Exam 2 F&R Kosse Flashcards
What are the 6 purposes/uses to farm records?
- Measure profit (income statement) and assess financial condition (balance sheet)
- Provide data for business analysis
- assist in obtaining loans
- measure the profitability of individual enterprises
- assist in the analysis of new investments
- prepare income tax returns
What does income estimate?
profits
What does the balance sheet show?
the financial condition of the business
Lender’s need and require financial information about the farm to help make a decision about possible loans. T/F
True
When was the Farm Financial Standards Council created?
It was created after the “Farm Debt Crisis” from 1983-1987
What farm business activities are included in the accounting system?
production, investment, and financial activities
The production activities: operating are what?
related to the production of livestock and crops
-revenues and expenses
Investment activities are related to what?
the purchase, depreciation, and sale of long-lived assets. Ex. Land, Orchards, Breeding stock, Buildings, Vineyards, and Machinery
What is accounts payable?
an expense incurred but not yet paid (you have gotten a bill)
What is Accounts receivable?
revenue for a product that has been sold or . service provided but for which the payment has not yet been received (you are still waiting for the check)
What is the accounting principle?
Assets = Liabilities - Owner Equity OR Owner Equity = Assets - Liabilities
What is an accrued expense?
An expense that accrues or accumulates daily but has not yet been paid. Due date is generally in the future. (Have not received a bill)
What is an asset?
any item of value, tangible, or financial
What is tangible?
something that can be touched: land, livestock, machinery, grain
What is financial?
a nonphysical asset: bank deposits, bonds, stocks, futures contract
What is an expense?
a cost of expenditure incurred during production
What is Net Farm Income?
Revenue - expenses (TR-TC)
What is Liability?
a debt or other financial value of products produced for sale but not yet sold. Ex. loans, accrued expenses, accounts payable
What is Inventory?
The physical quantity and financial value of products produced for sale but not yet sold. Ex. stored grain, livestock ready for sale or could be sold at time of inventory.
What is Owners Equity?
the difference between business assets and business liabilities; the net value of the business
What is prepaid expense?
a payment made for a product or service in an accounting period before the one in which it will be used to produce revenue
What is revenue
the value of products and services produced by a business during an accounting period. The revenue may be either cash or non-cash.
Non-cash revenue ex. donations, inheritance, and investment gains
What is credit?
a decrease in the value of an asset or expense account or an increase in a liability or owner equity account. The right hand side of a ledger
What is debit?
an increase in an asset or expense account or a decrease in a liability or owner equity. The left hand side of the ledger.
Debit is not bad and credit is not good
What is a fiscal-year and calendar year?
Fiscal year uses a 12-month period that may begin on any date
Calendar year is all transactions between Jan. 1st and Dec. 31st are organized
What is a single entry?
is like a bank account: money coming in on one side and money going out the other. *this is generally used for most farm records.
What is a double entry?
as with debit/credit. They must be equal and offsetting, the accounts must balance
What is cash basis?
Revenue that is recognized when received. *NOT GAAP
What is accrual basis?
revenue that is recognized when earned and realizable *GAAP
The only revenues and expenses recorded are actual cash receipts and cash expenses T/F
True
Accrual accounting considers inventories as what?
revenue