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Subject Index    
667
I
Income from continuing
      operations, 629
Income tax expense, 631, 643–644
Incorporator, 538
Initial public offering, 545
Intangible asset, defined, 154
Interest calculation, see essential math
      for accounting (disk)
Interest payable, defined, 155
Interest receivable, defined, 153
Investing activities, defined, 308
Investment bank, 545
Investment by proprietorship owner
   defined, 190
   effect on owner’s equity, 189
   how to record, 418, 452
   in statement of owner’s equity, 294
Investments by stockholders,
   Learning Goals 28 and 29
IPO, see initial public offering
J
Journal
   compared to ledger, 443
   defined, 449
   general journal, 450
   how to use, 451–453
   posting from, 483–487
L
Ledger
   compared to journal, 443
   defined, 443
   general ledger, 443–444
   how to use, 443–447
Ledger account
   defined, 443
   posting to, 483
   recording in, 506
   three-column format, 482
Legal capital, 554
Liabilities
   accounting equation and, 59
   balance sheet presentation, 300
   compared to owner’s equity, 52
   confused with expense, 124
   common types summarized,
      154–155
   defined, 48   
   normal (natural) balance of,
      393, 429
   personal liability, 68
   priority of, 50
 
   recording rules, 399, 429
   types of, 154–155
   valuation of, 220, 366
Limited liability company, 543
Limited liability of stockholders, 555
Limited partnership, 70
Liquidating dividends, 564
Liquidity, 303
Loss, 189
M
Managerial accounting,
      defined, 280
Management discussion and
      analysis, 281
Manual and computerized
      accounting, 522
Matching principle, 366
Materiality, 361
MD & A, see management discussion
      and analysis
Measurement, see valuation
Monetary and non-monetary
      assets, 39, 41
Monetary unit measure, 362
N
Net assets, defined, 188
Net income or loss
   defined, 16, 290
   effect on owner’s equity, 189
Net of tax, 632
Net worth, see owner’s equity
Non-monetary and monetary
      assets, 39, 41
Notes payable, defined, 155
Notes receivable, defined, 153
No-par stock, 555
Normal (natural) account
      balances, 397, 429
O
Objective evidence, 40, 363
Objectives of financial reporting, 357
Operating activities, defined, 307
Operating agreement 543
Operations, elements of, 189–190, 286
Operating guidelines of
      accounting, 358, 362
Operating statement, see income
      statement
Organization cost, 562
Other comprehensive income, 624
Outstanding shares, 587
Owner’s capital
   defined, 188
   recording rules, 399, 429
Owner’ equity
   accounting equation and, 59
   balance sheet presentation, 301
   causes of change in, 189
   changes manifest in assets and
      liabilities, 338
compared to liabilities, 52
defined, 48
for corporations, see stockholders’
      equity
normal (natural) capital account
      balance, 412, 429
priority compared to
      liabilities, 50
proprietorship, partnership, and
      corporation overview, 71–72
subdivisions of 411–412
P
P and L statement, see income
      statement
Paid-in capital, 553
Paid-in capital in excess of par, 556
Par value, 555
Partnership
   defined, 69
   overview compared to
      proprietorship and
      corporation, 72
Payment date (dividends), 565
PCAOB, see Public Company
      Accounting Oversight Board
PE ratio, see price-earnings ratio
Periodicity, see time period
Permanent differences, 644
Personal liability, 68, 555
Posting
   defined, 483
   illustrated, 484–484
   procedure for, 483
   reference, 486
Practice bulletins, 360
Preemptive rights, 560
Preferred stock, 553, 556–571
Prepaid expense, defined, 153
Price-earnings ratio, 637
Prior period adjustment, 600
Profit or loss, see net income or loss
Profit and loss statement, see
       income statement

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