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FABM REVIEWER STEPS IN FACTORS THAT
ACCOUNTING CYCLE AFFECT THE
OWNER'S EQUITY Bookkeeper starts with: 1. Journalizing - 1. analysis of business Journalize the economic Equity increase = net transactions and transactions and events. income, additional economic events. 2. Posting - Post the investments 2. recording in the journal entries in general journals number 1 to the general Equity decrease = net 3. classifying in the ledgers. loss, withdrawals general ledgers 3. Trial Balance - Prepare the trial balance Accounting Equation Calendar year - the from the general A=L+C accounting cycle covers ledgers. L=A-C a period of usually one 4. Adjusting - Adjust the C=A-L calendar year (January ledger balances. A=C 1 to December 31). 5. Financial statements - Make an income Revenue = the sales or Fiscal year - A period of statement and balance gross income twelve months ending sheet from the adjusted on a date other than trial balance. 6. Closing - Transfer Cost = cost of products December 31 sold or service rendered income and expense accounts to summary Statement of Financial accounts. Expenses = incurred to Position (Balance 7. Post-Closing Trial run the entity Sheet) - reports the Balance - Make a trial permanent accounts as balance of all assets, 2 Types of Balance of the end of an liabilities, and owner's Sheet accounting period. equity. 1. Account form Assets - what the Net Income - excess of (Horizontal) business owns. the total credits over the total debits of the LEFT Liabilities - what the income statements - Assets business owes. columns. - Total Assets - revenue exceeds cost Owner's equity - what and expenses. RIGHT the business is worth. - Liabilities Net Loss - excess of - Owner's equity Permanent accounts total debits over the total - Total liabilities and (real accounts) - the credits of the income owner's equity accounts in the balance statement columns. sheet - revenue is less than cost and expenses. 2. Report Form individual owns the investments, Loan, (Vertical) business. Withdrawal) 2. Partnership - Assets association of two or Accrual Basis of Total assets more persons to carry Accounting - not all cash Liabilities on as co-owners of a receipts are revenues Owner's equity business for profit. and not all cash Total liabilities and 3. Corporation - payments are expenses. Owner's equity separate body consisting of at least five TWO METHODS OF individuals and treated ACCOUNTING by law as a unit. Post-Closing Trial Balance - adjusted trial 1. Cash basis of balance is prepared Statement of Cash accounting - recognizes from the general ledgers Flows - provides revenue when cash is at the end of the information about cash received and recognizes accounting period receipts and cash expenses only when payments of an entity cash is paid. during a period. It Income Statement classifies the information (Profit and Loss 2. Accrual basis of into: Statement) - presents accounting - recognizes an entity's result of revenue whether or not operations for a period 1. Operating activities - cash has been received, of time. directly related to and recognizes earning the net income expenses which it is or suffering the net loss. incurred, whether or not Single-Step Income (Current Assets, Current cash has been paid. Statement (Service Liabilities, Revenue, Business) Expense, Accumulated Bad Debts - portion of Depreciation) Multistep Income accounts receivable Statement from customers that 2. Investing activities - may not be collected. (Merchandising acquisition or disposition Business) of plant, equipment, and Depreciation accounting investments. (Fixed FORMS OF BUSINESS - process of allocating assets, Long-term ORGANIZATIONS the cost of plant and Liabilities) equipment to the years Organization - having or periods except to 3. Financing activities - benefit from their use. two or more individuals financing the entity working together toward through cash receipts the attainment of goals. Scrap value - estimated from and cash payments selling price of the asset to investors or creditors 1. Sole proprietorship - at the end of its useful other than to, or from simplest form. only one life. suppliers. (Additional Depreciable cost - cost less scrap value.
Straight line method -
depreciation determines the cost of the asset then scrap value is subtracted.
Asset Method - asset
account is debited upon payment
Expense Method - expense account is debited; asset account is credited
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