ACCT 115 Quiz: Accounting Quiz 2

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Accounting period the span of time covered by an income statement. Accounting cycle the sequence of accounting procedures used to record, classify, and summarize accounting information. Net income an increase in owners" equity resulting from profitable operations. Realization principle the underlying accounting principle that determines when revenue should be recorded in the accounting records. Credit the type of entry used to decrease an asset or increase a liability or owners" equity account. Matching principle the underlying accounting principle of offsetting revenue earned during an accounting period with the expenses incurred in generating that revenue. Expenses the costs of goods and services used up in the process of generating revenue. Retained earnings = net income dividends. Types of adjusting entries: assets expenses. Results from cash being paid prior to an expense being incurred. When a business makes an expenditure that will benefit more than one accounting period the amount is debited to an asset account.

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