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What is Accounting?
Purpose of accounting is to:
1. identify, record, and communicate the economic
events of an
2. organization to
3. interested users.
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What is Accounting?
Three Activities
Illustration 1-1
Accounting process
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Finance
Management
IRS
Investors
Marketing
Customers
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SEC
Labor
Unions
Creditors
External
Users
User
Human Resources
Investors
Management
Finance
Marketing
Creditors
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Various users
need financial
information
Balance Sheet
Income Statement
Statement of Owners Equity
Statement of Cash Flows
Note Disclosure
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Generally Accepted
Accounting
Principles (GAAP)
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Proprietorship.
Partnership.
Corporation.
Forms of Business
Ownership
Generally owned
by one person.
Owned by two or
more persons.
Often small
service-type
businesses
Owner receives
any profits,
suffers any
losses, and is
personally liable
for all debts.
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Partnership
Generally
unlimited
personal liability
Corporation
Ownership
divided into
shares of stock
Separate legal
entity organized
under state
corporation law
Limited liability
Partnership
agreement
SO 5 Explain the monetary unit assumption
and the economic entity assumption.
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Liabilities
Owners
Equity
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Assets
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Liabilities
Owners
Equity
Assets
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Liabilities
Owners
Equity
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Liabilities
Owners
Equity
Owners Equity
Illustration 1-6
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Owners Equity
Illustration 1-6
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Criterion
Record/
Dont Record
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Transaction Analysis
Transaction (1): Ray Neal decides to open a computer programming
service which he names Softbyte. On September 1, 2012, Ray Neal
invests $15,000 cash in the business.
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Transaction Analysis
Transaction (2): Purchase of Equipment for Cash. Softbyte purchases
computer equipment for $7,000 cash.
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Transaction Analysis
Transaction (3): Softbyte purchases for $1,600 from Acme Supply
Company computer paper and other supplies expected to last several
months. The purchase is made on account.
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Transaction Analysis
Transaction (4): Softbyte receives $1,200 cash from customers for
programming services it has provided.
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Transaction Analysis
Transaction (5): Softbyte receives a bill for $250 from the Daily News
for advertising but postpones payment until a later date.
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Transaction Analysis
Transaction (6): Softbyte provides $3,500 of programming services
for customers. The company receives cash of $1,500 from customers,
and it bills the balance of $2,000 on account.
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Transaction Analysis
Transaction (7): Softbyte pays the following expenses in cash for
September: store rent $600, salaries of employees $900, and utilities
$200.
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Transaction Analysis
Transaction (8): Softbyte pays its $250 Daily News bill in cash.
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Transaction Analysis
Transaction (9): Softbyte receives $600 in cash from customers who
had been billed for services [in Transaction (6)].
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Transaction Analysis
Transaction (10): Ray Neal withdraws $1,300 in cash from the
business for his personal use.
Illustration 1-8
Tabular summary of
Softbyte transactions
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Financial Statements
Companies prepare four financial statements :
Income
Statement
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Owners
Equity
Statement
Balance
Sheet
Statement
of Cash
Flows
SO 8 Understand the four financial statements and how they are prepared.
Financial Statements
Question
Net income will result during a time period when:
a. assets exceed liabilities.
b. assets exceed revenues.
c. expenses exceed revenues.
d. revenues exceed expenses.
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SO 8 Understand the four financial statements and how they are prepared.
Financial Statements
Illustration 1-9
Financial statements and
their interrelationships
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Financial Statements
Illustration 1-9
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Financial Statements
Illustration 1-9
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Financial Statements
Statement of Cash Flows
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SO 8 Understand the four financial statements and how they are prepared.
Financial Statements
Question
Which of the following financial statements is prepared as
of a specific date?
a. Balance sheet.
b. Income statement.
c. Owner's equity statement.
d. Statement of cash flows.
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SO 8 Understand the four financial statements and how they are prepared.
APPENDIX1A
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Accounting Career
Opportunities
Public Accounting
Private Accounting
Government
Forensic Accounting
Key Points
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Key Points
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