Essential Accounting Terminology and Asset Classifications

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Asset and Liability Classifications

  • Effective Money: Cash (Current Asset)
  • Common Checks Received from Third Parties: Deposit Securities (Current Asset)
  • Received Coupons or Vouchers: Issued from sales made with credit cards
  • Major Credit Cards: Payment processing
  • Goods for Manufacture of Merchandise: Raw Material (Current Asset)
  • Desktop, Photocopying, Desks, and Chairs: Furniture and Fixtures
  • Money Deposited in Checking Account: Bank Checking
  • Cars, Trucks, and Automotive: Vehicles
  • Accounts Receivable: People who owe us money on current account (undocumented) from sales of merchandise or services
  • Sundry Debtors: People who owe money (undocumented) for reasons other than sales of services or merchandise
  • Promissory Notes Received from Third Parties: Documents to collect
  • Air, Stoves, Shelves, and Illuminated Signs: Facilities
  • Properties: Houses, land, and apartments
  • Machinery: Equipment for a machine shop or factory
  • Merchandise: Goods intended for sale
  • Computer and Printer: Computer Equipment

Liabilities and Equity

  • Documents to Pay: Promissory notes delivered to third parties
  • Sundry Creditors: People to whom we owe money (undocumented) for borrowing or reasons not related to goods or services
  • Suppliers: People to whom we owe money (undocumented) for purchases of merchandise or services
  • Deferred Revenues: Payments received in advance from third parties
  • Capital: Initial contribution for the formation of a trade or business
  • Commissions Earned: Gains made by commercial work undertaken for third parties
  • Overheads: Operating expenses
  • Cost of Goods Sold: The cost amount of the merchandise sold
  • Interest Income (R+): Surcharges charged to customers or debtors for late payments or loans
  • Interest Paid (R-): Surcharges charged by suppliers or banks for late payments or borrowed money
  • Sales (R+): Revenue from the sale of merchandise or services
  • Discounts Obtained (R+): Rebates obtained on purchase prices or payments to suppliers and creditors
  • Discounts Granted (R-): Rebates transferred in the sale price or charged to debtors or customers
  • Lost Commissions (R-): Loss occasioned by occasional events
  • Exercise Result (PN): Profit or loss resulting from a financial year
  • Wages: Cash paid to employees for their work
  • Reservations (PN): Undistributed profits

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