Lefties & Righties
The "Accounting Forks"
Math of Money
Balance or BUST
Say it like a CPA
100

A debit increases this type of account

What is:

Assets 

100

Which side is credit on?

What is: 

Left

100

What is the accounting equation?

What is:

Assets = Liabilities + Owner's Equity

100
What does a balance sheet show?

What is:

A company's financial position at a specific point in time

100

What is an asset?

What is:

What you own

200

A credit increases this type of account

What is:

Liabilities or Owner's Equity

200

Cash received from owner investment affects which two accounts?

What is:

Cash and Capital

200

In the accounting equation, assets are always on which side?

What is:

Left

200

Cash, Accounts Receivable, and Supplies all belong on what section of the balance sheet?

What is:

Assets

200

What is a liability?

What is: 

What you owe

300

Sales increases with a 

What is: 

Credit

300

Paying rent affects which side of Rent Expense?

What is:

Debit

300

If Assets = $10,000 and Liabilities = $6,000, what is Owner's Equity?

What is:

$4,000

300

Is Accounts Payable an asset, liability, or owner's equity account?

What is: 

Liability

300

Define revenue

What is: 

Money that is earned

400

Debits are on which side?

What is:

Left

400

What does "posting" mean?

What is: 

Transferring amounts from the journal to the T-account

400

When a company earns revenue, which part of the accounting equation increases?

What is: 

Owner's Equity

400

If assets = $20,000 and liabilities = $7,000, what is owner's equity?

What is: 

$13,000

400

What is an expense?

What is: 

A cost of the business

500
Name two accounts that normally carry a credit balance
What is:

Accounts Payable and Capital

500

Show the increase of Supplies on a T-account

What is: 

Debit Supplies for the amount of the increase

500

A business starts with $5,000 in cash from the owner, buys $2,000 of supplies on accounts - what are the new totals for assets, liabilities, and owner's equity?

What is: 

Assets = $7,000, Liabilities = $2,000, Owner's Equity = $5,000

500

Classify the following: 

Cash, Accounts Payable, Owner's Capital, and Office Equipment

What is: 

Asset, Liability, Owner's Equity, and Asset

500

Accounting - Please Define

What is: 

A business's financial information so you can see how the business is doing