ACC 113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Tunxis Community College, General Journal, Retained Earnings

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Assets = liabilities + common stock + retained earnings dividends + The stockholders" equity section of the balance sheet reports common stock and retained earnings, the income statement repots revenues and expenses, the statement of retained earnings reports net income/net loss and dividends. At the end of the period, a change in any one of these three items affects stockholders" equity. The accounting cycle: (a company normally completes all of these steps in every fiscal period) Identification and measurement of transactions and other events . An item should be recognized in the financial statements if it is an element, is measurable, and is relevant and representationally faithful. External events interaction between and entity and its environment. Internal events occur within an entity. Many events have both internal and external elements. A company records as many events as possible that effect its financial position. It omits some events because of tradition and others because of complicated measurement problems.

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