Fundamentals of Accounting
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Chapter 7 Foundation
100

If a liability increases, which side of the T-Account is it recorded?

Credit side

100

Focuses on reporting information to external users

Financial Accounting

100

Revenue and Expenses are found within which financial report?

Income Statement

200

If equity decreases, which side of the T-Account is it recorded?

Debit side

200

Focuses on reporting information to internal users

Managerial Accounting

200

Assets and Liabilities are found within which financial report?

Balance Sheet

300

How are transactions listed in the General Journal? (in what way are they ordered)

Chronological order

300

If you add the Income Ratio and Expense Ratio, are they supposed to total a specific percentage? If so, what is it?

100%

300

Capital and Drawing are found within which financial report?

Statement of Owner's Equity

400

What are the 3 financial reports that companies have to prepare?

income statement, balance sheet, statement of owner's equity

400

How do you calculate the Income Ratio?

Net Income / Sales

400

If you calculate Sales minus Expenses and it equals a positive number, what is that positive number referred to as?

Net Income

500

A columnar accounting form used to summarize the general ledger information needed to prepare financial statements

Work Sheet

500

How do you calculate the Expense Ratio?

Total Expenses / Sales

500

If you Sales minus Expenses and it equals a negative number, what is that negative number referred to as?

Net Loss