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Chapter 1,1 Facts
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Accounting
10th Grade
09/06/2006

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What is accounting?
Definition
Accounting is planning, recording, analyzing, and interpreting financial data.
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What is an accounting system?
Definition
A planned process for providing financial info that will be useful to management.
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What are accounting records?
Definition
Organized summaries of a business financial activities.
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What often contributes to business failures or bankruptcy?
Definition
Inaccurate accounting records.
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What is a service business?
Definition
A business that performs an activity for a fee.
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What is a proprietorship?
Definition
A business that is owned by one person.
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What does encore music do?
Definition
They rent office space and instruments used to teach music lessons
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What is the Accounting Equation?
Definition
Assets equals liability plus owner's equity
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What is an asset?
Definition
It is anything of value that is owned.
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What are some examples of some assets?
Definition
Cash and supplies.
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What are equities?
Definition
Financial rights to the assets of a business
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What is a liability?
Definition
An amount owned by a business.
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What is owners equity?
Definition
The amount left over after subtracting liabilities from assets.
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What is a balance sheet?
Definition
A financial statement that reports assets, liabilties, and owner's equity on a specific date.
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What is Going Concern?
Definition
Applied when financial statements are prepared with the expectation that the business will remain indefinately.
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