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Belmont Acc Exam 2
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Accounting
Undergraduate 2
02/16/2012

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Accounts receivable turnover
Definition
Net credit sales/ Avg. accounts recievable
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accumulated depreciation
Definition
total amount of depreciation expense recorded over the life of an asset to date
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Assets
Definition
a company's economic resources that it expects will provide future benefits to the company
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Balance Sheet
Definition
accounting report that summarizes a company's financial position (assets, liabilites, and o.e.) as of a specific date.
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Book Value
Definition
asset's original cost minus the related accumulated depreciation
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Classified Balance Sheet
Definition
statement that shows subtotals for assets, liabilities, and o.e. in related groupings
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Current Assets
Definition
cash and other assets that a company expects to convert to cash, sell, or use up within one year.
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Current liabilities
Definition
obligations that a company expects to pay within one year by using current assets
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Current Ratio
Definition
current assets/ current liabilities
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Debt Ratio
Definition
Total liabilities/ total assets. Percent total assets provided by creditors
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Financial Flexibility
Definition
company's ability to adapt to change
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Inventory Turnover
Definition
cost of goods sold/ avg. inventory
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Liabilities
Definition
a company's economic obligations owed to its creditors
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Liquidity
Definition
measure of how quickly an asset can be converted into cash or a liability can be paid
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Long-term Investments
Definition
items such as notes receivables, gov't bonds, bonds and capital stock of corporations.
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NonCurrent Liabilities
Definition
obligations that a company does not expect to pay within one year
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Number of Days in a collection Period
Definition
number of days in a company's business year/ by its accounts receivable turnover
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Number of Days in a Selling Period
Definition
number of days in a company's business year/ inventory turnover
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Operating Capacity
Definition
company's ability to continue a given level of operations
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Owner's Equity
Definition
owner's current investment in the assets of a company
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Property and Equipment
Definition
all of the physical, long-term assets a company uses in operations
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Quick Ratio
Definition
Quick assets/ current liabilities
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Return on Owner's Equity
Definition
net income/ avg. owners equity
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Return on total assets
Definition
net income + interest expense/ avg. total assets
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Working Capital
Definition
a company's current assets - current liabilities
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Entity
Definition
separate from owners and other companies
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Transactions
Definition
exchange of property or service by company w/ other entity
Term
Source Documents
Definition
business record used as evidence that a transaction has occured
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Monetary Unit Concept
Definition
recording and analyzing a company's transactions to understand company activities
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Historical cost concept
Definition
company records its transactions based on dollars exchanged at the time the transaction occured
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Accounting Equation
Definition
Assets (company's things that create future revenue) = Liabilities (econ debt) + Owner's Equity --> Capital (start of business), revenues, expenses)
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Accounting period
Definition
Time from when money was taken, inventory purchased and sold, getting money, to more
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Earnings process
Definition
accounting cycle
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Matching Principle
Definition
record exp in month they areearned
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Accrual Accounting
Definition
Revenues should be recorded when earned and expenses when incurred
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End-ofPeriod Adjustments
Definition
Involves assets that a co. had at beginning of acc. period but used up during period
Term
Assets, Expenses, Dividends
Definition
up dr, down cr
Term
Liabilities, Revenues, Capital
Definition
up cr, down dr
Term
Income Statement
Definition
communicates company's revenues, expenses, and net income.
Term
Net Income
Definition
Revenues - expenses
Term
Revenues
Definition
prices that you charge your customers for goods or services
Term
Expenses
Definition
costs of providing goods or services to customers during acc. period
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Temporary accounts
Definition
income statement accounts end of year, zeroed out
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Permanent accounts
Definition
used for LIFE of the company on balance sheet
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Sales discount
Definition
A percentage deduction of the invoice price if he customer pays the invoice within a specific period
Term
Sales Return
Definition
when a customer returns previously purchased merch
Term
Sales Allowance
Definition
when a customer keeps the merch and the company refunds a portoin of the orig. sales price
Term
Perpetual Inventory
Definition
keeps a continuous record of the cost of inventory on hand and cost of inventory sold
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Periodic Inventory
Definition
determines inventory at the end of accounting period by counting them.
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Operating capability
Definition
a company;s ability to continue at a given level of ops
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Financial Flexibility
Definition
company's ability to adapt to change
Term
Profit Margin
Definition
Net income/net sales
Term
Gross Profit Percentage
Definition
Gross profit/net sales
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Closing entries
Definition
made by company to transfer ending balances from its temporary accounts to permanent accounts.
Term
Cash Flow Statement
Definition
Lists cash inflows and outflows from operating, investing, and financing.
Term
Cash inflows
Definition
happen with decreases in assets other than cas, increase in liability, and increase in owners equity
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Cash Outflows
Definition
happen wit increases in non cash assets, decreases in liabilities, and decrease in owners equity
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Direct Method
Definition
Subtract operating cash outflows from operating cash inflows
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Indirect Method
Definition
company adjusts net income to compute net cashflow from operating activities
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Working capital
Definition
current assets - current liabilities
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