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CLEP Financial Accounting Vocab

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1. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






14. Outsders to whom the business owes money






15. 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






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






17. 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.






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






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






20. The official list of all business accounts






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






22. Debts owned to people outside the company






23. Accounts that explain why assets went down from operations






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






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






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






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






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






29. Recorded the cost as an asset






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






31. Assets that help a business or person make money






32. Income-expenses






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Income - Expenses = Net Income






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






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






42. Assets that can be used to pay current liabilities






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






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






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






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






47. A supply of items a business has on hand






48. A word that means a subtraction has occured






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






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







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