Financial Accounting Chapters 1,2,3 Double Entry Accounting- each business transaction has dual effects. As a result, every transaction affects at least two accounts. One Debit and One Credit ACCOUNT | Debit | Credit | Assets | + | - | Expenses | + | - | Dividends or Withdrawals | + | - | Revenue | - | + | Liabilities | - | + | Capital | - | + | Retained Earnings | - | + | Normal Balance- side the account increases Contra Account- has a normal balance opposite of its companion
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Lesson 1: Business, Accounting, and You PROJECT GOAL I I I I G r aded P r oj ect G r aded P r oj ect The goal of this graded project is to create the following financial statements for J & L Accounting, Inc.: Balance sheet Income statement Statement of retained earnings Post-closing trial balance The financial statements must be created in one Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx file). Alternatively, an Excel workbook may be used (.xls or .xlsx file). The Word or Excel file will
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Chapter 3 1. | Accountants divide the economic life of a business into artificial time periods because of the time period assumption. A. | True | B. | False | | 2. | Which of the following time periods would not be referred to as an interim period? A. | Monthly | B. | Annually | C. | Semi-annually | D. | Quarterly | | 3. | An accounting time period that is one year in length is referred to as A. | a reporting period. | B. | a fiscal year. | C. | an interim period. | D
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ACCOUNTANCY FOR DECISION MAKING ASSIGNMENT-1 MERCHANDISING OPERATIONS SUBMITTED BY SOUJANYA PAPOLU Merchandising: Merchandising is any practice which contributes to the sale of products to a retail consumer. at a retail in-store level, merchandising refers to the variety of products available for sale and the display of
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Accounting Terms Chapter 1 Accounting- Information and measurement system that identifies records and communicates relevant information about a company’s business activities Accounting equation- equality involving a company’s assets liabilities and equity, assets equal liability plus equity/ aka balance sheet equation Assets- resources a business owns or controls that are expected to provide current and future benefits to the business Auditors- An individual who checks the accuracy, fairness
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using journals and ledgers. 4. An account is often referred to as a T-account because of the way it is constructed. 5. A debit to an account indicates an increase in that account. 6. If a revenue account is credited, the revenue account is increased. 7. The normal balance of all accounts is a debit. 8. Debit and credit can be interpreted to mean increase and decrease, respectively. 9. The double-entry system
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in a journal, (c) transfer the journal information to the appropriate accounts in the ledger. 5. Explain what a journal is and how it helps in the recording process. The initial accounting record of a transaction is entered in a journal before the data are entered in the accounts. A journal (a) discloses in one place the complete effect of a transaction, (b) provides a chronological record of transactions, and (c) prevents or locates errors because the debit and credit amounts for each entry can
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The Accounting Cycle and Accrual Accounting Concepts Accounting Information System | Journal, Ledger Accounts, and Trial Balance | Cash-Basis Versus Accrual-Basis Accounting | Accrual Accounting Concepts | Adjusting Entries, Adjusted Trial Balance, and Closing | Self-Assessment After learning about the income statement and the balance sheet in Chapters 1 and 2, we are now being introduced to the accounting cycle and certain underlying accounting concepts that influence the contents of those two
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Journalize the Transactions f. Post to Ledger Accounts g. Prepare a Unadjusted Trial Balance h. Journalize and Post Adjusting Entries i. Prepare an Adjusted Trial Balance j. Prepare Financial Statement k. Journalize and Post Closing Entries l. Post-Closing Trial Balance m. Optional Reversing Entries IV. Conclusion While not having an accounting cycle for the business can possibility hurt the company, following the accounting process and
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00 | 29,750.40 | 4958.45 | 312,331.33 | 12/31/2008 | 36,000.00 | 27,046.80 | 4507.85 | 307,823.48 | 12/31/2009 | 36,000.00 | 24,588.00 | 4098.04 | 303,725.44 | 12/31/2010 | 36,000.00 | 22,352.40 | 3725.44 | 300,000.00 | | | | | | Journal entries Purchase of Bond 1/1/2006 Purchase of 12% Bond 300,000.00 Loss on purchase of bond 22,744.44 Cash 322,744.44 To record interest and bond premium amortization 12/31/2006 Interest revenue 30,545.34 Bond premium
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