ACCT 121 Study Guide - Final Guide: Accounts Payable, Retained Earnings, Promissory Note

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Assets= liabilities stockholder"s equity + basic accounting equation. Provides the underlying framework for recording and summarizing economic events. Assets must equal the sum of liabilities and stockholders" equity. If a business is liquidated, claims of creditors (liabilities) must be paid before ownership claims (stockholders" equity). Liabilities: claims against assets (debts and obligations), creditors (party to whom money is owed), accounts payable, notes payable, salaries and wages payable, sales and real estate taxes payable, etc. Stockholders" equity: ownership claim on total assets. ****investments by stockholders represent the total amount paid in by stockholders for the shares they purchase. ***revenues result from business activities entered into for the purpose of earning income. Common sources of revenue are: sales, fees, services, commissions, interest, dividends, royalties, and rent. ***dividends are the distribution of cash or other assets to stockholders.

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