| Basic Bookkeeping and Accounting Concepts |
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| 1. Revenues minus Expenses equals _______ ________________. |
| 2. Assets minus Liabilities equals ________________ ________________. |
| 3. The double entry bookkeeping system records at least one ________________ and one ________________ for each transaction. |
| 4. The basic accounting equation, also referred to as the balance sheet equation is ________________ = ________________ + ________________ ________________ |
| 5. The basis of accounting that records revenue when earned and expenses when incurred is called the ________________ basis of accounting. |
| 6. The basis of accounting that records revenue when cash is received and expenses when payments are made is called the ________________ basis of accounting. |
| 7. Net Sales minus the Cost Of Goods Sold equals ________________ ________________. |
| 8. The listing of accounts used by a business to record and categorize their financial transactions is called the ________________ of ________________. |
| 9. The chart of accounts is usually presented using two major account categories or groupings ________________ ________________ accounts and ________________ ________________ accounts . |
| 10. A journal is sometimes referred to as a book of ________________ ________________. |
| 11. An ________________ ________________ is a formal financial statement that aids users in assessing a business's profitability. |
| 12. The ________________ ________________ is the book or file that contains the summarized activity and balances of all of a business's accounts. |
| 13. The individual balances or amounts that a customer owes a business are maintained in a record called the Accounts Receivable ________________ ________________. |
| 14. The Accounts Receivable ledger account reflects the total amount that a business's customers owe and is a special type of account called a ________________ Account that is used along with the Accounts Receivable Subsidiary Ledger to monitor and control the balances owed by customers to a business. |
| 15. Amounts that a business owes to its suppliers are called ________________ ________________. |
| 16. The excess of expenses over revenues for a period is called a ________________. |
| 17. An ________________ is used to record and summarize the increases and decreases in each type of asset, liability, equity, revenue and expense item. |
| 18. A journal entry in which more than two accounts are involved is called a ________________ journal entry. |
| 19. A listing of all the accounts and their respective balances that is used as an aid for preparing the formal financial statements is called a ________________ ________________. |
| 20. The owner's capital account balance will increase as a result of additional ________________ and ________________. |