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Accounting for Merchandising Activities
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Complex Debt & Equity Instruments
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Valuing Common Stock
Corporate Income Taxes
Lower of Cost or Market (LCM) & Inventory Valuation
Chart of Accounts & Bookkeeping
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A

Accelerated Amortization Method
Account balance
Accounting cycle
Accounting equation
Accounting information system
Accounting period
Accounts payable
Accounts payable ledger
Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivable ledger
Accounts receivable method
Accounts receivable turnover
Accrual basis accounting
Accrued expenses
Accrued revenues
Acid Test Ratio
AcSB
Adjusted trial balance
Adjusting entry
Adverse Report
Aging of accounts receivable
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Amortization
Annuity
ASB
Assets
Assurance Engagement
Audit
Audit Engagement
Audit Objective
Audit Risk

B

Bad debts
Balance column ledger account
Balance sheet
Balance sheet equation
Balance sheet method
Bank reconciliation
Bearer bonds
Betterment
Bond
Bond certificate
Bond indenture
Book value of an asset
Bookkeeping
Budgeting
Business
Business entity principle
Business transaction

C

CA
Calendar year
Callable bond
Cancelled cheques
Capital assets
Capital Expenses
Carrying Value
Cash
Cash basis accounting
Cash disbursement journal
Cash discount
Cash Over and Short account
Cash receipts journal
CGA
Change in an Accounting Estimate
Chart of accounts
Cheque
Cheque register
CICA Handbook
Classified balance sheet
Classified multiple
Closing entries
Closing process
Collusion
Columnar journal
Common share
Compatibility standard
Competence
Compound Interest
Compound journal entry
Compounding
Computer hardware
Computer software
Conservatism principle
Consignee
Consignor
Consistency principle
Contingent liability
Contra account
Contract rate
Control standard
Controller
Controlling account
Convertible bond
Copyright
Corporation
Cost accounting
Cost of Goods Sold
Cost of Inventory
Cost principle
Coupon bonds
Credit
Credit memorandum
Credit Period
Credit Terms
Creditors
Crossfoot
Current assets
Current liabilities

D

Days' sales in inventory
Days' sales in receivables
Days' sales uncollected
Debenture
Debit
Debit memorandum
Debtors
Declining Amortization
Depletion
Deposit slip
Depreciation
Direct Inventory Costing Method
Direct Write Off
Discount on Bonds Payable
Discount period
Dishonouring a note
Due Professional Care

E

Earnings
Effective Interest Method
Effective Interest Rate
Electronic funds transfer
Enterprise application software
EOM
Equity
Ethics
Expenses
External auditors
External transactions
External users

F

FIFO inventory pricing
Financial accounting
Financial Leverage
Financial statements
Fiscal year
Fixed Assets
Flexibility standard
FOB
FOB destination
FOB shipping point
Full Disclosure

G

GAAP
GARS
General and administrative expenses
General journal
Going concern principle
Goodwill
Government accountants
Gross margin ratio
Gross Profit Method
Gross profit ratio
GST (Goods and services tax)

H

Half Year Rule
Honouring a note
HST (Harmonized sales tax)

I

IASC
Impairment of Goodwill
Inadequacy
Income statement
Income statement method
Income summary
Intangible assets
Interest
Interest on interest
Interim financial reports
Internal auditors
Internal control system
Internal controls
Internal transactions
Internal users
Invoice
Invoice approval form

J

Journal
Journalizing

L

Land Improvements
Lease
Leasehold Improvements
Ledger
Lessee
Liabilities
LIFO inventory pricing
Limited liability
Limited liability partnership
Limited partnership
Liquid asset
Liquidity
Lower of cost or market (LCM)
Lump Sum

M

Maker of a note
Management consulting
Managerial accounting
Market rate of Interest
Market value of an asset
Matching principle
Materiality
Maturity date of a note
Merchandise
Merchandise inventory
Merchandise turnover
Monetary unit principle

N

Natural business year
Natural Resources
Net assets
Net income
Net loss
Net realizable value
Normal balance
Note Receivable
Notes payable

O

Objectivity
Objectivity principle
Obsolescence
Operating cycle of a business
Operational Auditing
Owner investments
Owner's equity

P

Par value of Bond
Partnership
Patent
Payee of a note
Percent of accounts receivable method
Percent of sales method
Periodic Inventory System
Permanent accounts
Perpetual Inventory System
Physical count
Plant and equipment
Post
Posting
Premium on bond payable
Prepaid expenses
Principal of a note
Private accountants
Pro forma statements
Professional Skepticism
Profit
Promissory note
Property, Plant & Equipment
PST (Provincial sales tax)
Public accountants
Public Sector Auditing

Q

Qualified Audit report

R

Realizable value
Receiving report
Recordkeeping
Redeemable bonds
Registered bonds
Replacement cost
Report form balance
Retail
Retail inventory method
Retailer
Revenue recognition principle
Revenues
Reversing entries
Revised Amortization

S

Sales
Sales Discount
Sales journal
Salvage Value
Schedule of accounts payable
Schedule of accounts receivable
Secured bonds
Selling expenses
Separation of duties
Serial Bonds
Shareholders
Shares
Shrinkage
Signature card
Simple Interest
Sole proprietorship
Source documents
Specific identification method
Specific invoice inventory pricing
Statement of cash flows
Statement of financial position
Statement of owner's equity
Straight Line Amortization
Subsidiary ledger

T

Tax accounting
Temporary accounts
Term bonds
Trade discount
Trademark
Trial balance

U

Unadjusted trial balance
Unclassified balance sheet
Uncollectible accounts
Unearned revenues
Units of Production Amortization
Unlimited liability
Unqualified Audit report
Unsecured bonds
Useful Life
Utilitarianism

V

Vendee
Vendor
Voucher system

   

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