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CLEP Financial Accounting Vocab

Subjects : clep, business-skills
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1. Modified accelerated cost recovery syste - for which IRS tables tell the rate by which to multiply an assets historical cost






2. Income-expenses






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






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






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






19. A word that means a subtraction has occured






20. A supply of items a business has on hand






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






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






23. 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






24. Assets that help a business or person make money






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






26. Assets that can be used to pay current liabilities






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






34. Income - Expenses = Net Income






35. Accounts that explain why assets went down from operations






36. Outsders to whom the business owes money






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






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






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






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






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






42. Debts owned to people outside the company






43. An account that gets subtracted from an asset account






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






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






46. Accounts that explain why assets went up from operations






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






48. Recorded the cost as an asset






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






50. The official list of all business accounts