ACC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Retained Earnings

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ACC 100- Week 3- Chapter 3
Introduction to Accounts
How to name a business
- consider using expert help
- pick a name that explains what your business it about
- number and initials are a bad idea
- stay away from long and confusing names
- check to make sure it is not already trademarked
- want to be able to use the business name as the website domain name, so keep it short
Common Account Names
Asset Accounts
Cash
- owned
- future benefit
- received by past transaction
Accounts Receivable
- right to get cash
- in the future
- from past sale
- sell on account (+)
collect cash (-)
- when the sell their product, they are not given cash but promised it in the future
(selling on account), when they get the cash from the customer, their assets will
decrease by amount collected
Prepaid Expense
- future expense
- asset that will become and expense
- ex. You pay $120 for a magazine subscription; the magazines are not an expense until you
receive them because then you are getting what you paid for
- ex. Paig ret for et oth’s use of spae, paig for a ad that ill oe out i et
oth’s issue
- get future right (assets increase +)
use up the right (assets decrease -)
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Pick a name that explains what your business it about. Number and initials are a bad idea. Stay away from long and confusing names. Check to make sure it is not already trademarked. Want to be able to use the business name as the website domain name, so keep it short. Sell on account (+) collect cash (-) When the sell their product, they are not given cash but promised it in the future (selling on account), when they get the cash from the customer, their assets will decrease by amount collected. You pay for a magazine subscription; the magazines are not an expense until you receive them because then you are getting what you paid for. Pa(cid:455)i(cid:374)g re(cid:374)t for (cid:374)e(cid:454)t (cid:373)o(cid:374)th"s use of spa(cid:272)e, pa(cid:455)i(cid:374)g for a(cid:374) ad that (cid:449)ill (cid:272)o(cid:373)e out i(cid:374) (cid:374)e(cid:454)t (cid:373)o(cid:374)th"s issue. Get future right (assets increase +) use up the right (assets decrease -)

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