Construct a Chart of Accounts, Assigning Account Numbers and Arranging

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Essay

Construct a chart of accounts, assigning account numbers and arranging the accounts in balance sheet and income statement order. Each account number must have three digits, and the first digit should designate its classification ("1" for assets, "2" for liabilities, and so on). Contra accounts should be designated with a decimal (ex.: 100.1 for contra of account 100). Assets and liabilities should be arranged in the order of liquidity, and expenses should be arranged alphabetically.

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Definitions:

Longitudinal Studies

Research methods that involve repeated observations of the same subjects over a period of time, often used to study development, behavioral, and social changes.

Midlife

A period in an adult's life, often between the ages of 40 and 65, characterized by personal, social, and career transitions.

Vocational Self-Concept

Part of one’s total identity that includes ideas about which qualities of the self would or would not provide a match to the requirements of an occupation. Includes person’s view of his own characteristics and of his life circumstances, such as the limits or opportunities created by economic conditions and so on.

Exploratory Stage

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