Viewing All Flashcards for Financial Accounting Chapter 3
An individual accounting record ofincreasesand decreases in specific asset, liability , stockholders' equity, revenue orexpenseitems
The system of collecting and precessing transaction data and communicating financialinformationto interested parties
Eventsthat requirerecordingin thefinancialstatementsbecausethey affectassets,liabilitiesor stockholders' equity
A list ofcompany'saccount
The right side of an account
The left side of an account
A system that records the dual effect of each transaction in appropriate accounts
The most basic form of journal
A ledger that contains all assets, liability, stockholders' equity, revenue and expense accounts
An accounting record in which transactions are initially recorded in chronological order
Theprocedureof entering transaction data in thejournal
The group of accounts maintained by a company
The procedure of transferringjournalentryamounts to the ledger accounts
The basic form of an account
A list of accounts and their balances at a given time