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Accounting equation

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Assets=Liabilities+Equity

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Expanded accounting equation

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Assets=Liabilities+Contributed Capital +Retained Earnings
Assets=Liabilities+Common Stock-Dividends+Revenue-Expenses

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Return on assets

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ROA=net income/average total assets

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Profit margin

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PM=net income/net sales

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Debt ratio

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DR=Total liabilities/total assets

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Current ratio

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CR=current assets/current liabilities

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Identify internal users

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Managers

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Identify external users

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Shareholders, lenders, external auditors, nonmanagerial employees, regulators

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Sarbanes-Oxley Act

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Requires managers and auditors of companies whose stock is traded on an exchange to document and verify internal controls

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Characteristics of a Corporation & LLC

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Corporation: 1 or more shareholders, additional corporate income tax, limited liability, separate entity, indefinite business life
LLC: 1 or more members, no additional business income tax, rest same as corp

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Measurement Principle (Cost Principle)

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Accounting information is based on actual cost. Actual cost is considered objective.

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Revenue Recognition Principle

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  1. Recognize revenue when goods or services are provided to customers and
  2. at an amount expected to be received from the customer.
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Expense Recognition Principle (Matching Principle)

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A company records its expenses incurred to generate the revenue reported.

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Full Disclosure Principle

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A company reports the details behind financial statements that would impact users’ decisions in the notes to the financial statements.

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Going-Concern Assumption

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The business is presumed to continue operating instead of being closed or sold.

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Monetary Unit Assumption

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Transactions and events are expressed in monetary, or money, units.

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Time Period Assumption

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The life of a company
can be divided into time periods, such as months and years.

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Business Entity Assumption

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A business is accounted for separately from other business entities, including its owner.

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3 types of business activities

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Operating, investing, and financing

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Calculate Net income and Net Loss

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On income statement, subtract expenses from revenues and get either net income or net loss, which you put into retained earnings

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Source documents

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Source documents identify and describe transactions entering the accounting system.

Examples:
• Bills from suppliers
• Sales receipts
• Checks
• Purchase orders
• Payroll records
• Bank statements

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Chart of accounts

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A list of all ledger accounts with an ID number assigned to each account

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9 steps in the accounting cycle

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  1. Analyze transactions
  2. Journalize
  3. Post to ledger
  4. Prepare unadjusted trial balance
  5. Adjusting entries and post
  6. Prepare adjusted trial balance
  7. Prepare financial statements
  8. Close accounts
  9. Prepare post-closing trial balance
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Normal balance

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Increase debit for assets, expenses, and dividends
Increase credit for liabilities, capital stock, retained earnings, and revenue accounts

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Account balance
The difference between the increases and decreases in an account (difference between debits and credits)
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T-account
Represents a ledger account and is used to show the effects of transactions
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Posting process
1. Identify transactions and source documents 2. Analyze the transaction using the accounting equation 3. Record the journal entry 4. Post the entry to general ledger
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3 types of trial balances
Unadjusted, adjusted, and post-closing
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Which trial balance do we prepare financial statements for?
Adjusted trial balance
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Order of financial statement preparation
1. Income statement- net income 2. Statement of retained earnings- retained earnings+net income-dividends 3. Balance sheet- assets, liabilities, common stock and retained earnings 4. Statement of cash flows
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Income statement
Add up all revenues and expenses from trial balance and subtract them to get net income/net loss
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Statement of Retained Earnings
Retained earnings from start of period + net income/- net loss - dividends= retained earnings end of period
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Balance sheet
Total assets= total liabilities and equity (common stock+retained earnings)
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Statement of Cash Flows
+- operating CF +- investing CF +- financing CF = change in cash
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Fraud triangle
Opportunity- envisions a way to do without getting caught Rationalization- fails to see criminal nature or justifies action Pressure- mush have some pressure to do it
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Unearned revenue
Cash received in advance of providing products and services. Debit liability and credit revenue
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Deferrals
Paid or received cash before recognized
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Accruals
Paid or received cash after recognized
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Deferral of expense
Prepaid Adjusting entry: Debit expense (increase)- understated Credit asset (decrease)- overstated
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Deferral of revenue
Unearned revenue Adjusting entry: Debit liability (decrease)- overstated Credit revenue (increase)- understated
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Accrued expense
Salaries/interest expense Adjusting entry: Debit expense (increase)- understated Credit liability (increase)- understated
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Accrued revenue
Accounts receivable Adjusting entry: Debit asset (increase)- understated Credit revenue (increase)- understated
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What happens if you don’t post specific adjusting entry?
If you forget to credit revenue, it’s understated, which makes net income understated, which makes equity understated, etc
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Calculate interest
Principal amount owed x Annual interest rate x days/360
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Straight line depreciation
Asset cost-salvage value/useful life
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Asset
Resource a company owns or controls
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Liability
Creditor’s claims on assets
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Equity
Owner’s claim on assets
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3 most common accounts:
Cash, amounts payable, amounts receivable
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Closing process
Resets revenue, expenses, and dividends to zero Identify accounts for closing, record and post closing entries, and prepare post-closing trial balance
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Temporary accounts
Revenues, expenses, dividends, income summary
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Permanent accounts
Assets, liabilities, common stock, retained earnings
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Classified Balance Sheet Assets
Current assets, long-term investments, plant assets, and intangible assets
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Classified Balance Sheet Liabilities and Equity
Current liabilities, long-term liabilities, and equity (common stock and retained earnings)
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Closing Entries
1. Close revenue accounts (debit revenues and credit income summary) 2. Close expense accounts (debit income summary and credit expenses) 3. Close income summary account (debit income summary and credit retained earnings) 4. Close dividends account (debit retained earnings and credit dividends)

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