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CLEP Financial Accounting Vocab

Subjects : clep, business-skills
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1. Accounts that explain why assets went down from operations






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






3. The official list of all business accounts






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






5. Income-expenses






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






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






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






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






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






13. Outsders to whom the business owes money






14. 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






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. An account that gets subtracted from an asset account






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Recorded the cost as an asset






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. A word that means a subtraction has occured






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






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






35. Assets that help a business or person make money






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






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






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






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






40. Assets that can be used to pay current liabilities






41. 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.






42. A supply of items a business has on hand






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






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






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






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






47. Accounts that explain why assets went up from operations






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






49. Income - Expenses = Net Income






50. Debts owned to people outside the company