ACCOUNTG 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Retained Earnings, Historical Cost, Calendar Year

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Under equity you have the permanent account common stock and retained earnings. Under retained earning are temporary accounts called- revenue, expenses and. Historical cost concept: requires that most assets be reported at the amount paid for them (their historical cost) regardless of increases in market value. Reliability concept- information is reliable if it can be independently verified. Appraised values are opinions and vary from appraiser to appraiser. Memorize page 22 in the book: matching concept. Expenses to the revenue the same year it happened: net loss. Expenses are higher than revenue: accounting period. Balance sheet: (cid:862)as of(cid:863) is differe(cid:374)t tha(cid:374) (cid:862)for the (cid:455)ear e(cid:374)di(cid:374)g(cid:863)

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