See variable manufacturing overhead spending variance and fixed manufacturing overhead budget variance. To learn more, see Explanation of Standard Costing.
See variable manufacturing overhead spending variance and fixed manufacturing overhead budget variance. To learn more, see Explanation of Standard Costing.
To record accounting entries into a journal.
One component of the FICA tax (the other component is Social Security). This payroll tax is withheld from employees’ payroll checks and is also matched by the employer. The employee and the employer each pay the...
A loss that occurs by holding an asset. Holding losses might be recorded on the income statement or they might not be recorded depending on the asset and the amounts.
The revenue classification used by nonprofit organizations to account for the amounts received as donations. It is also an expense classification for the donations made to another nonprofit organization. Contributions...
The person or organization to whom a check is written.
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...
See not sufficient funds check.
An asset account in a bank’s general ledger that indicates the amounts owed by borrowers to the bank as of a given date.
The time from when goods are ordered until the time when the goods are received.
What is the difference between unearned revenue and unrecorded revenue? Definition of Unearned Revenue In financial accounting, unearned revenue refers to money received prior to being earned. It is also referred to as...
See mixed expenses.
quantities of inventory items) the balance in the LIFO reserve account will be an ever-increasing credit balance that reduces the company’s FIFO inventory cost. Join PRO to Track Progress Mark the Question as Read...
Payroll taxes include 1) the taxes withheld from employees’ wages and salaries such as Social Security tax, Medicare tax, federal income tax, and state income tax, 2) the employers’ portion of the Social...
Comprehensive income consists of the following two components (which are reported on the statement of comprehensive income): Net income (or loss) from the income statement, and Other comprehensive income (some...
A journal entry to correct an erroneous amount previously entered in the general ledger.
Usually a plastic card that is used in place of writing a check. The amount of the transaction is immediately deducted from the user’s checking account.
A subgroup of a nonprofit’s supporting activities expenses. This functional expense classification is used for the fundraising activities including fundraising campaigns, mailings for funds from supporters, and...
The person or business that receives a loan from a bank or other lender.
Things that are resources owned by a company and which have future economic value that can be measured and can be expressed in dollars. Examples include cash, investments, accounts receivable, inventory, supplies, land,...
What is OEM and EOM? OEM is the acronym for original equipment manufacturer. EOM is the acronym for end of month. Join PRO to Track Progress Mark the Question as Read Must-Watch Video Learn How to Advance Your Accounting...
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Free on Board. See FOB destination and FOB shipping point.
A qualitative characteristic in accounting. Relevance is associated with information that is timely, useful, has predictive value, and is going to make a difference to a decision maker.
See budgetary slack.
Savings accounts and certificates of deposits at a bank.
See bond sinking fund.
A word used by accountants to communicate that an expense has occurred and needs to be recognized on the income statement even though no payment was made. The second part of the necessary entry will be a credit to a...
.) The profit and loss statement’s period of time could be a year, a year-to-date period such as nine months, a quarter of a year, one month, four weeks, 52 weeks, etc. Under the accrual basis (or method) of accounting...
A lease that “in substance” is a purchase and financing arrangement. When a lease meets certain criteria, the asset being “rented” is recorded as an asset and a liability is also recorded. A lease...
See Explanation of Standard Costing.
Includes the main financial statements (income statement, balance sheet, statement of cash flows, statement of retained earnings, statement of stockholders’ equity) plus other financial information such as annual...
See FASB Interpretation.
What is scrap value? Definition of Scrap Value In cost accounting, scrap value refers to a relatively insignificant amount that a manufacturer receives from the sale of production materials that remain after the...
The situation where manufacturing service departments provide service to each other. For example, the factory maintenance department provides services to the factory administrative department and the factory...
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.
See old-age, survivor, and disability insurance (OASDI).
End of month.
Obligations of a company or organization. Amounts owed to lenders and suppliers. Liabilities often have the word “payable” in the account title. Liabilities also include amounts received in advance for a...
A check bearing a date in the future. The company receiving such a check should not report the check as cash until the date of the check.
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