Vocabulary

so named because it has only two amount columns, one for debit amounts & one for credit amounts

journal entries made at the end of an accounting period to reflect changes in account balances that are not the direct result of an exchange with an outside party.

the value carried on the books or in the accounting records.

a list of all account used by a business

are made at the end of the fiscal year.

a general journal entry that affects more than two accounts

the cost on asset that is subject to depreciation

a method of mathching an asset's original cost against the revenues produced over it's useful life.

a deprecition method that recognizes depreciation each year by multiplying a rate (typically double the straight-line rate) by the book value of the asset.

a 12-month period for which financial reports are prepared

property, plant, and equipment

a complete set of all the accounts used by a business

a day-by-day listing of the transactions of a business

entering the transactions in a journal

are obligations that are not expected to be paid within a year and do not require the use of current assets.

the amount an item can be sold for under normal economic conditions

the period of time required to purchase supplies and services and convert them back into cash.

after posting the closing entries, should be prepared to prove the equality of the debit & credit balances in the general ledger accounts.

the process of copying the debits & credit from the journal to the ledger accounts

items which are considered to be assets when acquired, but which will become expenses when consumed

(salvage value, residuel value) is the expected market value or selling price of the asset at the end of its useful life.

the first record of a business transaction

a depreciation method that reocgnizes an equal amount of depreciation each year.

used as an expense is incurred.

an entry to correct an incorrect entry that has been journalized and posted to the wrong account

• should be used to correct two types of errors:
• 1. when incorrect journal entry made, but not posted
• 2. proper entry made but posted to the wrong account or wrong amount

used to prove that the totals of the debit and credit balances in the T accounts were equal

a form used to pull together all of the infomration needed to enter adjusting entries and prepare the financial statements.

• 1 asset
• 2 liability
• 3 owner's equity
• 4 expenses

• step 1 analyze source documents
• step 2 journalize the transactions
• step 3 post to the general ledger accounts
• END of Accounting Period
• step 4 prepare a trial balance
• step 5 determine and prepare the needed adjustments on the work sheet
• step 6 complete an end of the period work sheet
• step 7 journalize and post the adjusting entries
• step 8 prepare an income statement, a statement of owner's equity and a balance sheet
• step 9 journalize and post the closing entries
• step 10 prepare a post-closing trial balance

steps involved in accounting for all of the business activities during an accounting period

• straight-line method
• sum-of-the year's digit depreciation
• double-declining balance depreciation

A depreciation method in which rates determined by the IRS are multiplied by the cost of the asset to determin depreciation expense fo the year.

if an asset has a five-year life, the sum-of-the years digit is computed as follows: 5+4+3+2+1=15

a depreciaton method that recognizes depreciation each year by multiplying a fraction by the depreciabe cost. The numerator of the fraction is the remaining life of the asset, measured from the beginning of the year. The denominator is the sum of the years digits.