This episode delves into the core objectives of financial reporting and the fundamental concepts of accrual accounting under US GAAP. It details FASB's qualitative characteristics for useful financial information, such as relevance and faithful representation, and explains principles like revenue recognition, expense matching, and key assumptions guiding accounting practices.
Example: You own a sole proprietorship. For this period, you had revenue of $100,000, wage expense of $40,000, and computer expense of $30,000 (net income of $30,000). You also contributed $10,000 to the business this period. Step 1 – Transfer Revenue and Expense items to Income Summary Debit Credit Revenue $100,000 Income Summary $100,000 Income Summary $40,000 Wage Expense $40,000 Income Summary $30,000 Computer Expense $30,000 Step 2 – Transfer Income Summary to Equity (capital account) Debit...
Today we will go over the adjusting process. This is where we make our adjusting journal entries to get from our unadjusted trial balance to our adjusted trial balance, which contains the figures we use on the financial statements and tax returns. We will briefly discuss prepaid expenses, unearned revenues, accrued revenues, accrued expenses, and depreciation/amortization.
Today we will discuss the accounting cycle. This is the process taken each period to record transactions, prepare the financial statements, and to reset the temporary accounts to zero for the next period. Keep in mind that the steps you may see in your accounting textbook or elsewhere may be slightly different - I have simplified some of the steps: Step 1 – Record transactions as journal entries in the general ledger; Step 2 – Prepare an unadjusted trial balance as of the end of the period; Step...
Example # 1 Our Accounts Receivable balance increased by $20,000 from the end of last period to the end of this period. 1. Accounts Receivable is an asset, so it must be debited to increase its balance. 2. Create journal entry: Debit Credit Accounts Receivable $20,000 Fake Cash $20,000 3. A $20,000 increase in Accounts Receivable = $20,000 cash flow reduction on the statement of cash flows. Example # 2 Our Accounts Payable balance increased by $10,000 from the end of last period to the end of th...
Today we will discuss the cost layering methods that are used within the periodic and perpetual inventory systems. Assumptions for purchases: 50 units purchased on January 1 at $10 each (50 x $10 = $500) 100 units purchased on February 1 at $11 each (100 x $11 = $1,100) 150 units purchased on March 1 at $12 each (150 x $12 = $1,800) Assumptions for sales: 250 units sold to customer on April 1 for $5,000 Journal entries to record purchases under Periodic Method (entry is the same whether LIFO or ...
In this episode, we will cover the journal entries made when using the perpetual and periodic inventory methods, and we will also go over the formula and journal entry to record cost of goods sold under the periodic inventory method.
Today we tackle depreciation and amortization, and we discuss fixed assets. Facts for following examples: Asset cost of $85,000, salvage value of $10,000, and a useful life of 5 years. Note: "Depr" represents depreciation expense, "A/D" represents accumulated depreciation, and "B/V" represents book value at the end of the year. I tried to align the columns as best as I could, but they appear differently on different platforms. Assuming the asset was put into service January 1 of year 1 and utili...
In this episode, we discuss unearned revenue.
Today we will discuss prepaid assets, and do some examples with journal entries.
In this episode, we will discuss accounts payable and journal entries related to accounts payable.
In this episode, we will describe accounts receivable, and we will go over journal entries related to accounts receivable.
Today we will explain contra accounts, and we will also do some examples to demonstrate how the debits and credits work.
In this episode, we will briefly discuss the four main financial statements in accounting: the balance sheet, income statement, statement of owner's equity, and statement of cash flows.
In this episode, we discuss the flow of accounting from how our journal entries are recorded in the general ledger, summarized in the trial balance, and then presented on the financial statements and tax returns.
In this episode, we discuss how each type of account in ALE-RE is affected by journal entries, and we learn the debit/credit language of accounting using A|LE-R|E. The lines separate the types of accounts with normal debit balances from those with normal credit balances. This is the most important episode to listen to if you are just learning accounting. Example Journal Entry: Dr. Cr. Utilities Expense 150 Accounts Payable 150...
In this episode, we briefly discuss each type of account in accounting: Assets, Liabilities, Equity, Revenue, and Expenses.
Hi Everyone, Welcome to Accounting 101 with Jimmy Stewart. I hope to explain accounting to you the way I wish someone had explained it to me when I first started out. This isn't meant to be your only source of learning accounting, but this is meant to advance your knowledge in accounting by reinforcing the fundamentals that you absolutely must know to understand accounting. I am a forensic accountant from New York State, and I have learned a lot of tricks over the years that I know will help a l...
