Professor Sabine D'Amico, CPA, CMA, MBA, CSSMBB

Want to learn about accounting? You are in the right place!

I’m Sabine, a CPA, CMA, MBA and CSSMB with over 25 years of experience in public accounting and industry. I am creating educational videos to help my students at Moorpark College and anyone else who is interested in learning more about Introduction to Accounting, Payroll Accounting, and Accounting Ethics. I also have a playlist for Balance Sheet reconciliations and Bank reconciliations.
On this channel, you’ll find how-to tutorials / lectures with many examples that help make accounting concepts easier to understand and to apply in practice. Whether you’re just starting out or expanding your skills, I will guide you through the topics that are important for accounting students and accountants.
Got questions or requests? Drop a comment on any video, and I’ll get back to you.


Professor Sabine D'Amico, CPA, CMA, MBA, CSSMBB

On November 1, 2025, Arbor Consulting Service paid $4,800 for 12 months of advance rent on its office space - beginning December 1, 2025. The correct adjusting entry on December 31, 2025, to show the amount of rent that had expired would include:

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Professor Sabine D'Amico, CPA, CMA, MBA, CSSMBB

The Petty Cash account:

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Professor Sabine D'Amico, CPA, CMA, MBA, CSSMBB

You are an accountant and working on a bank reconciliation for June 2026. What's the first thing you do to start the bank reconciliation?

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Professor Sabine D'Amico, CPA, CMA, MBA, CSSMBB

A control account is a general ledger account that summarizes the balances of subsidiary ledger accounts. What are some examples of a control account?

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Professor Sabine D'Amico, CPA, CMA, MBA, CSSMBB

As an accountant, what are some of the skills that you did not learn in your accounting classes that you now need in your work?

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Professor Sabine D'Amico, CPA, CMA, MBA, CSSMBB

You are an accountant at a large publicly traded company, and your manager emails you and says "We didn't get an invoice from ABC company for June 2026. Accrue a reversing entry for it". What do you do?

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Professor Sabine D'Amico, CPA, CMA, MBA, CSSMBB

Assuming a periodic inventory system is used, purchases returns and allowances are recorded in the general journal as a debit to Accounts Payable and a credit to:

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Professor Sabine D'Amico, CPA, CMA, MBA, CSSMBB

The entry to record a purchase allowance granted on a credit memo includes a debit to which account in the general ledger?

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Professor Sabine D'Amico, CPA, CMA, MBA, CSSMBB

MacGyver Company bought equipment on January 3, 20xx, for $52,000. At the time of purchase, the equipment was estimated to have a useful life of five years and a salvage value of $4,000. Using the straight-line method, the amount of one year's depreciation is:

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Professor Sabine D'Amico, CPA, CMA, MBA, CSSMBB

On September 1, 2024, Jay Walker Company purchased a one-year insurance policy for $1,320. The correct adjusting entry on December 31, 2024, is:

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