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CLEP Financial Accounting Vocab

Subjects : clep, business-skills
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1. 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.






2. A supply of items a business has on hand






3. The interest rate written on the face of a note






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






5. Assets that can be used to pay current liabilities






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






11. Assets that help a business or person make money






12. Debts that must be paid within one year or one operating cycle - whichever is longer






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






14. The cost of business airplane fairs - trains and long-distance buses






15. 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






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






17. The official list of all business accounts






18. The amount of the historical cost of an asset that gets allocated over the useful life of the asset






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. The amount borrowed - or the principal. Interest-bearing notes show the present value as the face amount






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






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






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






31. Contra-asset account that accumulates all the deprec of long lived assets over the years






32. Recorded the cost as an asset






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






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






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






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






37. Accounts that explain why assets went down from operations






38. Outsders to whom the business owes money






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






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






41. A note with an interest rate written on the face - whose face amount is the present value






42. Income-expenses






43. Income - Expenses = Net Income






44. A word that means a subtraction has occured






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






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






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






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






49. An account that gets subtracted from an asset account






50. 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