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GlenCoAcctng Chpt 2

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Accounting period   One of the GAAP rules that specififies interval of time for which an entity’s reports are prepared.   
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Accounting System   Designed to collect, document and report on financial transactions affecting the business  
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Business entity   One of the GAAP rules that state that accounts for the business must be kept separate from those of the owner(s).  
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Financial accounting   Reports used by individuals outside the business (external users)  
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Free enterprse system   People have the freedom to:Choose the goods and services and to make or sell and to spend their money as they wish  
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Corporation   A business that is recognized by law to have a life of its own (entity)  
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Entrepreneur   are self-starters willing to take the necessary risks to create profitable and useful businesses  
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GAAP   General Accepted Accounting Principles. Principles that provide general laws or rules that are used to guide accounting. Based on 12 fundamental concepts  
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Going Concern   One of the GAAP rules that state that it is assumed that an entity will continue to operate indefinitely.   
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Management accounting   Reports used by individuals inside the business (internal users)  
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Manufacturing business   A business that buys raw material (wood, iron ore) and transforms them into finished or partly finished products  
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Merchandising business   A business that buys finished products and resells them to the general public or other businesses  
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Partnership   A business owned by two or more persons. And is entered in by a written legal agreement  
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Service Business   A business that provides a service for a fee  
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Sole proprietorship   A form of business that has “one”-”owner”. The easiest form to start  
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Types of Business   Service, merchandising, manufacturing  
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Forms of Business   Sole proprietorship, Partnership, Corporation  
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Profit   the amount of money a business earns over and above the amount spent  
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Loss   the spending of more money than a business earns  
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