Williamsfield School District #210

Curriculum Map 2007-2008

Naslund, Ruby / Accounting / High School / Grades 11-12

Month

Content

August

Starting a Proprietorship

  • What is accounting?
  • The accounting equation
  • How business activities change the accounting equation
  • Reporting financial information on a Balance Sheet

September

Changes that Affect Owner’s Equity

  • How transactions change owner’s equity in an accounting equation
  • Reporting a changed accounting equation on a Balance Sheet

Analyzing Transaction into Debit and Credit Parts

  • Using T accounts
  • Analyzing how transactions affect accounts
  • Analyzing how transactions affect owner’s equity accounts

Journalizing Transactions

  • Journals, source documents, and recording entries in a journal
  • Journalizing,  buying insurance, buying on account, and paying on account
  • Journalizing transactions that affect owner’s equity and receiving cash on account
  • Proving and ruling a journal

Posting to a General Ledger

  • Preparing a Chart of Accounts
  • Posting separate amounts from a journal to a general ledger
  • Posting column totals from a journal to a general ledger
  • Completed accounting forms and making correcting entries

October

Cash Control Systems

  • Checking accounts
  • Bank Reconciliation
  • Dishonored checks and electronic banking
  • Petty Cash

Work Sheet for a Service Business

  • Creating a Work Sheet
  • Planning adjusting entries on a Work Sheet
  • Extending financial statement information on a Work Sheet
  • Finding and correcting errors on the Work Sheet

Financial Statements for a Proprietorship

  • Preparing an Income Statement
  • Balance Sheet information on a Work Sheet

November

Recording Adjusting and Closing Entries for a Service Business

  • Recording adjusting entries
  • Recording closing entries
  • Preparing a Post-Closing Trial Balance

Accounting for a Merchandising Business Organized as a Partnership

Journalizing Purchases and Cash Payments

  • Journalizing purchases of merchandise for cash
  • Journalizing purchases of merchandise on account and buying supplies
  • Journalizing cash payments and other transactions

Journalizing Sales and Cash Receipts

  • Journalizing sales and cash receipts from sales
  • Proving and ruling an expanded journal

December

Posting to General and Subsidiary Ledgers

  • Posting to a General Ledger
  • Posting to an Accounts Payable Ledger
  • Posting to an Accounts Receivable Ledger
  • Accuracy of accounting records

Preparing Payroll Records

  • Preparing payroll time cards
  • Determining payroll tax withholding
  • Preparing payroll records
  • Preparing payroll checks

January

Payroll Accounting, Taxes, and Reports

  • Recording a payroll
  • Recording employer payroll taxes
  • Reporting withholding and payroll taxes
  • Paying withholding and payroll taxes

Work Sheet for a Merchandising Business

  • Beginning an 8-column Work Sheet for a merchandising business
  • Analyzing and recording Work Sheet adjustments
  • Completing Work Sheets

February

Financial Statements for a Partnership

  • Income Statement
  • Component percentages
  • Distribution of Net Income and Owners’ Equity Statements
  • Balance Sheet

Recording Adjusting and Closing Entries for a Partnership

  • Recording adjusting entries
  • Recording closing entries for Income Statement accounts
  • Recording additional closing entries
  • Preparing a post-closing trial balance

Begin Automated Accounting Simulation “Fitness Junction”

March

Finish Automated Accounting Simulation “Fitness Junction”

Individual Income Taxes

Understanding Taxes

  • Payroll taxes and federal income tax withholding
  • Wage and tip income
  • Interest income
  • Dependents
  • Filing status
  • Exemptions
  • Standard deduction
  • Tax credit for child and dependent care expenses
  • Earned income credit

April

Understanding Taxes

  • Refund, amount due, and record keeping
  • Electronic tax return preparation and transmission
  • Self-employment income and the self-employment tax
  • Child tax credit and additional child tax credit
  • The taxpayer’s responsibilities
  • The taxpayer’s rights
  • Preparing Form 1040EZ
  • Preparing Form 1040A

Accounting for a Merchandising Business Organized as a Corporation

Recording Purchases and Cash Payments Using Special Journals

  • Recording purchases on account using a Purchases Journal
  • Recording expenses and purchases using a Cash Payments Journal
  • Journalizing petty cash and posting using a Cash Payments Journal
Recording transactions using a General Journal

May

Recording Sales and Cash Receipts Using Special Journals

  • Recording sales on account using a Sales Journal
  • Recording cash receipts using a Cash Receipts Journal
  • Recording transactions using a General Journal
  • Recording international sales

Accounting for Uncollectible Accounts Receivable

  • Estimating and recording Uncollectible Accounts Expense
  • Writing off and collecting Uncollectible Accounts Receivable

Accounting for Plant Assets and Depreciation

  • Buying plant assets and paying property tax
  • Calculating Depreciation Expense
  • Journalizing Depreciation Expense
  • Disposing of plant assets
  • Declining-balance method of depreciation

Accounting for Inventory

  • Determining the quantity of Merchandise Inventory
  • Determining the cost of Merchandise Inventory
  • Estimating inventory

Accounting for Uncollectible Accounts Receivable

  • Estimating and recording Uncollectible Accounts Expense
  • Writing off and collecting Uncollectible Accounts Receivable

Accounting for Plant Assets and Depreciation

  • Buying plant assets and paying property tax
  • Calculating Depreciation Expense
  • Journalizing Depreciation Expense
  • Disposing of Plant Assets
  • Declining balance method of depreciation

Accounting for Inventory

  • Determining the quantity of Merchandise Inventory
  • Determining the Cost of Merchandise Inventory
  • Estimating inventory