SHOW ME THE PAPERWORK!
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DEAR ACCOUNTING DIARY…
STUFF HAPPENED. NOW WHAT?
PLEASE, PLEASE BALANCE
100

This provides evidence that a business transaction actually occurred.

What is a source document?

100

The left side of a T-account is called this.

What is a debit?

100

The accounting record where transactions are first formally recorded.

What is the journal?

100

The company purchased $800 of landscaping supplies on credit.

Debit: Supplies $800

Credit: Accounts Payable $800

100

A list of all ledger accounts and their balances at a particular point in time.

What is a trial balance?

200

A customer buys $800 of merchandise on account. The document sent to the customer showing what they owe is generally called this.

What is a sales invoice?

200

The right side of a T-account is called this.

What is a credit?

200

The process of transferring information from the journal to the ledger is called this.


What is posting?

200

The company provided $2,200 of landscaping services on credit to a customer.

Debit: Accounts Receivable

Credit: Sales/Revenue

200

This financial statement reports a company's assets, liabilities, and equity at a specific point in time.


What is the balance sheet?

300

Why are source documents important to the accounting process?

hey provide evidence and information used to record transactions.

300

A debit increases which type of account?

A. Liability
B. Revenue
C. Asset
D. Equity  

C. Asset
 

300

A business pays $500 cash for rent. What account is debited?


What is Rent Expense?

300

The company collected $1,500 cash from the customer as partial payment of service provided on Feb 3.

Debit: Cash

Credit: Accounts Receivable

300

This financial statement reports revenues and expenses for a period of time.

What is the income statement?

400

A company receives a monthly document from its bank showing deposits, withdrawals, and the account balance. What source document is this?

What is a bank statement?

400

A credit increases these three major types of accounts.


Answer: Liabilities, equity, and revenues.

400

A company pays $700 cash for an expense.

Does this transaction:

A. Increase assets and increase equity
B. Decrease assets and decrease equity
C. Increase liabilities and decrease assets
D. Increase assets and decrease liabilities

B. Decrease assets and decrease equity

400

The company paid $500 cash toward the payable for the landscaping supplies previously purchased on credit.

Debit - Accounts Payable

Credit - Cash

400

The trial balance has $62,000 in debits and $60,000 in credits.

What does this tell you?

 There is an error somewhere in the accounting records because the trial balance does not balance.

500

Put these steps in the proper order:

Analyze the transaction → Record/journalize it → Post it to the ledger → Summarize the information

500

A business purchases equipment for $6,000 cash. Which account is debited and which is credited?

Debit Equipment $6,000
Credit Cash $6,000

500

The owner invests $10,000 cash into the business.

What happens to:

  • Cash?
  • Owner's equity?

Cash increases $10,000.
Owner's equity increases $10,000.

500

The company paid $650 cash for February’s utilities bill.

Debit: Utilities Expense

Credit: Cash

500

What does a higher debt ratio generally indicate about a company's financial structure?


A greater proportion of the company's assets is financed by liabilities.