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CLEP Financial Accounting Vocab

Subjects : clep, business-skills
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1. The 12 month period a business used to report the results of its operatons






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






3. Outsders to whom the business owes money






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






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






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






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






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






9. Recorded the cost as an asset






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






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






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






13. A supply of items a business has on hand






14. An account that gets subtracted from an asset account






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






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






22. 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






23. Accounts that explain why assets went down from operations






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






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






26. Debts owned to people outside the company






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






28. The official list of all business accounts






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






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






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






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






33. Assets that help a business or person make money






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






35. Assets that can be used to pay current liabilities






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






45. Accounts that explain why assets went up from operations






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






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






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






49. Income-expenses






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