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What is accounting the language of? |
Bussines |
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What are the 3 ways businesses make money? |
Provide a service, sell products, or both |
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How is a bussines owned |
Single proprietorship, partnership, corporation |
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What are the 3 financial statements |
Income statement, statement of retained earnings, balance sheet |
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Single proprietorship |
Owned by one person |
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Partnership |
2 or more people are owners |
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Corporation |
A single legal being created in the law |
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Corporation advantages |
Limited liability. Meaning bussines and corporation can be sued but not the owner (LLC) |
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Single proprietorship advantages |
Easy to start, bussines pays no income tax |
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Single proprietorship disadvantage |
Unlimited liability |
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Partnership advantage |
Bussines pays no income tax, you can pull resources |
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Partnership disadvantage |
Unlimited liability |
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Corporation disadvantages |
Pays fees to start up and annual fees, has to file with state, double taxation |
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How do you communicate financial information about a company? |
With financial statements |
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What does an income statement tell you? |
How much profit a company made within a year |
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What is a balance sheet? |
It tells you the financial condition of a company. Also known as statement of financial condition/position |
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Assests |
Everything a company owns |
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Liability |
Debt a company may have |
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What is the accounting equation? |
Assests = Liability + Networth |
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IPO |
Initial public offering |
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Liquidate |
A company decides to go out of business,voluntarily or invitatory. They sell all assets and pay off liability’s,owners get whatever is left |
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Networth |
The owners share of the company.whatever is left after the company liquidates |
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Equity |
Share of |
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Mortgage |
Money borrowed from the bank |
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What are the 2 ways to get equity |
Invest and profit |
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Capitolstock |
How much owner invested |
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How does a company make profit? |
If they take more money ey than they put in |
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Stockholders |
Owners of a corporation |
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Dividen |
The profit is given to the owner |
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Retained earnings |
A profit a company made that's has not been given to the owner YET |
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Accounts receivable |
Money owed to the company from their customers |
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Note |
A legal document |
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Note receivable |
Money owed to the company through a legal document |
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Accounts payable |
Money the company owes to the supplier |
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Notes payable |
Money owed signed by a legal document |
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Purchase |
Total amount of merchandise bought |
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purchase return |
Merchandise that was returned |
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Net purchase |
Amount of money spent on merchandise that was kept |
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Sales discount |
Amount of money a customer saves |
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Sales Return |
Merchandise customer send back |
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Net sales |
Amount of money we collected on the merchandise the customer kept |
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net purchase |
Amount of money spent on merchandise we kept |
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Three steps to finding ending inventory |
1. Count merchandise 2. Determine cost 3. Apply lower of cost or Market rule |
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Gross profit |
Total revenue minus the cost of goods sold |