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BUSINES TRANSACTIONS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Each business should have an accounting system best suited to its particular needs. The method used must provide the moat effective means of recording, summarizing, and presenting appropriate accounting data for management and for others who have an interest in the business. The accountant is responsible for the design and implementation of the accounting forms, the records, and the procedures. The Accountant must also consider the present structure of the business as well as its likely courses in the future. Modern accounting machines and data-processing equipments have substantial increased the speed with which information can be made available to management.
Then a business is being established, a system must be introduced that records all transactions in monetary terms. Transactions are either internal, that is, within the company, or external, outside the company. Typical business transactions include the following:
1. purchase of merchandise, supplies, and services;
2. sale of merchandise;
3. receipt and disbursement of cash;
4. receipt and issue of negotiable instruments, such as checks or notes;
5. acquisition of property;
6. incurring and paying debts;
7. transfer of merchandise from warehouse to store; and
8. use of supplies and services in the operation of the business.
The dollar of course, is the basic unit of measurements in accounting in the United States, and it is also widely used as a unit of measurements in international transactions. The collar amount of each transaction is entered in the accounting journals of the business. Information about the nature of the transaction and the dollar amount that is involved generally appears first on a business document, such as a sales invoice. Such documents are essential references in accounting because they reflect iterations in the company’s financial positions and operating performance.
Fine Foods Corporation
1918 Onondaga Parkway.
Syracuse, New York
| Sunnyside Grocery Store 64 Roosevelt Road_____ Liverpool, New York__ ____________________ | Invoice No_ Date______ Order No__ Chipped Via | 16-5978________ May 5, 1976_____ 8876___________ N.Y. Lines_______ |
Sold to
Terms 2/10, n/30___________
Quantity Description Unit Amount
Price
50 cases Fine Foods Onion Soup 4.00 200.00
100 cases Golden Apricot Nectar 6.00 600.00
20 cases Fine Foods Peanut Butter 10.00 __200.00__
1000.00
A typical sales invoice
Central Stationery Store
Statements of Partners’ Capital
Year Ended December 31, 1976
| Hawkins | Robertson | |
| Equity Balance | ||
| January 1, 1976 | $ 92,500 | $ 92,500 |
| Profit for Year 1976 | 70,00 | 70,00 |
| Investment During Year | 5,00 | 5,00 |
| ------------- | ------------- | |
| 167,500 | 167,500 | |
| Less Withdrawals | 57,00 | 57,00 |
| ------------- | ------------- | |
| Balance, | ||
| December 31, 1976 | $110,500 | $110,500 |
An Equity Statement for a partnership
Handy Andy House and Garden Suppliers
Balance Sheet
March, 14, 1976
ASSETS
| Current Assets | |||||
| Cash | $2,000 | ||||
| Account Receivable | 6,000 | ||||
| Notes Receivable | 3,000 | ||||
| Merchandise Inventory | 80,000 | ||||
| Office Suppliers | |||||
| Store Suppliers | |||||
| Prepaid Insurance | 1,000 | ||||
| Total current Assets | 93,000 | ||||
| Plant Assets | |||||
| Land | $10,000 | ||||
| Buildings | $152,000 | ||||
| Less Accumulated Depreciation | 6,000 | 146,000 | |||
| Store Equipment | 40,000 | ||||
| Less Accumulated Depreciation | 12,000 | 28,000 | |||
| Total Plant Assets | 184,000 | ||||
| Investments | 100,000 | ||||
| Patents | 20,000 | ||||
| Goodwill | 10,000 | ||||
| TOTAL ASSETS | $407,000 |
LIABILITIES
| Current Liabilities | ||||
| Accounts Payable | $30,000 | |||
| Notes Payable | 10,000 | |||
| Accrued Salaries | 2,000 | |||
| Accrued Taxes | 4,000 | |||
| Total Current Liabilities | 46,000 | |||
| Long-term Liabilities | ||||
| Notes Payable | $40,000 | |||
| Merchandise Payable | 100,000 | |||
| Total Long-term Liabilities | 140,000 | |||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES | 186,000 | |||
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