ACCT 2113 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Retained Earnings, Common Stock, Financial Accounting
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Cash+ prepaid rent+ equipment= notes payable+ common stock. Balance sheet accrual based accounting records revenue when it is earned and expenses are recorded when they are incurred cash based accounting records revenue when cash is received and expenses when they are paid. Balance sheet reports assets, liabilities, and stockholders" equity. Financial accounting is best described as a system of measuring business activity and communicating those measurements to people making decisions. Retained earnings is revenues less expenses and dividends over the life of the company. Temporary balance is utilities expense, service revenue a credit ? (1) it is part of the double-entry procedure that balances the accounting equation. (2) it represents a decrease to assets. (3) it represents an increase to liabilities. Total stockholder"s equity is common stock plus retained earnings plus net income minus dividends. Common stock is the amount of cash invested by stockholders in the company. Accounts reported in balance sheet have permanent balances.