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CLEP Financial Accounting Vocab

Subjects : clep, business-skills
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1. 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






2. Accounts that explain why assets went down from operations






3. Recorded the cost as an asset






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






5. The official list of all business accounts






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






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






8. Income - Expenses = Net Income






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






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






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






12. A word that means a subtraction has occured






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Debts owned to people outside the company






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






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






22. An account that gets subtracted from an asset account






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






24. 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.






25. Assets that can be used to pay current liabilities






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






32. Assets that help a business or person make money






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






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






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






36. A supply of items a business has on hand






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






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






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






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






41. Income-expenses






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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