Round out your accounting vocabulary with this exercise. The expressions here cover both the technical language of financial accounting and the broader vocabulary of business finance.
📚 Key vocabulary ledger — a book or digital record containing all financial transactions of a business, organized by account amortization — the gradual write-off of an intangible asset's cost over its useful life cash flow statement — a financial report showing how cash moves in and out of a business over a period of time working capital — the difference between a company's current assets and current liabilities, measuring short-term financial health equity — the value of ownership interest in a company, calculated as total assets minus total liabilities income statement — a financial report summarizing a company's revenues, expenses, and profits over a specific period liability — a financial obligation or debt that a company owes to an outside party asset — anything owned by a company that has economic value and can be converted to cash trial balance — a list of all general ledger accounts and their balances, used to verify that debits equal credits retained earnings — the portion of net income kept by a company after paying dividends to shareholders
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Choose the correct response to complete each sentence.
1. The partners of the accounting firm gathered in Tampa for their _________________ meeting.
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2. His last company owes millions in _________________ taxes.
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3. Tax _________________ help wealthy investors hide millions of dollars in taxable income.
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4. Lawyers or accountants who work in the same firm are often referred to as _________________, not "employees".
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5. My accountant advised me that this approach would be much more _________________. ( = profitable)
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6. I would welcome an opportunity to analyze your company's __________________ ( = financial records) in detail.
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7. He's one of our __________________ clients. = He hired us to do audits for his company.
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8. CFO stands for "chief __________________ officer".
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9. I'm not questioning your tax __________________. I just think that this approach would not work for our company.
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10. Microsoft __________________ nearly 60% of its total United States revenues from software sales.
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