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Chapter 1
Sole Proprietorship
Term | Definition |
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Accounting system | A planned process designed to compile financial data and summarize the results in accounting records and reports. |
Financial statements | Financial report that summarizes the financial conditions and operations of a business |
Net worth statement | A formal report that shows what an individual owns, owes, and the difference between the two |
Asset | Anything of value that is owned |
Liability | An amount owed |
Personal net worth | The difference between personal assets and personal liability |
Equity | The difference between assets and liabilities |
Ethics | The principles of right and wrong that guide an individual in making decisions |
Business ethics | The use of ethics in making business decisions |
Service business | A business that performs an activity for a fee |
Proprietorship | A business owned by one person |
Business plan | A formal written document that describes the nature of a business and how it will operate |
GAAP | Generally accepted accounting principals. The standards and rules that accountants follow while recoring and reporting financial activites. |
Equities | Financial rights to the assets of a business |
Accounting equation | An equation showing the relationships among assets, liabilities, and owner's equity |
Transaction | Any business activity that changes assets, liabilities, or owner's equity. |
Account | A record that summarizes all the transactions pertaining to a single item in the accounting equation |
Account title | An account's name |
Account balance | The difference between the increases and decreases in an account |
Capital account | An account used to summarize the owner's equity in a business |
Creditor | A person or business to whom a liability is owed |
Revenue | An increase in equity resulting from the sale of goods or services |
Sale on account | A sale for which payment will be received at a later date |
Expense | The costs of goods or services used to operate a business |
Withdrawals | Assets taken from the business for the owner's personal use |
Accounting | The process of planning, recording, analyzing, and interpreting financial information |