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Financial Accounting Exam 1 - Chapters 1-3 Questions And Answers Corporation A business organized as a separate legal entity owned by stockholders Income Statement Reports a company's revenues and expenses and resulting net income or loss for a specific period of time Liabilities Amounts owed...

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Financial Accounting Exam 1 - Chapters 1-3
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Corporation A business organized as a separate legal entity owned by stockholders




Income Statement Reports a company's revenues and expenses and resulting net income

or loss for a specific period of time




Liabilities Amounts owed to creditors in the form of debts and other obligations




Management Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) A section of the annual report that

presents management views on the company's ability to pay near-term obligations, its ability to

fund operations and expansion, and its results of operations




Partnership A business owned by 2 or more persons associated as partners




Retained Earnings The amount of net income retained in the corporation




Retained Earnings Statement Beg. R/E Balance + Net income/loss - Dividends = Ending

R/E

, Financial Accounting Exam 1 - Chapters 1-3
Questions And Answers

Sarbanes-Oaxley Act (SOX) Regulations passed by Congress to reduce unethical

corporate behavior




Sole Proprietorship A business owned by one person




Statement of Cash Flows Cash flows from operating activities - Cash flows from investing

activities + Cash Flows from financing activities = Net Increase in Cash + Cash at beginning of

Period = Cash at end of period




Consistency Use of the same accounting principles and methods from year to year within

a company




Cost Constraint Constraint that weighs the cost that companies will incur to provide the

info. against the benefit that financial statement users will gain from having the info. available




Current Ratio A measure of liquidity : current assets/current liabilities

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