An entry made at the end of the accounting period that is used to record revenues to the period in which they are earned and expenses to the period in which they occur.
What is an adjusting entry?
100
Cost - Accumulated depreciation
What is book value?
100
Accounting method that records revenues when earned and expenses when incurred.
Guides accounting for expenses, ensures that all expenses are recorded when they are incurred during the period, and matches those expenses against the revenues of the period.
What is the matching principle?
300
Week of salary / 5 working days
What is the formula to calculate a day of salaries?
300
An account that is paired with, and is listed immediately after, its related account in the chart of accounts and associated financial statement and whose normal balance is the opposite of the normal balance of the related account.
What is a contra account?
300
On January 1st, 2015, I bought land worth $35,000. It will be used for 35 years. Calculate the 1st year of depreciation.
Land doesn't depreciate!
300
Service revenue that was collected in advance, $200, has now been earned.
Debit - Unearned Revenue, $200
Credit - Service Revenue, $200
400
Assumes that a business's activities can be sliced into small time segments and that financial statements can be prepared for specific periods, such as a month, quarter, or year.
What is the time period concept?
400
(Cost - Residual value) / Useful life in years
What is the formula for straight line depreciation?
400
The process by which businesses spread the allocation of a plant asset's cost over its useful life.
What is depreciation?
400
Paid salaries, $1,200, utilities, $650, and rent, $2,400.
List debits/credits from greatest to least, with debits first.
Requires companies to record revenue when it has been earned and determines the amount of revenue to record.
What is the revenue recognition principle?
500
[(Cost - Residual value)/Useful life in years] * 5/12
What is the straight line depreciation formula for 5 months?
500
Long-lived, tangible asset, such as land, buildings, and equipment, used in the operation of a business.
What is a plant asset?
500
On January 1st, 2015, I bought a boat for $37,500. It has a useful life of 7 years, and a residual value of $2,500. Calculate the depreciation as of December 31st, 2015.
On January 1st, 2015, I bought a boat for $37,500. It has a useful life of 7 years, and a residual value of $2,500. Calculate the accumulated depreciation as of May 31st, 2016.