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Accounting c1
Question | Answer |
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Accounting | planning, recording, and interpreting financial information |
Accounting System | a planned process for providing financial information that will be useful to management |
Accounting Records | organized summaries of a business’ financial activities |
Financial Statements | financial reports that summarize the financial condition and operations of a business |
Service Business | a business that performs an activity for a fee |
Proprietorship | a business owned by one person |
Asset | anything of value that is owned |
Equities | financial rights to the assets of a business |
Liability | an amount owed by a business |
Owners Equity | the amount remaining after the value of all liabilities is subtracted from the value of all assets |
Accounting Equation | Assets = Liabilities + Owners Equity |
Ethics | the principles of right and wrong that guide an individuals decision making |
Business Ethics | The use of ethics in making business decisions |
Transaction | a business activity that changes assets, liabilities, or owners equity |
Account | a record summarizing all the information pertaining to a single item in the accounting equation |
Account Title | The name given to an account |
Account Balance | the amount in an account |
Capital | the account used to summarize the owners equity in a business |
Revenue | an increase in the owners equity resulting in the operation of a business |
Sale on Account | a sale for which cash will be received at a later date |
Expense | a decrease in owners equity resulting from the operation of a business |
Withdrawls | assets taken out of a business for the owners personal use |