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CLEP Financial Accounting Vocab

Subjects : clep, business-skills
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1. 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






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






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






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






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






6. Debts owned to people outside the company






7. A word that means a subtraction has occured






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






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






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






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






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






14. Assets that can be used to pay current liabilities






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






16. An account that gets subtracted from an asset account






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






18. Income - Expenses = Net Income






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






20. Income-expenses






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






22. Outsders to whom the business owes money






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






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






25. Accounts that explain why assets went up from operations






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






27. Assets that help a business or person make money






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






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






30. The official list of all business accounts






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. The 12 month period a business used to report the results of its operatons






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






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






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






47. A supply of items a business has on hand






48. Accounts that explain why assets went down from operations






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






50. 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