General
Accounting basics
Auditing
Tax
Strothman
100

The normal balance of an asset account

What is a debt balance?

100

This is the difference between total assets and total liabilities.

What is Equity?

100

Examines financial statements to verify that they are prepared according to GAAP

What are Auditors

100

Administers and enforces U.S. federal tax laws

What is the Internal Revenue Service? (IRS) 

100

The decade was Strothman founded

What is the 1980s? (1983)

200

 This involves testing business records and procedures for accuracy.

What is auditing

200

Shows the company's revenues and expenses

What is the income statement?

200

This is what GAAP stands for

What are generally accepted accounting principles?

200

Owners of partnerships are issued these from their tax returns

What are K-1s?

200

Name 2 out of 7 industries Strothman focuses on.

What is Construction. Emerging Markets. Government. Manufacturing and Distribution. Nonprofit. Professional Services. Real Estate?

300

The three legal forms/entities a business may take

What are 1)sole proprietorships, 2)partnerships and 3)corporations?

300

In addition to an owner, these people also have claims against a company's assets.

Who are creditors?

300

The difference between and audit and a review?

What is the level of assurance?
300

Non-Profits are required to file what tax forms to the IRS

What is Form 990?

300

Name 3 benefits Strothman offers to all of their employees

Generous paid time off

Paid holidays

Free snacks and coffee bar

Competitive compensation with bonus opportunities

Medical, FSA, dental and vision plans

401K and profit-sharing retirement plans (starts on first day of employment)

Group life insurance

Parental leave

Short- and long-term disability plans

$100/month towards downtown employees’ parking costs

Reimbursement program for continuing education courses and professional memberships

Gym membership reimbursement

400

These 3 represent the types of business organizations that use accounting.

What are 1)sole proprietorships, 2)partnerships and 3)corporations?

400

The effect on equity when an owner withdraws cash from the business

What is decreases?

400

The purpose of cross references

What is to create links between engagement items such as work papers, findings, controls, and procedures?

400

Name 3 States with no income tax

What could be: Wyoming. Washington. Texas. South Dakota. Nevada. Florida. Alaska.

400

Name the number of office locations Strothman has

What is 3?

500

Decreases both assets and owner’s equity

What is a withdrawal or distribution?

500

The net effect on assets when a company receives cash on their accounts receivable.

What is no effect? One assets (cash) goes up and another asset (A/R) decreases.

500

The report is issued after a third-party auditor conducts a thorough examination of an organization to verify that they have an effective system of controls related to security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and/or privacy

What is a SOC audit?

500

A tax-deferred transaction that allows for the disposal of an asset and the acquisition of another similar asset without generating a capital gains tax liability from the sale of the first asset

What is a like-kind exchange? (1031)

500

Name the university Ray Strothman attended

What is Bellarmine University?