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Chapter 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Accounting Period | The period of time covered by an accounting report. |
| Accounting System | A system designed to collect, document, and report on business transactions. |
| Business Entity | The accounting assumption that a business exists independently of its owner's personal holdings. The accounting records and reports are maintained separately and contain financial information related only to the business. |
| Charter | The legal permission, granted by state, that gives a cooperation certain rights and privileges and spells out the rules under which the cooperation is to operate. |
| Computerized Accounting System | A type of accounting system in which information is recorded by entering it into a computer. |
| Corporation | A business origination recognized by law to have a life of its own. |
| Entrepreneur | A person who transforms ideas for products and services into real-world businesses. |
| Financial Accounting | The type of accounting that focuses on reporting information to external users. |
| Financial Reports | Documents that present summarized information about the financial status of a business. |
| Free Enterprise System | A system in which individuals are free to produce the goods or services they choose. |
| GAAP | (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) The set of rules that all accountants use to prepare financial reports. |
| Going Concern | The accounting assumption that a business is expected to operate indefinitely. |
| Management Accounting | The type of accounting that focuses on reporting information to management; often referred to as accounting for internal users of accounting information. |
| Manual Accounting System | A type of accounting system in which information is processed by hand. |
| Manufacturing Business | A business that buys raw materials and transforms them into finished products by using labor and machinery. |
| Merchandising Business | A business that buys finished goods and resells them to individuals or other businesses. |
| Partnership | A business owned by tow or more persons, called partners, who agree to operate the business as co-owners. |
| Service Business | A business that provides a needed service for a fee. |
| Sole Proprietorship | A business owned by one person. |