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Chapter 1 vocab

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Planning, recording, analyzing, and interpreting financial information   Accounting  
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A planned process for providing financial information that will be useful to management   Accounting system  
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Organized summaries of a business's financial activities   Accounting records  
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A business that performs an activity for a fee   Service business  
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A business owned by one person   Proprietorship  
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Anything of value that is owned   Asset  
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Financial rights to the assets of a business   Equities  
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An amount owed by a business   Liability  
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The amount remaining after the value of all liabilities is subtracted from the value of all assets   Owner's equity  
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An equation showing the relationship among assets, liabilities, and owner's equity   Accounting equation  
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A business activity that changes assets, liabilities, or owner's equity   Tracnsaction  
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A record summarizing all the information pertaining to a single item in the accounting equation   Account  
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The name given to an account   Account title  
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The amount in an account   Account balance  
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The account used to summarize the owner's equity in a business   Capital  
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A financial statement that reports assets, liabilities, and owner's equity on a specific date   Balance sheet  
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A business's financial information is recorded and reported separately from the owner's personal financial information   Business entity  
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When business transactions are stated in numbers that have common values; using a common unit of measurement   Unit of measurement  
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When financial statements are prepared with the expectation that a business will remain in operation indefinitely   Going concern  
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  Double rule  
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Generally Accepted Accounting Principles- The standards and rules that accountants follow while recording and reporting financial activities   GAAP  
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the Securities and Exchange Commission has the authority to establish GAAP   SEC  
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Financial Accounting Standards Board- the organization who has the authority to set accounting standards by getting input and feedback from many sources   FASB  
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