Vocabulary
Journals
Accounts and Classifications
Transactions
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100

Something of value that is owned with a debit balance.

Asset

100

The journal used to record payments and payments on account.

Cash Payments Journal

100

What is the classification and normal balance of Accounts Receivable

Asset and Debit

100

What is the transaction for the cash payment of rent expense? Indicate what accounts are debited and credited.

Rent Expense is debited and cash is credited

100

What are the four taxes that employers are required to withhold from an employee's salary/wages?

Social Security, Medicare, Unemployment-Fed, and Unemployment-State

200

Another name for a debt which has a normal credit balance

Liability

200

This journal is used to record cash and credit card receipts.

Cash Receipts Journal

200

What is the classification of Accounts Payable and the normal balance

Liability and Credit

200

What is the transaction for a payment made on account by Singh Imports with a 2% discount?

Debit Singh Imports, Accounts Payable is debited, Credit Purchases Discount, and Credit Cash

200

What is the difference between gross earnings and net earnings?

Gross is before deductions

300

The monetary value of a company

Equity

300

This journal is used for the transaction of purchasing supplies on account

General Journal

300

What is the normal balance and classification of Capital?

Owner's Equity and Credit

300

A sale is made on account to Pacific Stores plus sales tax. What accounts are debited and credited?

Pacific Stores is debited, A/R is debited, Sales is credited, and sales tax is credited.

300

What name is given to two accounts that control the balances of the Subsidiary Ledgers?

Controlling Accounts

400

This represents revenue of a company

Sales

400

This journal is used to debit Vendors and credit sales and sales tax payable

Sales Journal

400

What is the normal balance and classification of sales?

Revenue and Credit

400

Credit is granted for merchandise returned to your store by Pacific Stores. What accounts are debited and credited? 

Sales Returns and Allowances is debited, Sales

tax payable is debited and A/R and the Vendor are credited.

400

What type of account is Sales Returns and Allowances other than a Revenue Account?

Contra Account

500

This term represents the location of all accounts other than Vendor accounts.

General Ledger

500

This totals for this journal are posted twice; once as a debit to Purchases, and once as a credit to Accounts Payable

Purchases Journal

500

What is the normal balance and classification of Purchases Returns and Allowances?

Cost of Goods Sold and Credit

500

Your business returned merchandise to Klein Industries. What accounts are debited and credited?

A/P and Klein Industries are debited, and Purchases Returns and Allowances are credited.

500

What is the difference between gross earnings and accumulated earnings?

Accumulated earnings is the total of gross earnings