Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Economic Claims to
Resources Economic
Resources
Paid-in Retained
capital earnings
- Dividends
+ Net income
- Expenses
- Dividends
Love Dry
85,000 ?? 54,000
Cleaners
Hudson Gift
102,000 49,000 ??
and Cards
10
Assets Liabilities Stockholders’
equity
Nice Cuts $?
$68,000 $25,000 $43,000
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Depict accounting for business transactions
An event that affects the financial position of a
particular entity
Can be recorded reliably
Every transaction impacts at least two items
The accounting equation balances before and
after each transaction
(300) (300)
Retained
Cash Flow
Earnings
Statement
Statement
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Reports on profitability of business
equals
If expenses >
revenue = net
Net income loss
Liabilities
Assets
Equity
Balance Sheet
Assets = Liabilities + Equity
Shows
Displays
Demonstrates changes in
financial
profitability Retained
position
earnings
“Accrued”
means amount
must be
recorded
Accrued Accrued
expenses revenues
Unearned
revenues
Prepaid rent
4/1 4,800
Bal 4,000
Amount
Contra-asset
calculated based
account
on depreciation
method
GENERAL JOURNAL
DATE DESCRIPTION REF DEBIT CREDIT
GENERAL JOURNAL
DATE DESCRIPTION REF DEBIT CREDIT
BEFORE
GENERAL JOURNAL
DATE DESCRIPTION REF DEBIT CREDIT
Materiality Conservatism
Last-in, Average-
First-out cost
Recent Ending
Costs Inventory
Oldest Ending
Costs Inventory
Purchase 5 shirts
First-In, First-Out
Purchase 5 shirts
First-In, First-Out
Purchase 5 shirts
First-In, First-Out
Last-In, First-Out
Purchase 5 shirts
Purchase 5 shirts
Avg
20% Other
3%
Highest Lowest
If inventory gross gross
prices are profit; profit;
increasing highest lowest
net net
income income
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First-In, Last-In, Average
First-Out First-Out Cost
GENERAL JOURNAL
Post
Date Accounts Ref Debit Credit
Cost of goods sold
Inventory
L and M Electronics
Balance Sheet
December 30, 2012
#2 Current assets:
Inventory, (at lower-of-cost-or-market) $80,000
$105,000 - $25,000
$405,000 + $25,000
#4 Conservatism
Purchase
inventory
Collect
cash from
customers
Accounts Sell
receivable inventory Inventory
Inventory $$$$
Accounts payable $$$$
Purchased inventory on account
Other terms:
No discount, full
n/30 amount due in 30 days eom Full amount due by
the end of month
Inventory $$$$
Cost of goods sold $$$$
Customer returned merchandise
Cash $$$$$
Sales discounts $$$$
Accounts receivable $$$$$
Collected on account within discount period
minus
Sales Returns &
Allowances
minus
Sales Discounts
equals
Net Sales
equals
Gross Profit
Overstates expenses
Understates Capital
$40,000 cost
10-year life
Residual
Cost Useful Life
Value
Declining-
balance
Depreciation expense
Accumulated
Cost
depreciation
Book value
Decreases over
time
Depreciation expense =
Depreciation per unit x activity during the period
Depreciation expense
1 12
(65,000,000 – 5,000,000) 4 12
1 = $10
(65,000,000 – 5,000,000) x 6,000,000 miles
per mile
2 12
($65,000,000 - 0)
4 12
$32,500,000 depreciation
expense, 1st year
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Considered a change in estimate
Businesses must report on the reason and effect
of the change
Remaining asset book value is depreciated over
the remaining life
No gain or
loss
8 31 Cash 7,600
Accumulated depreciation 8,960
Fixtures 16,000
Gain on sale of plant assets 560
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Account for natural resources
Plant assets extracted from the natural
environment
◦ Iron ore, oil, coal
Expensed through depletion using the units-of-
production method
Accumulated depletion is a contra-asset account
to the natural resource
Depletion expense =
Depletion per unit x number of units removed
Financing
Long-term Long-term
assets liabilities Financing
Investing
cash flows Owners’ cash flows
equity