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Enable every owner to limit their personal liability while also avoiding "double taxation"?

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Limited Liability Company

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Allow an individual owner the most freedom to manage the business as he or she wishes?

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Proprietorship

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Give the company's creditors the maximum protection in the event that the company fails and cannot pay its debts?

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Partnership

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Is the most common form of business in the U.S?

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Proprietorship

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Is the largest in terms of assets, income, and employees?

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Corporation

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"Honest" Frank Lee owns a law firm. With dividends from his practice, he has purchased personal investments. These investments are reflected on the balance sheet of his legal practice at original cost. What basic principle or assumption is violated in each of the following independent situations and why?

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The Entity Assumption

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"Honest" Frank purchased the land for the office 10 years ago for $26,000. the bank appraised the land for $30,000 and accordingly loaned his practice the money to buy the land. "Honest" Frank recorded the land at the appraised value, $30,000. What basic principle or assumption is violated in each of the following independent situations and why?

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Historical Cost Principal

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What 2 types of activities cause stockholders' equity to increase?

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1. Revenue 2. Common Stock

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What 2 types of activities cause stockholders' equity to decrease?

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1. Expenses 2. Dividends

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The primary objective of financial reporting is to provide information

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Useful for making investment and credit decisions

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Which type of business organization provides the least amount of protection for bankers and other creditors of the company?

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Corporation

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A potential investor interested in evaluating a company's operating performance during the current period would probably examine which of the following financial statements?

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Income Statement

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Which of the following statements should be prepared before the balance sheet is prepared?

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Statement of Retained Earnings

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The Entity Concept States that

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The personal assets and liabilities of an owner not be shown on the business's financial statements.

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The pattern of recording transactions is based on?

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The double-entry system (Give something and receive something)

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Each transaction has at lest ____ accounts?

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2

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Each Transaction involves an equal amount of ______ and ______ ?

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Debits and Credits

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Receiving cash from a customer on account will ...

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Have no effect on total assets

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Purchasing a laptop computer on account will ...

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Increase total assets Increase total liabilities Have no effect on stockholder's equity

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Purchasing a building for $95,000 by paying cash of $25,000 and signing a note payable for $70,000 will ...

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Increase both total assets and total liabilities by $70,000

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Which of the following transactions will increase an asset and increase stockholders' equity?

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Performing a service on account for a customer

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Which is the correct sequence for recording transactions and preparing financial statements?

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1. Journal 2. Ledger 3. Trial Balance 4. Financial Statements

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Which of the following statements regarding accounts is false?

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Dividends are increased by credits and decreased by debits

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An asset is increased by a debit and decreased by a credit

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True

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A liability is decreased by a debit and increased by a credit

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True

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Revenue is increased by a credit and an expense is increase by a debit

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True

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The revenue principle requires that business record revenue when the business

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Delivers the good or services to a customer

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An expense incurred in 2015 is not paid until 2016. Using the accrual basis of accounting, the expense should appear on:

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The 2015 Income Statement

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An adjusting entry recorded June salary expense that will be paid in July. Which statement best describes the effect of this adjusting entry on the company's accounting equation?

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Assets are not affected, liabilities are increased, and stockholders' equity is decreased

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What is the effect on the financial statements of recording depreciation on equipment?

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Net income, assets, and stockholders' equity are all decreased

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The unearned revenue account was not adjusted for work performed in the current year. The effect of this error is:

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Liabilities are overstated and revenues are understated

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On November 1 of the current year, a business received $5,400 for legal services to be performed evenly through the next 12 months. The adjusting entry for the current year ended on December 31 would include a:

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Credit to Service Revenue for $900

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Elton Company made a $2 million sale on account. Prior to the sale, Elton's current ratio was 1.5 and its debit ratio was 0.60. How will this transaction affect the current ration and the debit ratio?

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It improves both the current ratio and the debt ratio

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Entertainment Services USA started the year with $200 of supplies. During the year the company purchased additional supplies costing $1,200. There was $800 of supplies on hand at the end of the year. The Income Statement will report what amount for supplies Expense?

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$600

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For 2015, Wyndham Company has revenues in excess of expenses. Which statement describes Wyndham's closing entries at the end of 2015 (assume there is only one closing entry for both revenue and expense)

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Revenues will be debited, expenses will be credited, and retained earnings will be credited

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An owner's investment of cash into the business will

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Increase both total assets and total stockholders' equity

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Purchasing office equipment on account will

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Increase total assets Increase total liabilities Have no affect on stockholders' equity

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Performing a service on account will

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Increase total assets Increase stockholders' equity

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Receiving a payment from a customer on account will

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Have no affect on total assets

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Purchasing office equipment for cash will

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Have no affect on total assets, total liabilities, or stockholders' equity

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Purchasing a building for $100,000 by paying cash of $20,000 and obtaining a mortgage for $80,000 will

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Increase both total assets and total liabilities by $80,000

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What is the affect on total assets and stockholders' equity of paying the electric bill as soon as it is received each month?

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Total Assets - Decrease Total Stockholders' Equity - Decrease

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Which of the following transactions would increase an asset and increase a liability?

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Borrowing money from the bank

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Which of the following transactions would increase an asset and increase stockholders' equity?

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Performing a service on account for a customer

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Where is the first place a transaction is recorded?

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Journal

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Which of the following statements is false?

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Dividends are increased by credits

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Assets are increased by debits

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True

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Revenues are increased by credits

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True

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Liabilities are increased by credits

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True

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The journal entry to record the purchase of supplies on account consists of a

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Debit to supplies and a credit to accounts payable

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The journal entry to record a payment on account will include a

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Debit to accounts payable and credit to cash

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If the credit amount of an entry to record they payment of an account payable was not posted:

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Assets will be overstated

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A trial balance is a listing of all accounts with their current balances?

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True

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A trial balance is the same as the balance sheet?

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False

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A trial balance is used to check on the equality of debits and credits?

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True

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A trial balance may be taken at anytime

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True

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Who are the primary users of financial statements?

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Investors and Creditors

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Choose the account that most closely fits each heading

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Asset - Prepaid Expense Liability - Unearned Revenue Revenue - Sales

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Baldwin Company bought a building from McCraw Inc. on June 30, 2011 for $2,000 cash. The journal entry to record that transaction would include a credit to which of the following?

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Cash

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Prepaid Expense has a normal debit balance?

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True

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Erratt Inc. borrowed a $10,000 note from the bank. What is the correct journal entry to record this transaction?

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Cash Note Payable

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To find liabilities

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Assets - Owner's Equity

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Which of the following would decrease both an asset and owner's equity?

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Paying out cash dividends

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Accounts Payable has a normal credit balance?

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True

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Unearned Revenue has a normal credit balance?

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True

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Retained Earnings has a normal credit balance?

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True

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Prepaid Expenses has a normal credit balance?

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False

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The Balance Sheet and the Income Statement, respectively, are known by what other names?

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The Statement of Financial Position, and The Statement of Operations

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In what order should the Financial Statements be prepared?

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1. Income Statement 2. Statement of Retained Earnings 3. Balance Sheet 4. Statement of Cash Flows

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The principle that states that the assets and liabilities of a business should be kept separate from the assets and liabilities of the owner(s).

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Entity Principle

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Generally Accepted Accounting Principles are:

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Principles, practices, guidelines, conventions, rules, and procedures that must be used in the preparation of financial statements for public companies.

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Wages payable would appear on the balance sheet>?

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True

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Unearned revenue would appear on the balance sheet?

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True

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Prepaid Expense would appear on the balance sheet?

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True

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Supplies would appear on the balance sheet?

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True

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The primary objective of financial reporting is to provide information?

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That is useful for making investment and lending decisions

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How much are total liability if owner's equity is $38,000 and total assets are $56,000?

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$18,000

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Revenues are?

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Increases in retained earning resulting from selling products or performing services.

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The financial statement that presents a summary of the REVENUES and EXPENSES of an entity is called the?

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Income Statement

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Another name for the balance sheet is?

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Statement of financial position

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Which of the following is an acceptable variation of the accounting equation?

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Assets - Liabilities = Stockholders' Equity

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The amount of dividends paid by a company to its owners is shown on the?

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Statement of Retained Earnings

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If assets increased by $20,000 during a period and liabilities decreased by $4,000 during the same period, stockholders' equity must have?

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Increased by $24,000

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The amount of an entity's receivables as of a given date generally appears on?

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The Balance Sheet in the assets section

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Accounts Receivable is a current asset?

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True

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Office Supplies is a current asset?

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True

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Cash is a current asset?

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True

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Furniture is a current asset?

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False

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Increases in stockholder's equity arise from?

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1. Investment in the business by owners 2. Earning Net Income

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The amount of net income reported on the income statement also appears on the?

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Statement of Retained Earnings

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The ending balance of retained earnings appears on?

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Both the statement of retained earnings and the balance sheet

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If an adjusting entry is not made to record what the expired portion of a prepaid expense, net income will be?

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Overstated

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For the current year, Cameron Company had revenues in excess of expenses. Which of the following statements is correct regarding the closing entries made by Cameron Company at the end of the current year?

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Revenue accounts were debated, Expense accounts were credited, and Retained Earnings had a net credit change

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Which of the following accounts would not be included in the closing entries prepared by a taxi cab company?

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Accumulated Depreciation

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Which of the following accounts is credited during the closing process?

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1.Salary Expense 2.Dividends

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Which of the following accounts is debited during the closing process?

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1. Service Revenue 2. Sales Revenue

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On January 1, 2013, the balance of the supplies account for Alyssa's Camping Store was $1,000. Purchases of supplies during the year amounted to $4,890. A physical count at year end showed $2,740 of supplies remained. The AJE on 12/31 would include what?

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A credit to supplies for $3,150

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Accumulated Depreciation is what kind of account, and what account does it subtract from?

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Contra-Asset; Equipment

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Which of these entries cannot be a closing entry?

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Revenue Cash

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