These are the 5 main activities involved in accounting
What are 1) Gathering financial information, 2) Preparing and collecting records, 3) Summarizing and classifying financial information, 4) Preparing formation reports and summaries and 5) Establishing controls to promote accuracy and honesty among employees?
These are items owned
What are assets?
It is anything of value that a person or business owns.
What is property?
What is Asset, Liability, Owners Capital
What is permanent accounts?
When a business buys a computer with cash, its cash ______, but its computer equipment ________
What decreases and increases?
This is the purpose of accounting
What is to 1)identify, 2)record and 3)communicate financial information?
These are 2 accounting equations.
What are 1) Assets-Liabilities=Owner's Equity and 2) Assets=Owner's Equity+Liabilities?
The business or person selling the item on credit, can be any person/business you owe money to
Who is a creditor?
Revenue, expenses, owner's withdrawals
What other accounts are being used?
These represent the types of business organizations that use accounting.
What are 1)sole proprietorships, 2)partnerships and 3)corporations?
This line on the balance sheet refers to money owed by a company
What is Accounts Payable?
Identify the accounts affected Classify the account affected Determine the amount of increase or decrease for each account affected Make sure the accounting equation remains in balance
What is analyze a business transaction?
When you buy something and agree to pay for it later
What is Credit?
These are 3 professional accounting organizations.
What are Chartered Accountants (CAs), Chartered General Accountants (CGAs) and Certified Management Accountants (CMAs)?
Decreases both assets and owner’s equity
What is a withdrawal?
Property or items of value owned by a business
What is assets?
This involves testing business records and procedures for accuracy.
What is auditing?
how quickly a company can convert assets into cash.
What is liquidity?
It is a legal right to property
What is a financial claim?
Is a list of all accounts used by a business.
What is chart of accounts?