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Accounting Exam 2
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Accounting
Undergraduate 1
03/12/2012

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Term
Perpetual System
Definition
-Records continuously show inventory that should be on hand
-company determines cost of goods sold each time a sale occurs
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Periodic System
Definition
-cost of goods sols determined by count at the end of the accounting period
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Cost of Goods Sold
Definition
Beginning Inventory + Net Purchases = Goods Available for Sale

Goods Available for Sale - Ending Inventory = Cost of Goods Sold
Term
FOB Shipping Point
Definition
Ownership of goods passes to the buyer when the public carrier accepts good from seller
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FOB Destination
Definition
Ownership of goods remains with seller until goods reach the buyer
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Purchase Returns
Definition
-Return goods for credit if purchased on credit
-Receive cash refund for purchases made with cash
-Goods go back
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Purchase Allowances
Definition
-Goods don't go back
-seller grants allowance from purchase price
Term
Sales Returns and Allowance
Definition
-Debit balance
Term
Sales Discount
Definition
-Debit balance
Term
Gross Profit
Definition
Sales Revenue - sales returns and allowance or sales discounts = Net sales

Net sales - costs of goods sold = gross profit
Term
Gross Profit Rate
Definition
-Gross Profit/Net Sales
-High number is good
Term
Profit Margin Ratio
Definition
-Net Income/Net Sales
-high number is good
Term
FIFO
Definition
-Oldest good are first to be sold
-Count newest inventory as ending inventory
Term
LIFO
Definition
-Newest goods are first to be sold
-Count oldest inventory as ending inventory
Term
Inventory Turnover Ratio
Definition
-costs of goods sold/average inventory
-high number is good
Term
Days in Inventory
Definition
-365/Inventory turnover ratio
-low number is good
Term
Establishment of Responsibility
Definition
-One person responsible for task
Term
Segregation of Duties
Definition
-related duties should be assigned to different individuals
Term
Documentation Procedures
Definition
-good documentation should be accounted for
Term
Independent Internal Verification
Definition
-records periodically verified by an employee who is independent
Term
Human Resource Controls
Definition
-bond employees
-rotate employees duties and require vacations
-background checks
Term
Reconcile Bank Statement
Definition
-add deposits in transit
-subtract outstanding checks
-bank errors
Term
Reconcile Book Statement
Definition
-add notes collected by bank
-subtract NSF checks
-subtract service charges
-bank errors
Term
Bad Debt Expense
Definition
-Debit balance
Term
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Definition
-Credit balance
-Companies debit allowance for doubtful accounts and credit accounts receivable at same time
Term
Compute Interest
Definition
Face value of note * annual interest rate * time in terms of one year = interest
Term
Land costs
Definition
-cash purchase price
-attorney's fees
-broker's commissions
-property taxes
Term
Land improvements
Definition
-depreciate land along useful life
-driveways, parking lots, etc
Term
Building Costs
Definition
-purchase price
-attorney fees
-remodeling, repairing
-construction costs, architect fees
Term
Equipment costs
Definition
-purchase costs
-sales tax
-freight charges
-insurance during transit
Term
Straight Line
Definition
Cost - Salvage Value = Depreciable cost


Depreciable cost / useful life = depreciation expense
Term
Return on Asset Ratio
Definition
net income / average total assets
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