Terms Flashcards
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Liabilities
List and total of your debts
-paid first
Assets
A list and total of the things that you own that have dollar value.
Net worth / capital / owner equity
The calculated difference between total assets and total liabilities
Fundamental accounting equation
A-L=OE
Assets-Liabilities=Owner Equity
OR
A=L+OE
Balance sheet
A statement showing the financial position of a person, business, or other organization.
Balance sheet basis:
- Balance equation
- Three line heading(WHO? WHAT? WHEN?)
- Assets listed in order of liquidity
- Liabilities listed in paying order
- Details of items are fully disclosed
- Total assets and total liabilities recorded on same line and underlined double line.
- Owner of business’s assets and liabilities are separate from the personal assets and liabilities.
- Names of customers/suppliers are listed in alphabetical order.
Liquidity
The order in which assets are converted to cash.
Ex.
Cash on hand-
Bank balance-
…………….
Equipment-(used in business, not usually concerted into cash)
Accounts receivable
Customers who have a tab with a business with the agreement of paying it later are considered receivable accounts.
(Asset)
Accounts payable
A business with an agreement with suppliers to pay debted amount later are considered payable accounts.
(Liability)
Header
Must indicate the name of: -the business(who) >business name. - the name of statement (what) >statement name, balance sheet. -the date of statement (when) >September 30
Sub headings
Write assets as one sub-heading -underline it -list them Write liabilities as another sub-heading -underline it -list them
Totalling
After all liabilities and assets are listed
- Draw a line below last ones
> to indicate you are adding up figures above line.
- Write in “Total Liabilities”
>total
Owners Equity
Beneath liabilities -Write in sub heading "Owner's Equity" >underline -Write owners name, "Capital" -Across put in equity figure > OE=A-L - Next line write "total liabilities and equity" - in column put total in. > OE+L
Abreviations
- avoid using them on financial statements except when business name includes one.
- limited ‘Ltd.’ ❌
- company ‘Co’ ✔️
Columnar paper
- used to carefully place figures in columns
- dollar signs, periods, and comma are not used.
- even zeros are shown by placing a dash in cents column.
Ruled lines
-If you are totalling a column
>single line drawn beneath column~ total placed underneath.
-Final total has double line drawn under it.
-leave space2-3 lines
> line above number & double line under number.
Neatness
- Must be neat and legible so numbers are not confused.
- does not necessarily have to be beautiful.
- accuracy
- clarity
- always use ruler
Debtor
Someone who owes money to a business
Creditors
Business owes money to suppliers
Claims
Owners and creditors have claims against the assets of a business
- creditors first
- assets=creditors claim + owners claim
CICA handbook
The standards for accountants in Canada.
GAAP
Generally Accepted Accounting Principals
Debit
The word associated with the left side of an account.
Credit
The word associated with the right side of an account.