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Computerized Accounting
Question | Answer |
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Accountant | A person who plans, summarizes, analyzes, and interprets accounting information |
Accounting | planning, recording, analyzing, and interpreting financial information |
Accounting Concepts | commonly accepted concepts that guide accounting personnel in their work |
Accounting Period Cycle | Changes in financial information are reported for a specific period of time in the form of financial statements |
Adequate Disclosure concept | Financial statements contain all information necessary to understand a business' financial condition |
Bookkeeper | a person who does general accounting work plus some summarizing and analyzing of accounting information |
Business Entity | financial information is recorded and reported separately from the owners personal financial information |
Business Ethics | the use of personal ethics in making business decisions |
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) | designation by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for those who pass an exam and meet work-experience requirements |
Consistent Reporting | the same accounting procedures must be followed in the same way in each accounting period |
Corporation | a legal entity that is separate and distinct from its owners |
Ethics | The principles of right and wrong that guide an individual in making decisions |
Ethical Business Practices | moral values and principles that determine our conduct in the business world |
General Office Clerk | a person who does general kinds of office tasks, including some accounting tasks |
Going Concern Concept | Financial Statements are prepared with the expectation that a business will remain in operation indefinitely |
Historical Cost | when the actual amount paid for merchandise or other items bought is recorded |
Honesty | the quality or fact of being honest; truthfulness |
Integrity | Adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty |
Merchandising Business | A business that purchases and sells goods |
Objective Evidence | a source document is prepared for each transaction |
Partnership | a business in which two or more people combine their assets and skills |
Privacy | freedom from unauthorized intrusion; state of being let alone and ability to keep personal matters confidential |
Realization of Revenue | Revenue is recorded at the time goods or services are sold |
Service Business | A business that performs an activity for a free |
Sole Proprietorship | A business owned by one person |
Truthfulness | Consistently telling the truth; honesty |
Unethical Business Practices | Any activity that contradicts moral values and principles that determine our conduct in the business world |