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CLEP Financial Accounting Vocab

Subjects : clep, business-skills
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1. To sell a note to a bank that subtracts a discount - giving the seller the proceeds`






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






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






4. The official list of all business accounts






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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






12. A word that means a subtraction has occured






13. Accounts that explain why assets went up from operations






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






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






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






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






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






19. Assets that can be used to pay current liabilities






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






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






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






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






24. An account that gets subtracted from an asset account






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






26. A supply of items a business has on hand






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






28. Accounts that explain why assets went down from operations






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






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






31. 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






32. 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.






33. Income-expenses






34. Outsders to whom the business owes money






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






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






37. Assets that help a business or person make money






38. Recorded the cost as an asset






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






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






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






42. Debts owned to people outside the company






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






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






45. Income - Expenses = Net Income






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






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






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






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






50. 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.