SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING BASICS



SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING BASICS

Classification of Accounts

|Account |Account |Normal |Financial |

|Title |Classification |Balance |Statement |

|Accounts Payable |Current liability |Credit |Balance sheet |

|Accounts Receivable |Current asset |Debit |Balance sheet |

|Accumulated Depreciation |Plant asset |Credit |Balance sheet |

|Accumulated Depletion |Plant asset |Credit |Balance sheet |

|Advertising Expense |Operating expense |Debit |Income statement |

|Allowance for Doubtful Accounts |Current asset |Credit |Balance sheet |

|Amortization Expense |Operating expense |Debit |Income statement |

|Appropriation for __________ |Stockholders’ equity |Credit |Retained earnings statement/ |

| | | |Balance sheet |

|Bonds Payable |Long-term liability |Credit |Balance sheet |

|Building |Plant asset |Debit |Balance sheet |

|Capital Stock |Stockholders’ equity |Credit |Balance sheet |

|Cash |Current asset |Debit |Balance sheet |

|Cash Dividends |Stockholders’ equity |Debit |Retained earnings statement |

|Cash Dividends payable |Current liability |Credit |Balance sheet |

|Common Stock |Stockholders’ equity |Credit |Balance sheet |

|Cost of Merchandise (Goods) |Cost of merchandise |Debit |Income statement |

|Sold |(goods sold) | | |

|Deferred Income Tax |Current liability/Long- |Credit |Balance sheet |

| |term liability | | |

|Depletion Expense |Operating expense |Debit |Income statement |

|Discount on Bonds Payable |Long-term liability |Debit |Balance sheet |

|Discounts Lost |Other expense |Debit |Income statement |

|Dividend Income |Other income |Credit |Income statement |

|Dividends |Stockholders’ equity |Debit |Retained earnings statement |

|Donated Capital |Stockholders’ equity |Credit |Balance sheet |

|Employees Federal Income Tax |Current liability |Credit |Balance sheet |

|Payable | | | |

|Equipment |Plant asset |Debit |Balance sheet |

|Exchange Gain |Other income |Credit |Income statement |

|Exchange Loss |Other expense |Debit |Income statement |

|Factory Overhead (Overapplied) |Deferred credit |Credit |Balance sheet (interim) |

|Factory Overhead (Underapplied) |Deferred debit |Debit |Balance sheet (interim |

|Federal Income Tax Payable |Current liability |Credit |Balance sheet |

|Federal Unemployment Tax |Current liability |Credit |Balance sheet |

|Payable | | | |

|FICA Tax Payable |Current liability |Credit |Balance sheet |

|Finished Goods |Current asset |Debit |Balance sheet |

|Gain on Disposal of Plant Assets |Other income |Credit |Income statement |

|Gain on Redemption of Bonds |Extraordinary item |Credit |Income statement |

|Gain on Sale of Investments |Other income |Credit |Income statement |

|Goodwill |Intangible asset |Debit |Balance sheet |

|Income Tax |Income tax |Debit |Income statement |

|Income Tax Payable |Current liability |Credit |Balance sheet |

|Insurance Expense |Operating expense |Debit |Income statement |

|Interest Expense |Other expense |Debit |Income statement |

|Interest Income |Other income |Credit |Income statement |

|Interest Receivable |Current asset |Debit |Balance sheet |

|Investment in Bonds |Investment |Debit |Balance sheet |

|Investment in Stocks |Investment |Debit |Balance sheet |

|Investment in Subsidiary |Investment |Debit |Balance sheet |

|Land |Plant asset |Debit |Balance sheet |

|Loss on Disposal of Plant Assets |Other expense |Debit |Income statement |

|Loss on Redemption Bonds |Extraordinary item |Debit |Income statement |

|Loss on Sale of Investments |Other expense |Debit |Income statement |

|Marketable Securities |Current asset |Debit |Balance sheet |

|Account |Account |Normal |Financial |

|Title |Classification |Balance |Statement |

|Materials |Current asset |Debit |Balance sheet |

|Merchandise Inventory |Current asset/Cost of |Debit |Balance sheet/Income |

| |merchandise sold | |statement |

|Notes Payable |Current liability/Long- |Credit |Balance sheet |

| |term liability | | |

|Notes Receivable |Current asset/Investment |Debit |Balance sheet |

|Organization Costs |Intangible asset |Debit |Balance sheet |

|Patents |Intangible asset |Debit |Balance sheet |

|Paid-in Capital from Sale of |Stockholders’ equity |Credit |Balance sheet |

|Treasury Stock | | | |

|Paid-in Capital in Excess of |Stockholders’ equity |Credit |Balance sheet |

|Par (Stated Value) | | | |

|Payroll Tax Expense |Operating expense |Debit |Income statement |

|Pension Expense |Operating expense |Debit |Income statement |

|Petty cash |Current asset |Debit |Balance sheet |

|Premium on Bonds Payable |Long-term liability |Credit |Balance sheet |

|Prepaid Insurance |Current asset |Debit |Balance sheet |

|Prepaid Rent |Current asset |Debit |Balance sheet |

|Preferred Stock |Stockholders’ equity |Credit |Balance sheet |

|Purchases |Cost of merchandise |Debit |Income statement |

| |sold | | |

|Purchases Discounts |Cost of merchandise |Credit |Income statement |

| |sold | | |

|Purchases Returns and |Cost of merchandise |Credit |Income statement |

|Allowances |sold | | |

|Rent Expense |Operating expense |Debit |Income statement |

|Rent Income |Other income |Credit |Income statement |

|Retained Earnings |Stockholders’ equity |Credit |Balance sheet/Retained |

| | | |earnings statement |

|Salaries Expense |Operating expense |Debit |Income statement |

|Salaries Payable |Current liability |Credit |Balance sheet |

|Sales |Revenue from sales |Credit |Income statement |

|Sales Discounts |Revenue from sales |Debit |Income statement |

|Sales Returns and Allowances |Revenue from sales |Debit |Income statement |

|Sales Tax Payable |Current liability |Credit |Balance sheet |

|Sinking Fund Cash |Investment |Debit |Balance sheet |

|Sinking Fund Investments |Investment |Debit |Balance sheet |

|State Unemployment Tax Payable |Current liability |Credit |Balance sheet |

|Stock Dividends |Stockholders’ equity |Debit |Retained earnings statement |

|Stock Dividends Distributable |Stockholders’ equity |Credit |Balance sheet |

|Supplies |Current asset |Debit |Balance sheet |

|Supplies Expense |Operating expense |Debit |Income statement |

|Transportation In |Cost of merchandise |Debit |Income statement |

| |sold | | |

|Treasury Stock |Stockholders’ equity |Debit |Balance sheet |

|Uncollectible Accounts Expense |Operating expense |Debit |Income statement |

|Unearned Rent |Current liability |Credit |Balance sheet |

|Utilities Expense |Operating expense |Debit |Income statement |

|Vacation Pay Expenses |Operating expense |Debit |Income statement |

|Vacation Pay Payable |Current liability/long- |Credit |Balance sheet |

| |term liability | | |

|Work In Process |Current asset |Debit |Balance sheet |

The Basics

1. Accounting Equation:

Assets = Liabilities + Owner’s Equity

2. T Account:

Account Title

|Left Side |Right Side |

|debit |credit |

3. Rules of Debit and Credit:

|Balance Sheet Accounts |

|ASSETS |LIABILITIES |

|Asset Accounts |Liability Accounts |

|Debit |Credit |Debit |Credit |

|for |for |for |for |

|increases |decreases |decreases |increases |

| | | |

| | |OWNER’S EQUITY |

| | |Owner’s Equity Accounts |

| | |Debit |Credit |

| | |for |for |

| | |decreases |increases |

| |

|Income Statement Accounts |

|Debit for |Credit for |

|decreases in owner’s equity |increases in owner’s equity |

| | |

|Expense Accounts |Revenue Accounts |

|Debit |Credit |Debit |Credit |

|for |for |for |for |

|increases |decreases |decreases |increases |

Normal Balance

4. To Analyze a Transaction:

1. Determine whether an asset, a liability, owner’s

equality, revenue, or expense account is affected by

the transaction.

2. For each account affected by the transaction,

determine whether the account increases or

decreases.

3. Determine whether each increase or decrease should

be recorded as a debit or a credit.

5. Financial Statements:

INCOME STATEMENT

A summary of the revenue and the expense of a business entity for a specific period of time, such as a month or a year.

RETAINED EARNINGS STATEMENT

A summary of the changes in the earnings retained in a business entity for a specific period of time, such as a month or a year.

BALANCE SHEET

A list of the assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity of a business entity as of a specific date, usually at the close of the last day of a month or a year.

STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

A summary of the cash receipts and cash payments of a business entity for a specific period of time, such as a month or a year.

6. Accounting Cycle:

1. Analyze and record transactions in journal.

2. Post transactions to ledger.

3. Prepare trial balance, assemble adjustment data, and

complete worksheet.

4. Prepare financial statements.

5. Journalize and post adjusting entries.

6. Journalize and post closing entries.

7. Prepare post-closing trial balance.

7. Types of Adjusting Entries:

1. Deferred expense (prepaid expense)

2. Deferred revenue (unearned revenue)

3. Accrued expense (accrued liability)

4. Accrued revenue (accrued asset)

5. Depreciation expense

Each entry will always affect both a balance sheet and an

income statement account.

8. Closing Entries:

1. Transfer revenue account balances to Income

Summary.

2. Transfer expense account balances to Income

Summary.

3. Transfer Income Summary balance to Retained

Earnings.

4. Transfer dividends account balance to Retained

Earnings.

9. Special Journals

Rendering of services

on account ( recorded in ( Revenue (sales) journal

Receipt of cash from

any source ( recorded in ( Cash receipts journal

Purchasing of items

on account ( recorded in ( Purchases journal

Payments of cash for

any purpose ( recorded in ( Cash payments journal

10. Shipping Terms

| |FOB Shipping Point |FOB Destination |

|Ownership (title) | | |

|passes to buyer when | | |

|merchandise is ……. |delivered to freight |delivered to |

| |carrier |buyer |

Transportation costs

are paid by: buyer seller

11. Format for Bank Reconciliation:

|Cash balance according to bank statement…. | |$xxx |

|Add: Additions by depositor not on bank | | |

|statement……………………… |$xx | |

| Bank errors………………………………... | xx | xx |

| | |$xxx |

|Deduct: Deductions by depositor not on | | |

|bank statement……………………. |$xx | |

| Bank errors………………………………. | xx | xx |

|Adjusted balance……………………………. | |$xxx |

| | | |

|Cash balance according to depositor’s records.. | |$xxx |

|Add: Additions by bank not recorded by | | |

|depositor………………………………………. |$xx | |

| Depositor errors…………………………….. | xx | xx |

| | |$xxx |

|Deduct: Deductions by bank not recorded | | |

|by depositor…………………………. |$xx | |

| Depositor errors…………………………….. | xx | xx |

|Adjusted balance……………………………… | |$xxx |

12. Inventory Costing Methods

1. First-in, First-out (fifo)

2. Last-in, First-out (lifo)

3. Average Cost

13. Interest Computations:

Interest = Face Amount (or Principal) x Rate x Time

14. Methods of Determining Annual Depreciation:

STRAIGHT-LINE: Cost-Estimated Residual Value

Estimated Life

DECLINING-BALANCE: Rate*xBook Value at

Beginning of Period

*Rate is commonly twice the straight-line

rate (1 ( Estimated Life).

15. Cash Provided by Operations on Statement of Cash

Flows (indirect method):

|Net income, per income statement……………. | | $xx |

|Add: Depreciation of plant assets…………….. | $xx | |

| Amortization of bond payable discount | | |

|and intangible assets…………………… |xx | |

| Decreases in current assets (receivables, | | |

|inventories, prepaid expenses)………… |xx | |

| Increases in current liabilities (accounts | | |

|and notes payable, accrued liabilities)… |xx | |

| Losses on disposal of assets and retirement | | |

|of debt………………………………….. |xx |xx |

|Deduct: Amortization of bond payable | | |

|premium…………………………… |$xx | |

| Increases in current assets (receivables,| | |

|inventories, prepaid expenses)……... |xx | |

| Decreases in current liabilities (accounts| | |

|and notes payable, accrued liabilities).. |xx | |

| Gains on disposal of assets and | | |

|retirement of debt…………………….. |xx |xx |

|Net cash flow from operating activities……….. | | $xx |

16. Contribution Margin Ratio = Sales-Variable Costs

Sales

17. Break-Even Sales (Units) = Fixed Costs_______

Unit Contribution Margin

18. Sales (Units) = Fixed Costs + Target Profit

Unit Contribution Margin

19. Margin of Safety = Sales-Sales at Break-Even Point

Sales

20. Operating Leverage = Contribution Margin

Operating Income

21. Variances

Direct Materials=Actual Price per Unit- x Actual Quantity

Price Variance Standard Price Used

Direct Materials=Actual Quantity Used- x Standard Price

Quantity Variance Standard Rate per unit

Direct Labor = Actual Rate Per Hour – x Actual Hours

Rate Variance Standard Rate Worked

Direct Labor = Actual Hours Worked- x Standard Rate

Time Variance Standard Hours per Hour

Variable Factory Actual Budged Variable

Overhead Controllable=Variable Factory - Factory

Variance Overhead Overhead for

Actual Amount

Produced

Fixed Factory 100% of Normal Std. Fixed

Overhead Volume = Capacity-Std. Capacity x Factory

Variance for Amount Produced Overhead

Rate

22. Rate of Return on = Controllable Operating Income

Investment (ROI) Invested Assets

Alternative ROI Computation:

ROI = Controllable Operating Income x Sales____

Sales Invested Assets

23. Capital Investment Analysis Methods:

1. Methods that Ignore Present Values:

A. Average Rate of Return Method

B. Cash Payback Method

2. Methods That Use Present Values:

A. Net Present Value Method

B. Internal Rate of Return Method

24. Average Rate = Estimated Average Annual Income

of Return Average Investment

25. Present Value Index =

Total Present Value of Net Cash Flow

Amount to be invested

26. Present Value Factor = Amount to Be Invested___

for an Annuity of $1 Equal Annual Net Cash Flows

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