A | B |
Asset | What the business owns. |
Liability | Who the business owes. |
Capital | Net worth. |
Drawing | An account to keep track of withdrawals by owner for personal use. |
Revenue | An increase in owner's equity resulting from operating the business. |
Expense | A decrease in owner's equity resulting from operating the business. |
Opening the Ledger | Writing the account title and account number at top of each account. |
Posting | Transfering information from the journal to the ledger. |
Account | A form used to sort and summarize financial information. |
Ledger | A book that contains accounts. |
Trial Balance | Proves D = C in ledger accounts after posting. |
Transaction Analysis | The process of determining the debit and credit part of a journal entry. |
Business Transaction | The exchanging of one value for another. |
Balance Sheet | A report that shows A=L+OE on a specific date. |
How to calculate profit. | Profit = Revenue - Expenses |
The Accounting Equation | A = L + OE |
Which accounts have a Debit Balance? | Assets, Drawing, and Expenses. Remember Debitade. |
What accounts have a Credit Balance? | Liabilities, Owner's Equity (Capital), and Revenue. Remember Debitade. None of these start with a or d or e. |
Increase side of an account is always the _______ side. | increase |
The side opposite the balance in an account is always the ________ side. | decrease |
Study Workbook Page 24 | Study Workbook Page 24. |
Study the 5 steps followed in Problems 4-1, 4-2, 4-M. | See your notes and learn them. |
Balance Side of an Asset | Debit |
Balance Side of a Liability | Credit |
Balance Side of Owner's Equity | Credit |
Balance Side of Revenue | Credit |
Balance Side of an Expense | Debit |
Balance Side of Drawing | Debit |
When is the Drawing account used? | When the owner withdraws cash (or any asset) for personal use. |