SPAN 2300 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Retained Earnings, Treasury Stock, Deferred Income
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Quiz 1: financial accounting, measuring business activities and communicating results to external parties in the form of basic financial statements, includes: income statement, statement of stockholders equity, balance sheet, Debit an asset account and debit a stockholder"s equity account: possible journal entries: Credit an asset account and debit an expense account. Credit a revenue account and debit an asset account. Debit one asset account and credit another asset account: recording a cost as an asset or an expense is based on whether or not: Allow for proper application of the revenue recognition principle or the expense recognition principle. Reduce the balances of revenue and expense accounts to zero: calculation of retained earnings at the end of the accounting period: Assets - resources that a) the company owns, b) have future value, c) can be measured in monetary terms must have all 3 criteria (something you can sell) No negative assets, show debts under liabilities.