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WorksheetsAccounting Basic Terms
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 8mins
A planned process designed to complete financial data and summarize the results in accounting records and reports.
Accounting
Financial Statement
Accounting System
Business plan
A formal report that shows what an individual owns, what an individual owes, and the difference between the two.
net worth statement
Equity
Balance Sheet
Financial Report
An amount owed
assets
liability
equity
account
The difference between assets and liabilities.
ethics
GAAP
debts
equity
The use of ethics in making business decisions.
service
transactions
business ethics
expense
The process of planning, recording, analyzing, and interpreting financial information.
Accounting
Business plan
Financing
Crediting
Financial reports that summarize the financial condition and operations of a business.
Income Statement
Financial Statements
Balance Sheet
Trial Balancee
Anything of value that is owned.
Liability
Equity
Asset
Expense
The difference between personal assets and personal liabilities.
Equities
Personal Net Worth
Assets
Account title
The principles of right and wrong that guide an individual in making decisions.
ethics
GAAP
business standards and procedures
legal laws
A business that performs an activity for a fee.
manufacturing business
retail business
service business
A formal written document that describes the nature of a business and how it will operate.
business report
financial report
business plan
business journal
An equation showing the relationship among assets, liabilities, and owner's equity.
Science Equation
Financial Equation
Algebra Equation
Accounting Equation
A record that summarizes all the transactions pertaining to a single item in the accounting equation.
asset
expense
account
equity
A business owned by one person.
LLC
Corporation
Proprietorship
Partnership
The standards and rules that accountants follow while recording and reporting financial activities.
IASB
FASB
SEC
GAAP
Any business activity that changes assets, liabilities, or owner's equity.
revenue
investment
withdrawal
transaction
The name given to an account.
account receivable
account payable
sale on account
account title
A person or business to whom a liability is owed.
owner
debtor
creditor
employer
A sale for which payment will be received at a later date.
discount sale
long-term sale
short sale
sale on account
The cost of goods or services used to operate a business.
expense
loan
liability
investment
Assets taken from the business for the owner's personal use.
scandal
withdrawal
stocktaking
dividend
The difference between the increases and decreases in an account.
net increase/decrease
account balance
net profit
net loss
An account used to summarize the owner's equity in a business.
Equity
Capital account
Asset
Liability
Which account(s) has a debit normal balance?
Asset
Liability
Owner's Equity
Revenue
Expense
