Accounting Essentials
The Paper Trail
The Tax Man
Financial Statements
100

This is the most common way to write the fundamental accounting equation.

A = L + OE

100

This book provides a chronological record of all business transactions.

The Journal

100

This is the current rate of Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) in Ontario.

13%

100


This financial statement is used to show the net income or net loss of a business for a period.

Income Statement 

200

This concept requires keeping an organization's finances separate from the personal finances of its stakeholders.

Business Entity Concept

200

This is the term for the process of transferring information from the journal to the ledger.

Posting

200

This level of government is responsible for receiving HST remittances from businesses.

Federal Government 

200

This term describes assets like Bank or Accounts Receivable that can be quickly converted to cash.

Liquid asset

300

This principle states that assets must be recorded based on their value at the time of the original transaction.

Cost Principle.

300

This business paper shows the nature of a transaction and provides the information needed to account for it.

Source Document

300

This calculation determines the amount a business must remit to the government: HST Payable minus this ...

HST Recoverable

300

This financial statement provides a snapshot of a business's financial position at a specific point in time.

The Balance Sheet

400

This is the period of time required to complete one full accounting cycle.

Fiscal Period

400

This accounting tool is used to verify that total debits equal total credits.

Trial Balance

400

This party in a transaction is legally responsible for collecting and remitting the HST.

The seller (company)

400

Although it is a physical item, merchandise inventory is categorized as this type of asset—not a fixed asset—because it is expected to be sold within a year.

Current Asset