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CLEP Financial Accounting Vocab

Subjects : clep, business-skills
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1. The financial report that shows business assets - liabilities - and the owners equity on a particular day






2. 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.






3. A word that means a subtraction has occured






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






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






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






7. Accounts that explain why assets went down from operations






8. A supply of items a business has on hand






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






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






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






12. Debts owned to people outside the company






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






14. Assets that can be used to pay current liabilities






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






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






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






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






19. Outsders to whom the business owes money






20. Accounts that explain why assets went up from operations






21. An account that gets subtracted from an asset account






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






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






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






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






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






27. Assets that help a business or person make money






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






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






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






31. Income-expenses






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






46. Recorded the cost as an asset






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






48. Income - Expenses = Net Income






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






50. 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