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CLEP Financial Accounting Vocab

Subjects : clep, business-skills
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1. Calc cash flow from opeations that does not start with NI - but does show cash-in cash-out cat. `






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






3. Recorded the cost as an asset






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. The official list of all business accounts






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






23. Debts owned to people outside the company






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






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






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






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






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






29. Assets that can be used to pay current liabilities






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






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






32. Accounts that explain why assets went up from operations






33. Income-expenses






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






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






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






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






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






39. A word that means a subtraction has occured






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






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






42. Accounts that explain why assets went down from operations






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






44. Income - Expenses = Net Income






45. Assets that help a business or person make money






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






47. An account that gets subtracted from an asset account






48. Outsders to whom the business owes money






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






50. A supply of items a business has on hand