Four Key Elements of Bookkeeping Ethics - Answer -Honesty, Objectivity,
Confidentiality and Professionalism
What is DEALER - Answer -Dividends + Expenses + Assets = Liabilities + Owner's
Equity (beginning) + Revenue
What's is the accounting Equation? - Answer -Assets = Liabilities + Equity
Profit and Loss statement. Shows the company's revenues and expenses during a
particular period - Answer -The Income Statement
A financial statement that reports a company's assets, liabilities, and equity at a specific
point in time - Answer -The Balance Sheet
Reports the changes in company equity, from the opening balance to the end of the
period balance. - Answer -The Statement of Equity
Reports the sources and uses of cash by a business - Answer -The Statement of Cash
Flow
Accounting Cycle - Answer -1. Analyze and record transactions
2. Post transactions to ledger
3. Prepare an unadjusted trial balance
4. Prepare adjusted entries at the end of the period
5. Prepare adjusted trial balance
6. Prepare financial statements
If customers pays at the time of sale you must enter it as a - Answer -Sales Receipt
If customers does not pay at the time of sale you must enter it as a - Answer -Invoice
Once and customer has paid an invoice it goes to - Answer -Receive payment
Receive payment and sales receipt are followed by - Answer -Bank deposit
, Step 4 of The Accounting Cycle: Preparing adjusted entries includes - Answer -
Deferrals, Accruals, Missing Transactions, and Tax Adjustments
Removing transactions that belong to a different period - Answer -Deferral
Opposite of deferral. Concern future payments or expenses - Answer -Accruals
The Business is a separate entity, so the activities of a business must be kept separate
from any other financial activities of its business owners - Answer -Economic Entity
Assumption
Only transactions that can be proven should be recorded in accounting practices. And
what this means is that businesses must be able to prove transactions through such
things as receipts, billing statements, invoices, and bank statements. - Answer -
Reliability Assumption
All info that is relative to the business and is important to a lender or investor has to be
disclosed in financial statements or in the notes of the statements - Answer -Full
Disclosure Principle
When choosing between two solutions, the one that will be least likely to overstate
assets and income should be selected. - Answer -Conservatism Assumption
States that an amount can be ignored if its effect on the financial statements is small
and not misleading - Answer -Materiality Principle
Once you adopt an accounting principle or method, continue to follow it consistently in
future accounting periods so that the results reported from period to period are
comparable - Answer -Consistency Principle
One currency is used throughout all accounting activities. In the US the dollar is the
currency used in accounting. When this currency is used, inflation is not a consideration
in recording finances - Answer -Monetary Unit Assumption
Refers to a business that is stable enough to operate and meet its obligation for the
future - Answer -Going Concern Assumption
Revenue is recognized when payment is received and expenses are recognized when
paid out - Answer -Cash-Basis Account Method
Revenues are reported when they are earned and expenses are reported when they are
incurred - Answer -Accrual Method of Accounting
A combo of cash-basis and accrual methods - Answer -Hybrid Accounting
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