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CP Accounting Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The record summarizing all the information pertaining to a single item in the accounting equation | Account |
| The amount in an account | Account balance |
| The name given to an account | Account title |
| Planning, recording, analyzing, and interpreting financial information. | Accounting |
| An equation showing the relationship among assets, liabilities, and owner's equity. | Accounting equation |
| A planned process for providing financial information that will be useful to management. | Accounting system |
| Anything of value that is owned | Asset |
| The use of ethics in making business decisions | Business ethics |
| A formal written document that describes the nature of a business and how it will operate. | Business plan |
| The account used to summarize the owner's equity in the business | Capital account |
| A person or business to whom a liability is owned | Creditor |
| Financial rights to the assets of a business | Equities |
| The difference between assets and liabilities | Equity |
| The principles of roght and wrong from the guide an individual in making decisions | Ethics |
| A decrease n owner's equity resulting from the operation of a business | Expense |
| Financial reports that summarize the financial conditions and operations of business | Financial statements |
| The standards and rules that accountants follow while recording and reporting financial activities | GAAP |
| The amount owned by a business | Liability |
| A formal report that shows what an individual owns, what an individual owes, and the difference, between the two. | New worth statement |
| The amount remaining after the value of all liabilities is subtracted from the values of all assets | Owner's equity |
| The difference between personal assets and personal liabilities | Personal net worth |
| A business owned by one person | Proprietorship |
| An increase in owner's equity resulting from the operation of a business | Revenue |
| A sale for which cash will be received at a later date | Sale on account |
| A business that performs an activity for a fee | Service business |
| A business activity that changes assets, liabilities, or owner's equity | Transaction |
| Assets taken out of a business for the owner's personal use | Withdrawals |