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CLEP Financial Accounting Vocab

Subjects : clep, business-skills
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1. The 12 month period a business used to report the results of its operatons






2. When money is changed into another asset that helps the business make money






3. The inventory method that keeps track of merchandise costs in various purchases and contra-purchases accounts and then computes cost of goods sold on the income statement. Inventory on the books is adjusted only at year-end.






4. A financial statement analysis technique in which one number is assigned 100% and all other numbers are expressed as a percentage of the first number. In balance sheets. the key number is total assets. In income statements - the key # is sales.






5. Assets that help a business or person make money






6. When numbers are 'netted' they combine so that the negative numbers get subtracted from the positive numbers






7. An income account that explains the increase in business assets as a result of selling goods






8. An account that gets subtracted from an asset account






9. Income - Expenses = Net Income






10. The cost the the biz of the goods it sells






11. Money is 'expensed' if it is gone forever - if there remains no useful asset as a result of the spending. The opposite is CAPITALIZED






12. Asset has not been sold but a gain or loss has occurred






13. Modified accelerated cost recovery syste - for which IRS tables tell the rate by which to multiply an assets historical cost






14. Debts owned to people outside the company






15. The inventory method that increases the inventory account with every purchase and lowers the inventory with every sale.






16. Money is 'expensed' if it is gone forever - if there remains no useful assert as a result of the spending. THe opposite of capitalized. `






17. The official list of all business accounts






18. The financial report that shows the result of biz operations over a period of time






19. Income-expenses






20. A financial statement that calculates an end-of-period balance of the owner's equity account






21. Accounts that explain why assets went up from operations






22. Non-operating exp or revenues come from transactions that are not part of normal biz operations






23. An account that gets subtracted from its related account. Contra accounts always get reported as negative numbers.






24. The cost to the business of the goods that it sells






25. Recorded the cost as an asset






26. That porition of the business the owner gets to keep after paying all creditors






27. The natural period of time before a certain business activities tend to repeat -usually one year






28. The inventory system that averages the cost of all items in inventory and assigns that averaged cost the the items sold.






29. Economic resources that the business plans to use in the future to make money






30. Accounts that explain why assets went down from operations






31. The financial report that shows business assets - liabilities - and the owners equity on a particular day






32. The amount borrowed plus the interest up to a maturity date






33. A word that means a subtraction has occured






34. Usual method - starts with NI and uses the changes in the A&L accounts to adjust NI into cash flow from operations






35. A tool to keep track of the ops and downs in account. The ups go on one side of the T and the downs go on the other






36. The financial report that shows the result of business operations over a period of time






37. The cost of living while away from home of business






38. Method of journalizing and posting accounts at the same time by recording transac vertically in columns






39. The dollar amount written on the face of the note






40. Money that the owner takes from the business or money in the business account that the owner spends on personal bills.






41. Outsders to whom the business owes money






42. The contra-asset account that accumulates all the depreciation of long-lived assets over the years






43. Where cash came from and where it went - Cash flow from operations - cash flow from investing activities - cash flow from financing activities - calculation of (1) net cash flow - and (2) cash - end of period






44. Calc cash flow from opeations that does not start with NI - but does show cash-in cash-out cat. `






45. The amount of long-lived assets used up during operations






46. Assets that can be used to pay current liabilities






47. A place on the financial books to keep track of financial info that the owners want to know






48. A depr method that results in higher depr exp in an assets early years






49. To sell a note to a bank that subtracts a discount - giving the seller the proceeds`






50. A supply of items a business has on hand