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401NatureOAccounting
objective 4.01 part 2
term | defininition |
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Accountant | Individual who has had specialized training in accounting procedures |
Accounting | Process of keeping financial records |
Accounting cycle | process or series of steps that businesses complete to maintain their financial records effectively |
Accounting standards | rules that accountants must follow when preparing financial statements |
accounting system | methods and procedures used in consistently handling the busyness's financial information |
acquisition of funds | finance activity involving making decisions about financing |
administration of assets | finance activity involving making decisions about a firm's investments |
accrual accounting method | method of accounting that records transactions at the time they occur even if no money changes hands at the time |
assets | anything of value that a business owns |
balance sheet | financial statement that captures the financial condition of the business at that particular moment |
bookkeeping | steps of the accounting cycle that involve recording each business transaction; process of analyzing financial transactions, journalizing transactions, posting to ledgers, and balancing the books |
cash | currency and coins |
cash accounting method | accounting method in which income and expenditures are recorded at the time the money changes hands |
cash flow statement | financial summary with estimates as to when, where, and how much money will flow into and out of a business |
capital investment decisions | decisions that determine which projects a business will invest in, how the investments will be financed, and whether to pay dividends to shareholders |
credit | the arrangement by which businesses or individuals can purchase now and pay later |
expenditures/expenses | the monies that a business spends |
finance | in business, the functions that involves all money and money management |
financial accounting | a type of accounting that involves preparing and reporting financial data to external users who are not directly involved in business operations |
financial statement | a summary of accounting information |
income | money received by a business or an individual from outside sources |
income statement/profit- and- loss statement | a financial summary that shows how much money the business has made or has lost |
investors | those who invest their funds in a business; may be owners or stockholders |
journal | special book or computer program in which a business's transactions are recorded in the order in which they occur |
ledger | the accounting record for a specific department or area of the business |
liabilities | debts that the business owes |
Managerial accounting | type of accounting that involves preparing and reporting financial data to internal users, usually managers, who need financial information to control day-to-day operations and to make financial decisions and plans affecting the business |
net worth | the total value of the business |
owner's equity | the amount an owner has invested in the business plus or minus profits and losses |
transactions | a business activity such as a sale, a purchase, or a return |
trial balance | the listing of a business's different accounts and their current balances; used to check the accuracy of journal and ledger entries |