A publication by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to assist employers with federal payroll taxes. The complete title of the publication is Publication 15 (Circular E), Employer’s Tax Guide. It is available...
A publication by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to assist employers with federal payroll taxes. The complete title of the publication is Publication 15 (Circular E), Employer’s Tax Guide. It is available...
A publication by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to assist employers with federal payroll taxes. The complete title of the publication is Publication 15 (Circular E), Employer’s Tax Guide. It is available...
A publication by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to assist employers with federal payroll taxes. The complete title of the publication is Publication 15 (Circular E), Employer’s Tax Guide. It is available...
A publication by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to assist employers with federal payroll taxes. The complete title of the publication is Publication 15 (Circular E), Employer’s Tax Guide. It is available...
Where can I get official information for federal payroll taxes? For official information on federal payroll taxes we recommend the Internal Revenue Service Publication 15 which is known by two names: Circular E and...
to Circular E.) Part 1 of the guide is entitled Who Are Employees? and it provides this general rule: “…an individual is an independent contractor if you, the person for whom the services are performed, have the...
if the employees do not work in a manufacturing department. If the employee works in a manufacturing department, the amount of the FICA matching is recorded as part of the company’s manufacturing costs. You can find...
or Circular E) is a guide to U.S. payroll taxes. It is published annually by the Internal Revenue Service and it can be downloaded from irs. gov at no cost. State Unemployment Tax State unemployment tax is a tax paid by...
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Our Explanation of Payroll Accounting discusses the taxes and benefits which are withheld from employees' pay as well as the taxes and benefits that are expenses for the employers. Also provided are examples of the...
predict and estimate the future costs, but the past costs are otherwise irrelevant to the decision. That is why accountants will refer to a past cost as a sunk cost. Examples of Relevant Costs Assume that a company has...
Costs that have both a fixed and variable component. For example, the cost of operating an automobile includes some fixed costs that do not change with the number of miles driven (e.g., operating license, insurance,...
In manufacturing, the product cost includes direct materials, direct labor, and manufacturing overhead. A retailer’s product cost is the net cost from suppliers plus costs to get the product in place and ready for...
Cash and other resources that are expected to turn to cash or to be used up within one year of the balance sheet date. (If a company’s operating cycle is longer than one year, an item is a current asset if it will...
What is the price earnings ratio? The price earnings ratio, or P/E ratio, is the market price per share of common stock divided by the earnings per share of common stock. A corporation with a high price earnings...
An assumption that determines the order in which costs should flow out of a balance sheet account (e.g. Inventory, Investments, Treasury Stock) when the item is sold. For an illustration of the cost flow assumption, see...
The fixed manufacturing costs (e.g., property tax, rent, and depreciation on factory) that have been assigned to (absorbed by) the products manufactured via a predetermined rate. Ideally, by the end of the accounting...
Cost that is considered to be part of the cost of merchandise. For a retailer, the inventoriable cost is the cost from the supplier plus all costs necessary to get the item into inventory and ready for sale, e.g....
spreadsheets. With the introduction of VisiCalc (the original electronic spreadsheet) followed by other electronic spreadsheets or worksheets (e.g., Lotus 1-2-3, Excel), the use of columnar pads of paper declined...
An unfavorable budget variance (e.g. an actual expense is more than the budgeted amount, or actual revenues are less than the budgeted amount) An amount that is being subtracted The meaning of a negative amount in a...
functions (e.g. selling, general administration, etc.) are part of the expenses reported on the company’s income statement. Under the accrual method of accounting, the amounts are reported in the accounting period in...
as prepaid expenses. As the prepaid amount expires, the balance in Prepaid Insurance is reduced by a credit to Prepaid Insurance and a debit to Insurance Expense. This is done with an adjusting entry at the end of each...
(usually in the form of a check or currency). Some payments are current period expenses (e.g. current month’s rent payment) but many payments are not expenses of the current period. Examples of Expenses and Payments...
Our Explanation of Accounting Principles provides you with clear and concise descriptions of the basic underlying guidelines of accounting. You will see how the accounting principles affect the balance sheet and income...
19. The free IRS publication, __________ E, is entitled Employer’s Tax Guide. 20. EFTPS is the acronym for __________ Federal Tax Payment System. 21. Stockholders of a corporation who work in the corporation are also...
that under the accrual basis of accounting: Revenues are reported in the accounting period in which they are earned (as opposed to when cash is collected) Expenses are reported in the accounting period when they best...
Our Explanation of Bank Reconciliation will show you the needed adjustments to the balance on the bank statement and also the adjustments needed to the balance in the related general ledger account. A comprehensive...
Our Explanation of Present Value of a Single Amount discusses the time value of money and the need to discount future amounts to the time of an investment or other transaction. The present value of 1 table is used to...
Our Explanation of the Balance Sheet provides you with a basic understanding of a corporation's balance sheet (or statement of financial position). You will gain insights regarding the assets, liabilities, and...
common stock is publicly traded and has a complex capital structure is required to report 1) basic EPS (earnings per share) and 2) __________ EPS. 23. In the P/E ratio, the “P” represents the market __________...
Our Explanation of Present Value of a Single Amount discusses the time value of money and the need to discount future amounts to the time of an investment or other transaction. The present value of 1 table is used to...
Our Explanation of Improving Profits will assist you in focusing on the costs and revenues that are relevant (and ignoring those which are not relevant) for improving profits and eliminating losses. Examples of the...
Our Explanation of Accounts Payable provides insights on the bill paying process in a large company. Included are discussions of the three-way match, early payment discounts, end of period accruals, and more.
Our Explanation of Present Value of an Ordinary Annuity uses the appropriate present value factors for discounting a stream of equal cash amounts occurring at equal time intervals. An important feature is the use of loan...
You might think of the acronym DEAL when learning which accounts will be increased with a debit entry. Use the first letter from the following four types of accounts to spell D-E-A-L: Dividends Expenses Assets Losses...
Our Explanation of Debits and Credits describes the reasons why various accounts are debited and/or credited. For the examples we provide the logic, use T-accounts for a clearer understanding, and the appropriate general...
Our Explanation of Evaluating Business Investments compares four of the techniques for reviewing potential capital expenditures. You will be introduced to accounting rate of return, payback, net present value, and...
Our Explanation of Debits and Credits describes the reasons why various accounts are debited and/or credited. For the examples we provide the logic, use T-accounts for a clearer understanding, and the appropriate general...
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