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Acctg215
Noncomprehensive Chart of Accounts
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Accounting
Undergraduate 2
10/04/2011

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Term
Cash
Definition
Currency, coins, balances in savings and checking accounts, items acceptable for deposit in these accounts (such as checks received from customers), and cash equivalents.
Term
Accounts Receivable
Definition
The amount of cash owed to the company by its customers from the sale of products or services on account.
Term
Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts
Definition
Contra asset account representing the amount of accounts receivable that we do not expect to collect.
Term
Merchandise Inventory
Definition
Items a company intends for sale to customers.
Term
Prepaid Expenses
Definition
Costs of assets required in one period that will be expensed in a future period.
Term
Financial Investments
Definition
Cash used to purchase another company's debt or stock.
Term
Note Receivable
Definition
Formal credit arrangements evidenced by a written debt instrument or note.
Term
Building
Definition
Capitalized cost to purchase or construct buildings for use by the company.
Term
Accumulated Depreciation
Definition
Contra asset account representing the total amount of depreciation for a specific asset over time.
Term
Land
Definition
Capitalized cost to acquire and prepare land for use by the company.
Term
Land Improvements
Definition
Improvements to land such as paving, lighting, and landscaping that, unlike land itself, are subject to depreciation.
Term
Goodwill
Definition
The value of a company as a whole, over and above the value of its identifiable net assets.
Term
Intangible Assets
Definition
Long-term assets that lack physical substance, and whose existence is often based on a legal contract.
Term
Natural Resources
Definition
Assets like oil, natural gas, and timber that we can physically use up or deplete.
Term
Accounts Payable
Definition
Amounts the company owes to suppliers of merchandise or services that it has bought on credit.
Term
Unearned Revenue
Definition
A liability account used to record cash received in advance of the sale or service.
Term
Note Payable
Definition
Written promises to repay amounts borrowed plus interest.
Term
Bond Payable
Definition
A formal debt instrument that obligates the borrower to repay a stated amount, referred to as the principal or face amount, at a specified maturity date.
Term
Additional Paid in Capital
Definition
The portion of the cash proceeds above par value.
Term
Common Stock
Definition
A security that represents ownership within a corporation at par value.
Term
Preferred Stock
Definition
Stock with preference over common stock in the payment of dividends.
Term
Treasury Stock
Definition
A corporation's own stock that it has reacquired.
Term
Retained Earnings
Definition
Represents all net income, less all dividends, since the company began.
Term
Revenue
Definition
Income a business receives from normal business activities.
Term
Interest Income
Definition
Income derived from an investment on which the payments reflect the time value of money.
Term
Cost of Goods Sold
Definition
Cost of the inventory that was sold during the period.
Term
Interest Expense
Definition
Expense derived from a liability on which the payments reflect the time value of money.
Term
Bad Debt Expense
Definition
The amount of the adjustment to the allowance for uncollectible accounts, representing the cost of estimated future bad debts charged to the current period.
Term
Amortization
Definition
Allocation of the cost of an intangible asset over its service life.
Term
Depletion
Definition
Allocation of the cost of a natural resource over its service life.
Term
Depreciation
Definition
Allocation of the cost of a tangible asset over its service life.
Term
Gain
Definition
Increases in equity from peripheral or incidental transactions of an entity.
Term
Loss
Definition
Decreases in equity from peripheral or incidental transactions of an entity.
Term
Dividends
Definition
Decreases in equity of a particular business enterprise resulting from the transferring assets, rendering services, or incurring liabilities by the enterprise to the owners.
Term
Statement of Earnings (Income Statement)
Definition
Reflect the extent to which and the ways in which the equity of an entity increased or decreased from all sources other than transactions with owners during a period.
Term
Statement of Cash Flow
Definition
Reflects an entity's cash receipts classified by major sources and its cash payments by major uses during a period.
Term
Operating
Definition
All cash flows other than from investing and financing (normal operations)
Term
Investing
Definition
Cash flows related to noncurrent assets.
Term
Financing
Definition
Cash related to dividends long-term liabilities, equity
Term
Balance Sheet (Statement of Financial condition)
Definition
Information about an entity's assets ( economic resources), liabilities, equity (claims to these resources) and their relationships to each other at a moment in time.
Term
Statement of Stockholder's Equity
Definition
Financial statement that summarizes the changes in retained earnings over time including increases and decreases from operations changing in distribution to owner.
Term

Statement of Stockholder's Equity

Equation

Definition

Beg. OE + Net Income - Dividends = End OE

Owner's Equity= Common Stock + Retained Earnings

Term

Balance Sheet (Statement of Financial Condition)

Equation

Definition
Assets= Liabilities + Owner's Equity
Term

Statement of Earnings (Income Statement)

Equation

Definition
Net Income= Revenue - Expenses + Gains - Losses
Term

Statement of Cash Flow

Equation

Definition
Beg. Cash +/- cash from operations +/- cash from investing +/- cash from financing = end cash
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