Financial Statements
Journal Entries
Acronyms
Examples
A is for accounting
100
Where Sales, Interest Expense, and Net Income are reported

What is the income statement?

100

What is being recorded in this entry?

Debit Depreciation Expense

    Credit Accumulated Depreciation

What is depreciation on a fixed asset?

100

GAAP

What is generally accepted accounting principles?

100

Provide an example of a fixed asset.

What is Land, Buildings, Equipment, Machinery, etc.?

100

What type of account?

Accounts Payable

What is a liability?

200

Where Investments, Bonds Payable, and Common Stock are reported

What is the balance sheet?

200

What is being recorded in this entry?

Debit Equipment

    Credit Notes Payable

What is the purchase of equipment and paying via a liability?

200

Regarding an asset that is depreciated, DDB is a method that may be used. What does it stand for?

What is double declining balance?

200

Provide an example of a GAAP depreciation method.

What is straight-line, DDB, 150% declining balance, units-of-activity, sum-of-years digits, etc.?

200

What type of account?

Accumulated Depreciation

What is a contra asset?

300

Where the operating activities section, investing activities section, and financing activities section are reported

What is the statement of cash flows?

300

What is being recorded in this entry?

Debit Accounts Receivable

    Credit Sales

What is recording a sale on account?

300

An LLC is a type of business entity that protects the business owner's personal assets in the event of bankruptcy. What does LLC stand for?

What is limited liability company?

300

Provide an example of an inventory costing method.

What is FIFO, LIFO, Dollar Value LIFO, Weighted Average?

300

What type of account?

Accounts Receivable

What is an asset?

400

These two things affect a company's Retained Earnings.

What is net income or (net loss) and dividends?

400

What is being recorded in this entry?

Debit Unearned Rent

    Credit Rent Revenue

What is recognize revenue and reduce the liability?

400

COGS

What is Cost of Goods Sold?

400

Provide an example of a Stockholders' Equity account.

What is Retained Earnings, Capital, Drawing, Common Stock, Preferred Stock, APIC, Treasury Stock?

400

What type of account?

Administrative Expense

What is an expense?

500

Fixed assets are reported at book value on the financial statements. How do you find book value?

What is the cost of the asset minus accumulated depreciation?

500

What is being recorded in this entry?

Debit Cash

    Credit Common Stock

    Credit Paid-In Capital in Excess of Par

What is issue common stock above par?

500

PP&E

What is property, plant, and equipment?

500

Provide an example of an intangible asset.

What is Goodwill, Copyright, Trademark, Patent, etc.?

500

What type of account?

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

What is a contra asset?