CONCEPT MAP

 

            Key Concepts:                                                                                   Key Vocabulary:

 

Accruing

Accruing system

Accruing records

Service Business

Proprietorship

Asset

Equities

Liabilities

Owners equity

Accounting equation

Transaction

Account

Account title

Account balance

Capital

Balance sheet

 

 

 
                                                                                                                       

What is Accounting

 

 

The Accounting Equation

 

                                                           

Topic:

Starting a Proprietorship

 
How Business Activities change the Accounting Equation

 

 

Reporting Financial Information on a Balance Sheet

 

 

 

 

Examples:

Receiving cash

Paying cash

Transactions on account

Preparing a balance sheet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enduring Understanding (s): Accounting is the language of business.  Owners, managers, and accounting personnel use their knowledge of accounting to understand the information provided in the accounting reports.  _________________________________________________

 

 

Essential Question (s): Why would par accounting information result in business failure? _______________________________________________________

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