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Bookkeepers typically... - ✔✔Record financial transactions, reconcile bank accounts, manage || || || || || || || || || ||
accounts receivable, manage accounts payable, work with tax preparers and assist with tax
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compliance, and generate financial statements. || || || ||
As a bookkeeper what would Honesty mean? - ✔✔Reporting financial data accordingly and
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timley, owning up to and trying ti fix any mistakes, and being open and transparent with clients
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about their business. || ||
As a bookkeeper what would Objectivity mean? - ✔✔Not taking any jobs/ clients that could pose
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conflict of interest, not allowing outside parties to influence findings, not letting personal bias get
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in the way of your performance.
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As a bookkeeper what would Confidentiality mean? - ✔✔Not discussing business details outside
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of the job and NEVER using inside information for personal gain.
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As a bookkeeper what would Profesionalism mean? - ✔✔Being considerate of clients needs/
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time, avoiding personal/profesional activities that could bring shame to profession/business,
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maintaining proper credentials, and keeping skills through continuing education. || || || || || || || ||
What is the Accounting Equation - ✔✔Assets=Liability+Equity
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What are some examples of a Liability? - ✔✔Morgage,(money owed to a lender)
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Credit Card(s)- (money borrowed from bank with expectation of paying it back)
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Payroll or sales tax owed to a government-(most business will owe one or more types of taxes to
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federal, state, or local governments) || || || ||
, What are some examples of an Asset? - ✔✔Accounts Receivable-(money owed to the business
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by customers)
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Investments in other companies-( potentially sell for cash) || || || || || || ||
What are some examples of Equity? - ✔✔Money invested into the company by one or more
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owners
Double-Entry Accounting - ✔✔A common way to record transactions records which accounts
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increase and decrease. Recorded in debit and credit columns. (Totals HAVE to be balanced)
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What side can debits and credits be found on? - ✔✔Debits are on the left
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Credits are on the right || || || ||
How do you know if something is a Debit or a Credit? - ✔✔Ask yourself, What kind of account
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are we looking at? and Is the balance increasing or decreasing?
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What are the 5 account types? - ✔✔Assets
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Liability
Equity
Revenue
Expenses
What is the expanded Accounting Equation? - ✔✔{Assets=Liabilities+Equity}+[Revenues-
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Expences]
{Balance Sheet} [Income statement] || || ||
{Assets+Expenses}=[Liabilities+Equity+Revenue]
How do Debits and Credits work in an ASSETS Account? - ✔✔Debits are an increase and
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Credits are a decrease || || ||