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accountin part 2
midterm
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Accounting
12th Grade
10/24/2007

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accounts receivable
Definition
total amount of money to be recieved in the future for goods or services sold on credit
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liablities

Definition
debts of a business
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deposit slip
Definition
bank form on which the currency (bills and coins) and checks to be deposited are listed
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post-closing trial balance
Definition
prepared to prove that debits in the ledger accounts are equal to the credits after the closing entries have been posted
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compound entry
Definition
journal entry with two or more debits or two or more credits
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permanent accounts n their balances
Definition

are listed on the post-closing trial balance

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Income Summary Account
Definition
is a general ledger account used to accumulate and summarize the revenue and exenses for a period
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temporary capital accounts
Definition
accounts that start an accounting period with zero balances are called
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correcting entry
Definition
errors discovered after posting has taken place require
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trial balance

Definition
periodic report prepared by a business to test the equality of total debits and total credits int he ledger us called a
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posting
Definition
transferring data from the journal to the ledger
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slide error
Definition
writing 190 as 19 or 1900
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transposition error
Definition
u wrote 27 instead of 72
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journalizing
Definition
recording a business transaction
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source document
Definition

any type of business paper that verifies that a transaction occured

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calendar year
Definition
begins Jan 1st and ends Dec 31st
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accounting cycle
Definition
various activities a business completes to organize its accounting records in an orderly fashion
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general journal
Definition
all purpose journal used for recording business transactions
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corporation
Definition
business organization that must get permission from the state to operate
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manufactoring business
Definition
business that produces items to sell to individuals and other businesses is known as a
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business entity account assumption
Definition
business owner must keep the financial records for the business separate from personal records
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partnership
Definition
business that two or more agree to own together
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going concern accounting assumption
Definition
the accountant prepares reports as thought the business will operate indifinitely
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