ACCT 2113 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Contingent Liability, Intangible Asset, Matching Principle

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Higher ratios means company is more liquid also look at liquidity. Good will is an intangible asset, only recorded when one company buys another, and is the purchase price above fair value of identifiable net assets of another company. Accounts with temporary balances are recorded in income statement like dividends. Sales allowance and returns is a contra revenue account. Total stockholder"s equity is common stock plus retained earnings plus net income minus dividends. Matching principle is matching expenses with the revenues they help to produce. Straight-line depreciation results in the greatest amount of depreciation expense in the last year of the asset"s life. All of these are recorded as an adjusting entry at the end of the year: impairment of long-term assets, allowance for uncollectible accounts, lower-of-cost or market inventory valuation, contingent liabilities. Need to look over contingent loss a lot and the whole do i record it or not stuff. Bad debt expense: allowance for uncollectible accounts.

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