Financial Accounting Chapter 1

Financial Accounting Weygandt Chapter 1 Flashcards

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Accounting
The information system that identifies, records, and communicates the economic events of an organization to interested users.
Assets
Resources a business owns.
Balance Sheet
Financial statement that reports the assets, liabilities, and owner's equity at a specific date.
Accounting Equation
Assets = Liabilities + Stockholder's Equity
Bookkeeping
A part of accounting that involves only the recording of economic events
Common Stock
The total amount paid in by stockholders for the shares they purchase.
Corporation
A separate legal entity, organized under corporate law, having ownership divided into transferable shares of stock.
Cost Principle
An accounting principle that states that companies should record assets at their cost.
Dividend
A distribution by a corporation to its stockholders on a pro rata or equal basis.
Economic Entity Assumption
Requires that the activities of an entity be kept separate and distinct from the activities of its owners and all other entities.
Ethics
The standards of conduct by which one's actions are judged right or wrong, honest or dishonest, fair or not fair.
Exenses
The cost of assets consumed or services used in the process of earning revenue.
Fair Value Principle
An accounting principle that states that companies should record their assets at fair value.
Faithful representation
Numbers and descriptions of financial information match what really existed or happened.
Financial Accounting
The field of accounting that provides economic and financial information for investors, creditors, and other external users.