ACCT 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Legal Personality, Sole Proprietorship, Retained Earnings

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Accounting: an info and measurement system that identifies, records, and communicates information that is relevant, reliable, and comparable to help users make better decisions. ***transaction is any event that causes some change in the accounting equation. Notes receivable: a written promise that a party will pay you at a certain time. Accounts receivable: a right to receive a payment in the future. Buyer bought something on credit and owes seller. Notes payable: a written promise that you will pay someone at a certain time. Accounts payable: obligation to make a payment in the future. Retained earnings: accumulated revenues minus accumulated ex- penses and dividends; income that isnt distributed to shareholders. Dividend: distribution of assets to stockholders (reduce re- tained earnings. Revenues: assets earned from companys earning activities (increase retained earnings) Fees, service revenue, sales, rent revenue, interest rev- enue. Expenses: assets used up in process of earning revenues (de- crease retained earnings)

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