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CLEP Financial Accounting Vocab

Subjects : clep, business-skills
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1. A depr method that results in higher depr exp in an assets early years






2. 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






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






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






5. Outsders to whom the business owes money






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






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






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






9. A supply of items a business has on hand






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






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






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






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






14. Debts owned to people outside the company






15. The official list of all business accounts






16. A word that means a subtraction has occured






17. Assets that can be used to pay current liabilities






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






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






20. Income-expenses






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Accounts that explain why assets went up from operations






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






43. Recorded the cost as an asset






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






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






46. 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






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






48. Income - Expenses = Net Income






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






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