ACG-2021 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Accounting Equation, The Ledger, Cash Register

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Transactions are economic events that require recording in the nancial statements. Not all activities and economic events represent transactions. Assets, liabilities, or stockholders" equity items change as a result of some economic event. Assets = liabilities + common stock + revenues - expenses - dividends. When an asset (such as cash) increases or decreases, you must compensate for future/other sides of equation by similarly adding or subtracting. Assets can be balanced on the same side, as long as the net is zero. Stockholders" equity represents asset changes that happen after the business" services are dealt with/ nished. (rent, services performed, etc) Unearned service revenues are when the service/procedure is still pending to be done. (liability). Record of increases and decreases in a speci c asset, liability, equity, revenue, or expense item. Each transaction must affect two or more accounts to keep the basic accounting equation in balance. Recording done by debiting at least one account and crediting another.

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