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What is the purpose of accounting?
To manage financial data and make smart financial decisions.
What are the five-basic fuctions of accounting?
1. Gather financial information
2. Prepare and collect records
3. Rearrange, summarize and classify
4. Prepare reports and summaries
5. Establish control
What are "liabilities"?
Amount owed
What are "assets"?
Items of value
what is "(personal) owners equity"?
Networth
What are the three types of accounting?
Merchandising, Manufacturing, and Service
What is the fundamental accounting equation?
A=L+0.E.
What is the "cost principle"?
Goods and services will be listed at their historical cost and will never increase or decrease due to change in market value or worth
What is a transaction?
The exchange of items of value
What is the "business entity principle"?
Each business be considered a seperate entity from the owners personal finances
What is the "maturity date principle"?
Governs order of liabilities