ACCT 225 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Retained Earnings, Income Statement, Legal Personality

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Accounting- system of maintaining records of a company"s operations & communicating them to decision makers. Corporation- separate legal entity from owners: limited liability (advantage) Financing activities- transactions with investors & creditors: ex: issuing stock, borrowing money from local bank. Investing activities- transactions with purchase and sale of resources that are expected to benefit the company for years: ex: purchase of equipment. Operating activities- transactions with relation to primary operations of company: ex: providing goods/services to customers, rent, salaries, utilities, taxes, & advertising. Revenue- amount recorded when company sells goods/services to customers. Financial statements: (1) income statement, (2) statement of stockholders equity (she, (3) balance sheet, (4) statement of cash flows. Gaap (generally accepted accounting principles: rules of financial accounting, helps to compare financial info among companies. Standards board: set financial accounting & reporting standards in us. Sec (securities & exchange commission: has power to force fasb to change standards. Useful to investors & creditors in decision making: 2.

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