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, Forms of Business -proprietorship
-partnership
-corporations
-limited liability company
Types of Businesses -Service business
-Merchandising
-Manufacturing
Stakeholders in a business -Capital market
-Product or service market
-Government
-Internal
Business Activities -financing
-investing
-operating
Financing Activities (forms of liability) -accounts payable
-bonds payable
-note payable
Operating Activities -revenues (sales, fees earned)
-expenses
(cost of goods sold, merchandise sold, or cost of sales)
Accounting (Branches) -Financial (associated with preparing reports for external users of a business)
-Managerial (used to guide management in making financing, investing, and
operations decisions for the company)
Objectives of Financial Accounting -to report the financial condition of a business at a point in time.
-to report changes in the financial condition of a business over a period of time
(Statement of Stockholder's equity, Cash flows)
Financial Statements Income, Stockholders, Balance Sheet, Cash Flows (statements integrate)
Accounting Formula A=L+SE
Matching Concept matching expenses with revenues that expenses should be associated with
(revenue recognition, expense recognition, principles)
business organization in which basic resources (inputs), such as materials and labor are
assembled and processed to provide goods or services (outputs) to customers.