Acct 101 Ch1/2
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| Define Accounting | A process by which financial information about a business is recorded, classified, summarized, and communicated to interested parties.
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| Identify jobs opportunities in accounting. | Accounting clerks, Bookkeepers, public, managerial, governmental
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| Identify the users of financial information. | Owners, and managers, employees, suppliers,banks,tax authorities, and investors.
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| What are the three types of businesses? | Sole Proprietor-Owned by one person legally responsible for dept and taxes.
Partnership-Two or more people who are responsible for debt and taxes.
Corporation-One or more owners stockholders are not responsible for firms debt.
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| GAAP? | Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
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| SEC? | Securities and Exchange Commission
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| Why is the GAAP needed? | To determine proper accounting standards!
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| Who has the final say on matters of financial reporting by publicly owned corporations? | SEC ...Securities and Exchange Commission.
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| How are (GAAP) generally accepted accounting principles developed? | 1.Issue discussion 2. obtain response to discussion. 3. Issue exposure draft. 4.Obtain response to exposure draft. 5. Issue statement of principle.
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| A non profit organization such as a school is a(n): | Social entity.
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| An organization that has two or more owners who are legally responsible for the debts and taxes of the business is a: | A Partnership
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| The Language of Business. | Accounting
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| Separate Entity Assumption: | For accounting purposes, all forms of business are considered separate entities from their owners. however the corporation is the only form of business that is a separate legal entity.
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| G.A.A.P. Generally accepted accounting principles are developed by? | (F.A.S.B.)Financial Accounting Standards Board
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| Who is responsible for the accounting system we use today? | Luca Paciola, a Franciscan monk from Italy in 1494.
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| What is an ASSET? | The property that a business owns.
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| What is a LIABILITY? | The debts and obligations of a business.
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| What is Owners EQUITY? | The owners financial interest. aka-Net worth
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| What information is on a Balance Sheet? | Assets,Liabilities,and Owners Equity
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| What is a Balance Sheet? | A financial position of a given day.
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| What is a Business Transaction? | A financial event that changes the resources of the firm/business.
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| Describe a transaction that increases an asset and the owners equity. | Initial investment of cash by the owner.
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| What does the term Accounts Payable mean? | Amounts that a company must pay to creditors in the future.
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| The Fundamental Accounting Equation. | ASSETS = LIABILITIES + OWNER'S EQUITY
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| Revenue, increases owner's equity and Expenses, decrease owner's equity | True!
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| Revenue | Inflow of money or other assets.
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| Expense | Outflow of money or assets.
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| Accounts Receivable | Amounts owed by clients. usually due in 30 days.
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| Withdrawals are? | Funds taken by the owner for personal use.
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| Financial Statements are? | reports that summarize a firms financial affairs.
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| What information is included in the financial statement heading? | The firms name (who), the title of the statement (what), and the time period covered by report (when).
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| Net Income | Results when revenue is greater than expenses.
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| Net Loss | Results when expenses are greater than revenue.
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| Break Even | Revenue and Expenses are equal.
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| What order are financial reports generated? | 1.The Income Statement. 2. The Statement of Owner's Equity. 3. The Balance Sheet
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| Fair Market Value | is the current worth of an asset or the price the asset would bring if sold.
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| If an owner gives personal tools to the business how is the transaction recorded? | as an investment recorded on the basis of fair market value.
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| If one side of the fundamental accounting equation is decreased, what will happen to the other? and why? | It will decrease because a decrease in assets results in a corresponding decrease in either liability or the owner's equity.
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| What is the difference between buying on cash and buying on account? | Buying on cash results in an immediate decrease in cash: buying on account results in a liability recorded as accounts payable.
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| What effect do revenue and expenses have on owner's equity? | Revenue increases owner's equity and expenses decrease owner's equity.
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| Describe a transaction that will cause accounts payable and cash to decrease by 700 | A payment of $700 to a creditor on account.
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| Why does the third line of the heading differ on the balance sheet and the income statement? | Because a balance sheet is for a given day not a given period.
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| The review of financial statements to assess their fairness and adherence to GAAP is? | auditing.
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| An independent accountant who performs financial audits is a | Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
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| To become a CPA, an individual must? | Have a certain number of college credits in accounting course,demostrate good personal character, pass Uniform CPA exam and fulfill experience requirements and follow code of ethics.
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| The entity that has final authority over the financial reporting of publicly owned corporations is the | Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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| The financial statements submitted by a corporation to the SEC include the auditor's report. The auditor's report: | confirms that the financial information is prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
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| The group of accounting educators who perform research to determine the possible effects on financial reporting and the economy and then offer their opinions about proposed FASB statements is the | American Accounting Association (AAA).
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| The balance sheet is also called | the statement of owner's equity
the income statement
the statement of operations
the statement of financial position
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| When the owner invests cash in a business, | Assets and Equity increase
assets increase and owner's equity decreases.
liabilities decrease and owner's equity increases.
assets and owner's equity increase
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| When the owner withdraws cash for personal use | Owners equity decreases
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| Types of Accounting Information | Tax,Financial,and Managerial
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