In accounting this means to defer or to delay recognizing certain revenues or expenses on the income statement until a later, more appropriate time. Revenues are deferred to a balance sheet liability account until they...
In accounting this means to defer or to delay recognizing certain revenues or expenses on the income statement until a later, more appropriate time. Revenues are deferred to a balance sheet liability account until they...
stock is the result of a corporation repurchasing its own stock and holding those shares instead of retiring them. In the general ledger there will be an account Treasury Stock with a debit balance. (At the time of the...
The owner’s equity account that contains the amount invested in the sole proprietorship by R. Smith plus the net income since the company began minus the draws made by R. Smith since the company began. The current...
What is the difference between the accounts rent receivable and rent revenue? Definition of Rent Receivable Rent Receivable is the title of the balance sheet asset account which indicates the amount of rent that has been...
A term associated with petty cash. Replenish means to return the amount of actual cash in the petty cash box back to the amount appearing in the general ledger account Petty Cash. This is done whenever the amount of...
The owner’s equity account that contains the amount invested in the sole proprietorship by Matt Jones plus the net income since the company began minus the draws made by Matt Jones since the company began. The...
The owner’s equity account that contains the amount invested in the sole proprietorship by Mary Smith plus the net income since the company began minus the draws made by Mary Smith since the company began. The...
. The payment for the equipment is to be made on February 10. Under the accrual method, on December 29 the company should debit the asset account Equipment and credit the liability account Accounts Payable. (When the...
Adjusting Entries (Flashcards) Download Single-Sided PDF Download Double-Sided PDF All Cards (37) Marked Wrong (0) Marked Right (0) adjusting entries These journal entries are used to accrue and defer amounts and will...
or Practice Quiz for this topic. For more insight regarding a specific question, use the search box at the top of the page. 1. When a company prepares an adjusting entry to accrue an expense, which type of account is...
Our Explanation of Bookkeeping provides you with a rich understanding of the recording of transactions. It then discusses the additional steps necessary for preparing accurate financial statements. This is great for...
had a flaw. When the retailer notified the supplier, the supplier requested that the retailer donate or discard the item and the supplier will issue a credit memo for $15. Under a periodic inventory system, the retailer...
get back to Company X’s checking account, Company X’s bank will have two options when Company X’s checking account does not have sufficient funds to cover the checks: 1. The bank could pay the checks and allow...
What is a purchase return? Definition of Purchase Return A purchase return occurs when a buyer returns merchandise that it had purchased from a supplier. Since the return of purchased merchandise is time consuming and...
account Inventory is reduced through a credit to a contra inventory account, which is referred to as a valuation account. The debit in the entry to write down inventory is recorded in an account such as Loss on...
at least one income statement account and at least one balance sheet account. Examples of Adjusting Entries The following are some examples of the need for adjusting entries: To report expenses and losses along with the...
What is the difference between Notes Payable and Accounts Payable? Definition of Notes Payable The account Notes Payable is a liability account in which a borrower’s written promise to pay a lender is recorded. (The...
on the company’s balance sheet is an increase in current assets and an increase in owner’s or stockholders’ equity. The company’s income statement will also report the amount of the revenues earned. Example of...
savings account or money market account. The length of a certificate of deposit will vary. It could be for one month, three months, six months, one year, 17 months, three years, etc. Generally the longer the time until...
to be ___________ is listed first. DEBITED IDBTEED Unscramble DEBITED DBTEEID Unscramble 3. In a general journal entry, the account to be _________ is indented. CREDITED DDEICETR Unscramble CREDITED CEEDRTDI Unscramble...
Revenues for $24,000. During 2024 ABC must move $2,000 each month from the liability account on its balance sheet to a revenue account on its income statement. This deferring of revenue to the periods in which it is...
its bank and signs a promissory note due in six months. Local Retailer records $20,000 as a credit to its current liability account Notes Payable (and debits its Cash account). The bank records the $20,000 promissory...
What is the purpose of subsidiary ledgers? Definition of Subsidiary Ledger A subsidiary ledger contains the details to support a general ledger control account. For instance, the subsidiary ledger for accounts receivable...
(and the related depreciation expense) are associated with constructed assets such as buildings, machinery, office equipment, furniture, fixtures, vehicles, etc. Accumulated Depreciation is also the title of the contra...
Why will some asset accounts have a credit balance? Definition of Asset Account Balances In accounting, asset accounts normally have debit balances. That is, the general ledger accounts for assets typically have their...
is deferred to the balance sheet account Prepaid Rent (or Prepaid Expenses,) which is a current asset. During the three months of January 1 through March 31 (when the prepaid rent is expiring) the $3,000 prepayment must...
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.
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...
The withdrawal of business cash or other assets by the owner for the personal use of the owner. Withdrawals of cash by the owner are recorded with a debit to the owner’s drawing account and a credit to the cash...
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.
A long-term asset account reported on the balance sheet under the heading of property, plant, and equipment. Included in this account would be copiers, computers, printers, fax machines, etc.
A book of original entry that requires that both the account being debited and the account being credited be listed along with the respective amounts. Because of accounting software and special journals there are...
Usually refers to a statement from the bank showing the activity in a company’s checking account. The statement includes the deposits received by the bank, checks paid by the bank, bank service charge, and other...
A “book” containing accounts. For example, there is the general ledger that contains the balance sheet and income statement accounts. There is a subsidiary ledger that contains the detailed, customer account...
A term that refers to a negative checking account balance. It arises when a company writes checks in excess of the amount it has on deposit in its checking account.
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.)
The amounts in a company’s bank account that are not yet accessible because the checks deposited into the account have not yet cleared the bank on which they were drawn.
A long-term asset account that reports a company’s cost of automobiles, trucks, etc. The account is reported under the balance sheet classification property, plant, and equipment. Vehicles are depreciated over...
The stockholders’ equity account that reports the amount paid to a corporation that is in excess of the common stock’s stated value. The stated value of each share issued is recorded in the Common Stock...
A person or business that has a checking account or savings account at a bank.
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