Financial Statements Video Training Part 1 Introduction to the main financial statements and accounting rules, balance sheet heading and sections, reporting of cash Must-Watch Video Learn How to Advance Your Accounting...
Financial Statements Video Training Part 1 Introduction to the main financial statements and accounting rules, balance sheet heading and sections, reporting of cash Must-Watch Video Learn How to Advance Your Accounting...
Financial Statements Video Training Part 8 Balance sheet: working capital, current ratio, financial leverage, notes to financial statements, comparative balance sheets Must-Watch Video Learn How to Advance Your...
Our income statement shows wide fluctuations in utilities expense from month to month. I suspect our accounting is not proper. Any suggestions? Under accrual accounting, your income statement should report the amount for...
Accounting Equation For multiple-choice and true/false questions, simply press or click on what you think is the correct answer. For fill-in-the-blank questions, press or click on the blank space provided. If you have...
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...
Future Value of a Single Amount Future Value of a Single Amount The future value of a single amount is also known as the future value of 1. The amount is a single, one-time deposit made at time period 0, which is also...
Used to calculate the earnings per share of common stock: Earnings available for common stock divided by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding. The weighted-average number of shares is needed...
Financial Statements Video Training Part 14 Statement of cash flows: free cash flow; statement of owner's equity Must-Watch Video Learn How to Advance Your Accounting and Bookkeeping Career Perform better at your current...
Our Explanation of Future Value of a Single Amount will show you the power of compounded interest on a single deposit. You will see how the future value tables can be useful as well as the rule of 72.
Stockholders' Equity For multiple-choice and true/false questions, simply press or click on what you think is the correct answer. For fill-in-the-blank questions, press or click on the blank space provided. If you have...
Our Explanation of Accounting Basics uses a simple story to introduce important accounting concepts and terminology. It illustrates how transactions will be included in a company's financial statements.
Regression for Estimating(Quick Test) Download PDF After you have answered all 35 questions, click "Grade This Quick Test" at the bottom of the page to view your grade and receive feedback on your answers. Note: Some of...
Standard Costing(Quick Test #2) Download PDF After you have answered all 35 questions, click "Grade This Quick Test" at the bottom of the page to view your grade and receive feedback on your answers. Note: Some of the...
If a company issues stocks or bonds to pay outstanding debt, should this noncash transaction be included in the cash flow statement? If a company issues stocks or bonds for cash and then pays off the debt, the...
Where are short-term bank loans reported on the statement of cash flows? Definition of Short-Term Bank Loans Short-term bank loans are generally loans that must be repaid within one year of the date of the balance sheet....
Is the direct method still used in the statement of cash flows? The direct method is one of two methods allowed for preparing the statement of cash flows (or cash flow statement). The direct method is recommended by the...
Where is treasury stock reported on the balance sheet? Under the cost method of recording treasury stock, the cost of treasury stock is reported at the end of the Stockholders’ Equity section of the balance sheet....
Will the adjusting entry amounts appear in the balance sheet and income statement? Absolutely. The adjusting entry amounts must be included on the income statement in order to report all revenues earned and all expenses...
Financial Statements Video Training Part 5 Balance sheet: asset classifications (intangible assets, other assets) Must-Watch Video Learn How to Advance Your Accounting and Bookkeeping Career Perform better at your...
Financial Statements Video Training Part 4 Balance sheet: property, plant and equipment (accumulated depreciation, book value) Must-Watch Video Learn How to Advance Your Accounting and Bookkeeping Career Perform better...
What is the difference between public sector and private sector? Definition of Public Sector Public sector refers to: government-owned organizations, and government-provided services (Note: public sector entity is...
Financial Statements Video Training Part 12 Statement of cash flows: introduction, cash flows from operating activities Must-Watch Video Learn How to Advance Your Accounting and Bookkeeping Career Perform better at your...
See Securities and Exchange Commission.
See Statement of Financial Accounting Standards.
See inventory shrinkage.
A stakeholder is anyone that has an interest or is affected by a decision. For example, some of the stakeholders of a state university include the students, students’ families, alumni, professors, custodians,...
A plotting of points that represent both the volume and the associated cost. The y-axis indicates the amount of costs while the x-axis indicates the corresponding volumes.
A revenue account that reports the sales of merchandise. Sales are reported in the accounting period in which title to the merchandise was transferred from the seller to the buyer.
Also referred to as a shareholder. The owner of shares of stock in a corporation. Every corporation has common stock and those owners are known as common stockholders. Some corporations also issued preferred stock and...
A current asset representing the cost of supplies on hand at a point in time. The account is usually listed on the balance sheet after the Inventory account. A related account is Supplies Expense, which appears on the...
Occurring twice per month. For example, if salaried personnel are paid on the 15th and the last day of the month, we would say they are paid semimonthly. People paid semimonthly will receive 24 paychecks during a year....
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