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DDT - Chapter 1
DDT - Chapter 1
DDT - Chapter 1
Explain what is accounting about Briefly describe the history of accounting Explain the relationship between bookeeping and accounting List the users of accounting information Present and explain the accounting equation Explain the terms asset,liability and equity Describe how accounting transactions affect the items in the accounting equation
of debits and credits in journals and ledgers that is still the basis of today's accounting systems.
Accounting - a process of identifying, recording, summarizing, and reporting economic information to decision makers in the form of financial statements
Financial accounting - focuses on the specific needs of decision makers external to the organization, such as stockholders, suppliers, banks, and government agencies
The art of recording business transactions in books in a regular and systematic manner.
The accounting system is a series of steps performed to analyze, record, quantify, accumulate, summarize, classify, report, and interpret economic events and their effects on an organization and to prepare the financial statements.
Users and Uses of Financial Information Internal users External users Ethics in financial reporting
Business Activities
Income statement Retained earnings statement Balance sheet Statement of cash flows Interrelationships of statements Other elements of an annual report
Business organization owned by one person. The owner is personally liable for all debts of the business.
Business organization owned by two or more people. Each partner is personally liable for all debts of the business. A separate entity from both a legal and accounting perspective. Owners of corporations (stockholders) are not personally responsible for debts of the corporation.
Corporation
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Finance
Management Customers Creditors Marketing Regulatory Agencies
Investors
The accounting information system keeps track of the results of each of these business activities.
Amounts owed are called liabilities. Party to whom amounts are owed are creditors. Notes payable and bonds payable are different type of liabilities.
Investing Activities
Purchase of resources a company needs operate.
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Computers, delivery trucks, furniture, buildings, etc. Resources owned by a business are called assets.
Operating Activities
Once a business has the assets it needs, can begin its operations.
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Revenues - Amounts earned from the sale of products (sales revenue, service revenue, and interest revenue). Inventory - Goods available for sale to customers. Accounts receivable - Right to receive money from a customer,in the future, as the result of a sale.
Operating Activities
Expenses - cost of assets consumed or services used. (cost of goods sold, selling, marketing, administrative, interest, and income taxes expense).
Liabilities arising from expenses include accounts payable, interest payable, wages payable, sales taxes payable, and income taxes payable.
The accounting profession has developed a common set of standards and procedures known as Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). These principles serve as a general guide to the accounting practitioner in accumulating and reporting the financial information of a business enterprise.
Resources controlled by the company that have measurable value and are expected to provide future benefits to the company.
Equipment
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Notes Payable
Accounts Payable
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Retained Earnings
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On December 31, the Christopher Corporation's assets were $150,000 and its liabilities were $80,000. Determine the dollar amount of the Christopher Corporation's December 31, stockholders' equity.
Assets = Liabilities + Stockholders' Equity $150,000 = $80,000 + stockholders' equity Stockholders' equity = $70,000
Expenses
The costs of business necessary to earn revenues, including wages to employees, advertising, insurance, and utilities.
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PIZZA AROMA, INC. Income Statement For the Month Ended September 30, 2010 Revenues Pizza Revenue $ 11,000 Total Revenue 11,000 Expenses Supplies Expense Wages Expense Rent Expense Utilities Expense Insurance Expense Advertising Expense Income Tax Expense Total Expenses Net Income
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The unit of measure Reports the assumption amount of states that revenues results of less business expenses activitiesfor a should period of be reported in an time. appropriate monetary unit.
PIZZA AROMA, INC. Statement of Retained Earnings For the Month Ended September 30, 2010 Retained Earnings, Sept. 1, 2010 $ Add: Net Income 2,000 Subtract: Dividends (1,000) Retained Earnings, Sept. 30, 2010 $ 1,000
Reports the way that net income and the distribution of dividends affected the financial position of the company during the period.
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Reports at a point in time: 1. What a business owns (assets). 2. What it owes to creditors (liabilities).
PIZZA AROMA, INC. Balance Sheet At September 30, 2010 Assets Cash Accounts Receivable Supplies Equipment Total Assets Liabilities Accounts Payable Notes Payable Total Liabilities Stockholders' Equity Contributed Capital Retained Earnings Total Stockholders' Equity Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity $ 14,000 1,000 3,000 40,000 $ 58,000 $ 7,000 20,000 27,000
3. What is left over for the owners of the companys stock (stockholders equity).
PIZZA AROMA, INC. Statement of Cash Flows For the Month Ended September 30, 2010 Cash Flows from Operating Activities Cash collected from customers $ Cash paid to suppliers and employees Cash Provided by Operating Activities Cash Flows from Investing Activities Cash paid to buy equipment Cash Used in Investing Activities Cash Flows from Financing Activities Capital contributed by stockholders Cash dividends paid to stockholders Cash borrowed from the bank Cash Provided by Financing Activities Change in Cash Beginning Cash Balance, Sept. 1, 2010 Ending Cash Balance, Sept. 30, 2010 $
10,000 (5,000) 5,000 (40,000) (40,000) 30,000 (1,000) 20,000 49,000 14,000 14,000
Summarizes how a businesss operating, investing, and financing activities caused its cash balance to change over a particular period of time.
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Notes help financial statement users understand how the amounts were derived and what other information may affect their decisions.
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PIZZA AROMA, INC. Income Statement For the Month Ended September 30, 2010 Revenues Pizza Revenue $ 11,000 Total Revenue 11,000 Expenses Supplies Expense Wages Expense Rent Expense Utilities Expense Insurance Expense Advertising Expense Income Tax Expense Total Expenses Net Income 4,000 2,000 1,500 600 300 100 500 9,000 2,000
PIZZA AROMA, INC. Statement of Retained Earnings For the Month Ended September 30, 2010 Retained Earnings, Sept. 1, 2010 $ Add: Net Income 2,000 Subtract: Dividends (1,000) Retained Earnings, Sept. 30, 2010 $ 1,000
Net income flows from the Income Statement to the Statement of Retained Earnings.
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Ending Retained Earnings flows from the Statement of Retained Earnings to the Balance Sheet.
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PIZZA AROMA, INC. Statement of Retained Earnings For the Month Ended September 30, 2010 Retained Earnings, Sept. 1, 2010 $ Add: Net Income 2,000 Subtract: Dividends (1,000) Retained Earnings, Sept. 30, 2010 $ 1,000
Assets Cash Accounts Receivable Supplies Equipment Total Assets Liabilities Accounts Payable Notes Payable Total Liabilities Stockholders' Equity Contributed Capital Retained Earnings Total Stockholders' Equity Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
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PIZZA AROMA, INC. Statement of Cash Flows For the Month Ended September 30, 2010 Cash Flows from Operating Activities Cash collected from customers $ Cash paid to suppliers and employees Cash Provided by Operating Activities Cash Flows from Investing Activities Cash paid to buy equipment Cash Used in Investing Activities Cash Flows from Financing Activities Capital contributed by stockholders Cash dividends paid to stockholders Cash borrowed from the bank Cash Provided by Financing Activities Change in Cash Beginning Cash Balance, Sept. 1, 2010 Ending Cash Balance, Sept. 30, 2010 $
10,000 (5,000) 5,000 (40,000) (40,000) 30,000 (1,000) 20,000 49,000 14,000 14,000
Assets Cash Accounts Receivable Supplies Equipment Total Assets Liabilities Accounts Payable Notes Payable Total Liabilities Stockholders' Equity Contributed Capital Retained Earnings Total Stockholders' Equity Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Cash on the Balance Sheet and Cash at End of Year on the Statement of Cash Flows agree.
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Main Goal: Provide useful financial information to external users for decision making.
Relevant Relevant
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Illustration: 1. On October 1, cash of $10,000 is invested in Sierra Corporation by investors in exchange for $10,000 of common stock.
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2. On October 1, Sierra borrowed $5,000 from Castle Bank by signing a 3-month, 12%, $5,000 note payable.
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3. On October 2, Sierra purchased equipment by paying $5,000 cash to Superior Equipment Sales Co.
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5. On October 3, Sierra received $10,000 in cash from Copa Company for guide services performed.
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6. On October 3, Sierra Corporation paid its office rent for the month of October in cash, $900.
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7. On October 4, Sierra paid $600 for a one-year insurance policy that will expire next year on September 30.
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8. On October 5, Sierra purchased supplies on account from Aero Supply for $2,500.
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11. Employees have worked two weeks, earning $4,000 in salaries, which were paid on October 26.
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Office supplies
Patents Goodwill
Salaries payable Long term liabilities Cash Dividends Buildings Dividends payable Common Shares Retained earnings
Accounts payable
Owners withdrawal