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Accounting information system
Collects and processes transaction data.
Disseminates the financial information to interested parties.
Accounting Information System
LO 1
Understand basic accounting terminology.

3-2
LO 2
Explain double-entry rules.
An a
ccount
shows the effect of transactions on a given
asset, liability, equity, revenue, or expense account.
Double-entry
accounting system (two-sided effect).
Recording done by debiting at least one account and
crediting another.
DEBITS
must equal
CREDITS
.
Debits and Credits
Accounting Information System

3-3
Account Name
Debit / Dr.
Credit / Cr.
Debits and Credits
An arrangement that shows the
effect of transactions on an
account.
Debit = “Left”
Credit = “Right”
Account
Account
LO 2
Explain double-entry rules.
An Account can
An Account can
be illustrated in a
be illustrated in a
T-Account form.
T-Account form.

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Account Name
Debit / Dr.
Credit / Cr.
LO 2
Explain double-entry rules.
$10,000
Transaction #2
$3,000
$15,000
8,000
Balance
Transaction #1
Transaction #3
If the sum of Debit entries are
greater than
the sum of
Credit entries, the account will have a debit balance.
Debits and Credits

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Account Name
Debit / Dr.
Credit / Cr.
If the sum of Credit entries are
greater than
the sum of
Debit entries, the account will have a credit balance.
LO 2
Explain double-entry rules.
$10,000
Transaction #2
$3,000
$1,000
8,000
Transaction #3
Balance
Transaction #1
Debits and Credits

3-6
Normal
Balance
Credit
Normal
Balance
Credit
Normal
Balance
Debit
Normal
Balance
Debit
Debits and Credits Summary
LO 2
Explain double-entry rules.

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Balance Sheet
=
+
-
Asset
Liability
Equity
Revenue
Expense
Debit
Credit
Debits and Credits Summary
LO 2
Explain double-entry rules.
Income Statement

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The Accounting Equation
LO 2
Explain double-entry rules.
Relationship among the assets, liabilities and stockholders’
equity accounts of a business:
The equation must be in balance after every transaction.
For
every
Debit
there must be a
Credit
.
Illustration 3-3

3-9
Double-Entry System Illustration
Assets
Assets
Liabilities
Liabilities
Stockholders’
Equity
Stockholders’
Equity
=
+
1.
Owners invest $40,000 in exchange for common
stock.
+ 40,000
+ 40,000
LO 2
Explain double-entry rules.

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Assets
Assets
Liabilities
Liabilities
=
+
2. Disburse $600 cash for secretarial wages.
- 600
- 600
(expense)
LO 2
Explain double-entry rules.
Stockholders’
Equity
Stockholders’
Equity
Double-Entry System Illustration

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