Exam 4: Completing the Accounting Cycle

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A ratio that is used to help evaluate a company's ability to pay its short-term obligations, calculated by dividing current assets by current liabilities.
Closing entries
Long-term resources that benefit business operations, usually lack physical form, and have uncertain benefits.
Intangible assets
The owner's claim on the assets of a company.
Long-term investments
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A ratio that is used to help evaluate a company's ability to pay its short-term obligations, calculated by dividing current assets by current liabilities.
Closing entries
Long-term resources that benefit business operations, usually lack physical form, and have uncertain benefits.
Intangible assets
The owner's claim on the assets of a company.
Long-term investments
Obligations due to be paid or settled within one year or the operating cycle of a business, whichever is longer.
Owner's capital
A balance sheet that broadly groups items into assets, liabilities and equity.
Current ratio
Cash and other resources that are expected to be sold, collected, or used within one year or the company's operating cycle, whichever is longer.
Current assets
A balance sheet that organizes the assets and liabilities into important subgroups that provide more information to decision makers.
Classified balance sheet
Tangible assets that are long-lived and used to produce or sell products or services.
Plant assets
Entries recorded at the end of each accounting period to transfer end-of-period balances in revenue, expense, and withdrawals accounts to the permanent owner's capital account.
Current liabilities
Assets that are held for more than the longer of one year or the operating cycle of the company and are not used in operations.
Unclassified balance sheet
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Current assets and current liabilities are expected to be used up or come due within one year or the company's operating cycle whichever is longer.

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Intangible assets are assets that are long-term, have physical form, and are used to produce or sell products and services.

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Describe a work sheet and explain why it is useful.

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A company shows a $600 balance in Prepaid Rent in the Unadjusted Trial Balance columns of the work sheet. The Adjustments columns show expired rent of $200. This adjusting entry results in:

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Revenue and expense accounts are permanent (real)accounts and should not be closed at the end of the accounting period.

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The Income Summary account is used to:

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List and explain the steps in preparing a 10-column worksheet.

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Closing entries are designed to transfer the end-of-period balances in the revenue accounts, the expense accounts, and the withdrawals account to owner's capital.

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The F. Mercury, Capital account has a credit balance of $37,000 before closing entries are made. If total revenues for the period are $55,200, total expenses are $39,800, and withdrawals are $9,000, what is the ending balance in the F. Mercury, Capital account after all closing entries are made?

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Which of the following is the usual final step in the accounting cycle?

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Use the information in the adjusted trial balance presented below to calculate current assets for Taron Company: Account Title Dr. Cr. Cash \ 23,000 Accounts receivable 16,000 Prepaid insurance 6,600 Equipment 100,000 Accumulated Depreciation-Equipment \ 50,000 Land 95,000 Accounts payable 17,000 Interest payable 2,400 Unearned revenue 5,000 Long-term notes payable 30,000 Z. Taron, Capital 136,200 Totals \ 240,600 \ 240,600

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Accounts that appear in the balance sheet are often called temporary (nominal)accounts.

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The Income Summary account is used to close the permanent accounts at the end of an accounting period.

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Which of the following accounts showing a balance on the post-closing trial balance indicate an error?

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Closing the temporary accounts at the end of each accounting period does all of the following except:

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