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CLEP Financial Accounting Vocab

Subjects : clep, business-skills
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1. Contra-asset account that accumulates all the deprec of long lived assets over the years






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






9. Assets that can be used to pay current liabilities






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. The official list of all business accounts






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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.






24. Outsders to whom the business owes money






25. Accounts that explain why assets went up from operations






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






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






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






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






30. A supply of items a business has on hand






31. An account that gets subtracted from an asset account






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Income-expenses






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






40. A word that means a subtraction has occured






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






42. 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






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






44. 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.






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






46. Income - Expenses = Net Income






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






48. Accounts that explain why assets went down from operations






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






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