Assets associated with depreciation. Examples include buildings, equipment, furniture, fixtures, trucks, automobiles, etc.
Assets associated with depreciation. Examples include buildings, equipment, furniture, fixtures, trucks, automobiles, etc.
In activity-based costing this refers to the allocation of costs to activities. For example, allocating the costs of setting up the manufacturing equipment to run a batch of product to the activity “setup...
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Receivables due from customers. See accounts receivable.
Long term assets of a company such as minerals, oil reserves, timberland, stone quarries, etc. The term depletion is associated with natural resources.
What is depletion? Definition of Depletion In accounting, depletion refers to the expensing of a company’s cost of a natural resource. Ultimately, it means moving a natural resource’s cost from the company’s...
Operations of an entire division, subsidiary, or segment of a company where a formal plan exists to eliminate it from the company. (It involves more than pruning a product line of certain models of products.) The...
Checks which have been written, but have not yet cleared the bank on which they were drawn. In the bank reconciliation, outstanding checks are deducted from the balance per bank. To learn more, see Explanation of Bank...
The method used for removing costs from the inventory of goods. The cost flow can be different from the physical flow of goods. For example, in the U.S. the LIFO cost flow can be used even if the oldest goods are shipped...
A long term asset account containing the cost of delivery equipment acquired by a company and used in its business. The account will appear on the balance sheet under the heading of Property, Plant and Equipment. There...
A contra asset account arising when the present value of a note receivable is less than the face amount of the note. The credit balance in this account will be amortized to interest revenue over the life of the note.
An asset which serves as collateral for a loan.
A stock split, such as a 2-for-1, means that every stockholder will have twice as many shares as was held previously. Accordingly, the market price per share after the split should be one-half of the market price...
The cost to operate office equipment during a specified time interval.
A balance sheet liability account that reports amounts received in advance of being earned. For example, if a company receives $10,000 today to perform services in the next accounting period, the $10,000 is unearned in...
The contra owner’s equity account that reports the amount of withdrawals of business cash or other assets by the owner for personal use during the current accounting year. At the end of the accounting year, the...
Life insurance with a cash value (as opposed to term insurance, which does not have a cash value).
Why are loan costs amortized? Definition of Loan Costs Loan costs may include legal and accounting fees, registration fees, appraisal fees, processing fees, etc. that were necessary costs in order to obtain a loan. If...
A financial ratio that expresses the income statement effect from employing an asset as a percentage of the asset’s cost on the balance sheet.
Same as the Days Sales in Accounts Receivable
Under the accrual method of accounting, the account Salaries Expense: Delivery Dept reports the salaries that the employees in the delivery department have earned during the period indicated in the heading of the income...
An internal accounting report that is prepared prior to recording the adjusting entries. Its purpose is to verify that the total amount of debit balances in the general ledger accounts is equal to the total amount of...
Budgetary slack means providing a cushion in a budget in order to avoid an unfavorable variance at the end of the budget year. The budgetary slack might be achieved by entering budget expense amounts that are larger than...
A promise to repair, replace, refund, etc. a product during a specified period. The company making the promise has a contingent liability and a warranty expense that should be recorded at the time the product is sold.
A current asset account which includes currency, coins, checking accounts, and undeposited checks received from customers. The amounts must be unrestricted. (Restricted cash should be recorded in a different account.)
A contra liability account arising when the proceeds of a note payable is less than the face amount of the note. The debit balance in this account will be amortized to interest expense over the life of the note.
The combined amount of the debit balance in the current asset account Accounts Receivable and the credit balance in the contra asset account Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. The difference between the balances in these...
Spreading the physical counting of inventory throughout the year. For example, a company may physically count a different 10% of its inventory each month instead of counting 100% of its inventory once per year.
The stockholders’ equity account which reports the par value of the preferred shares of stock that have been issued. Amounts received that are greater than the par value are recorded in Paid-in Capital in Excess of...
How does an expense affect the balance sheet? Definition of Expense An expense is a cost that has been used up, expired, or is directly related to the earning of revenues. Most of a company’s expenses fall into the...
A separate line within stockholders’ equity that reports the corporation’s cumulative income that has not been reported as part of net income on the corporation’s income statement. The items that would...
A financial statement that reported the changes in a company’s working capital. The funds flow statement has been replaced by the statement of cash flows.
A tax status allowed by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
A statistical tool that uses the least-squares method to estimate the fixed and variable components of mixed costs.
The shipping cost to be paid by the buyer of merchandise purchased when the terms are FOB shipping point. Freight-in is considered to be part of the cost of the merchandise and should be included in inventory if the...
A liability account used to record an amount received from a customer before a service has been provided or before goods have been shipped. This account is referred to as a deferred revenue account and could be entitled...
Under the accrual method of accounting, the account Unemployment Tax Expense on Warehouse reports the unemployment tax expense the company has incurred for the employees in the warehouse during the period indicated in...
A sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation organized for the purpose of earning profits and enhancing the financial position of the owners.
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