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Income Statement
Shows the assets, liabilities, and equity of a company at a specific point in time.
Asset: resource that a company has at its disposal and can utilize in conducting business.
Liability: debt that a company has incurred as a result of conducting business.
Assets = Liabilities + Equity.
Classifications of Assets
Classifications of Liabilities
Adjusting Entries
Adjusting entries: entries made to adjust accounts at the end of the accounting period.
Divided into 4 types:
1. Prepaid expenses: expenses paid in cash before they are consumed.
2. Unearned revenue: cash received and recorded as a liability before revenue is earned.
3. Accrued expenses: expenses that have been incurred but not yet paid.
Interest Expense = Principal Amount x Annual Interest Rate x Time (In Terms of Years).
4. Accrued revenue: revenue that has been earned but not yet recorded.
Depreciation: process of allocating the cost of a tangible asset to expense over its useful life.
Amortization: process of allocating the cost of an intangible asset to expense over its useful life.
Cannot reduce the value of an asset directly. Must use contra asset account.
Why? Need to know original cost. Need to know depreciation amount.
Closing Entries