Valentine's Day Accounting

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Across
  1. 3. After deducting all your costs (gifts, dinner, and even delivery fees), the actual "profit" or "leftover love" you have. It's the amount of money you get to keep after paying for everything that went into your Valentine's Day celebration.
  2. 7. This is the magical moment when your love (or business) finally gets the balance right. It’s when your Valentine’s Day sales cover all your costs—no profits yet, but no losses either. It’s where the costs of your chocolates and flowers are fully matched by what you earned.
  3. 8. In the world of love and business, this means recording income and expenses when they happen, not just when the money is exchanged. For example, if you promise your Valentine a gift now but don’t give it until next week, you record the "promise" today in your books.
  4. 9. How much of your love story you own! In accounting terms, it’s the difference between what you own (assets) and what you owe (liabilities). It’s the value you’ve earned in your business or relationship.
  5. 13. The amounts you owe to others, like the cost of that romantic dinner or your Valentine’s Day shopping spree.
  6. 14. Just like roses that wilt after a week, assets lose value over time. Depreciation is how accountants track the decrease in value of your physical assets (such as office equipment or Valentine’s Day décor) over a period.
  7. 15. The money you make from selling roses or chocolates, before you subtract the cost of the gifts or flowers you bought to sell. It's like the heart-shaped box of chocolates you bought for your Valentine, minus what it cost to make it special!
Down
  1. 1. The amount of money you owe to the florist or chocolatier for those last-minute gifts you bought for your Valentine. These are bills you need to pay later.
  2. 2. The money owed to you by that special someone who promised to buy you dinner on Valentine’s Day but forgot to pay. You are waiting for that "payment" to come in.
  3. 4. Your love life might be full of gifts, but these are tangible items, like the jewelry or love letters you've collected over time—things that have value!
  4. 5. The money spent on your Valentine’s Day dinner, gifts, and that heart-shaped box of chocolates you "had to" buy. These are the costs that reduce your profits.
  5. 6. The money you make from selling roses or chocolates, before you subtract the cost of the gifts or flowers you bought to sell. It's like the heart-shaped box of chocolates you bought for your Valentine, minus what it cost to make it special!
  6. 10. The stock of chocolates, cards, and roses you have left after a busy Valentine’s Day sale. It’s everything you have in your “love shop” before it’s sold.
  7. 11. The flow of funds—just like Cupid’s arrows—this is the movement of money in and out of your business or bank account. It’s important to keep your cash flowing so you can afford all those Valentine’s Day gifts!
  8. 12. The Valentine's Day checklist of your love life or business—what you have (assets), what you owe (liabilities), and what you’ve earned (equity). It’s a snapshot of your financial situation.