?
The Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Statement of Stockholders' Equity each use this basis of accounting for revenues and expenses
What is the accrual basis of accounting?
To decrease a liability account, one should ___ (dr or cr it)
What is debit?
This is the purpose of adjusting journal entries
What is to update revenue and expense accounts, to provide an accurate picture of net income for the period?
Unearned Service Revenue is classified as
What is a liability?
Rather than indicating increase or decrease on their own, debit simply means ___ & credit simply means ____
What is debit=left and credit=right?
Is unique in that it is a "financial snapshot" as of a given day, rather than covering an accounting period
What is the Balance Sheet?
Fill in the blank: Expenses should increase with ___ & decrease with ___
What are increase with debits and decrease with credits?
This tool is used to summarize the effect of many transactions on a given account, in order to calculate the end balance in said account
What is T-account/ledger?
Retained Earnings is classified as
What is stockholders' equity?
Crediting Common Stock would
What is increase it?
Financial statement that reports on the resources of the company & the sources of financing for those resources
What is the Balance Sheet?
What is
Dr. Prepaid Rent (+A)
Cr. Cash (-A)
&
Dr. Rent Expense (+E, -NI, -RE, -SE)
Cr. Prepaid Rent (-A)
The set of rules for American companies is called this while the set of rules many international countries' companies use is called IFRS
What is GAAP?