The Certified Management Accountant (CMA) Exam is a 13-hour, four-part exam on business analysis, management accounting and reporting, strategic management, and business application. The exam is administered through IMA,...
The Certified Management Accountant (CMA) Exam is a 13-hour, four-part exam on business analysis, management accounting and reporting, strategic management, and business application. The exam is administered through IMA,...
Suppliers. Companies that provide goods or services.
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No insurance. If a company chooses to self insure for fire damage, it does not have insurance for fire damage. Companies with a chain of stores in various cities may decide not to have insurance, since their risk is...
in the checking account If there is an error in the company’s cash records, there will be a related error in another account because of the double-entry system of accounting. If a dishonest person is embezzling money...
The repeated elimination of products without a corresponding decrease in overhead costs. As a result the amount of overhead allocated to each unit of product increases. If selling prices are increased to cover the higher...
An invoice or other document received from a vendor, supplier, etc. usually for goods or services received. Also a verb to indicate that a customer’s sales invoice should be prepared for goods or services.
A bond with collateral.
See endowment fund.
That part of the accounting system which contains the balance sheet and income statement accounts used for recording transactions.
inside of the company for use by the company’s management The external financial statements of a U.S. corporation must be prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (referred to as US...
A cost and/or volume of activity that is outside of an expected range.
See inventory: work-in-process (WIP).
In payroll processing, the withholding of money from an employee’s wages or salary as ordered by a court. The money is then remitted by the employer to the agency specified by the court. To learn more, see...
A heading that includes common stock and preferred stock.
Verifiable, objective (not subjective), and you can depend on it.
See generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
Using capital stock (common stock or preferred stock) instead of debt in order to finance an investment such as a plant asset.
See direct labor efficiency variance and variable manufacturing overhead efficiency variance.
Manufactured products that are often expressed in units, machine hours, etc.
Taking out a loan or issuing bonds in order to acquire an asset or another business.
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See U.S. Treasury bills.
The expense associated with a commitment to repair or replace a product for a specified period of time. The expense should be reported on the income statement at the time that the sale of the product is reported in order...
Using debt (such as loans and bonds) to acquire more assets than would be possible by using only owners’ funds. Also referred to as trading on equity.
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Investments in common stock, preferred stock, corporate bonds, or government bonds that can be readily sold on a stock or bond exchange. These investments are reported as a current asset if the investor’s intention...
The cost associated with setting up a piece of production equipment. This would include the cost of the setup mechanic, the cost of scheduling, record keeping, moving the starting material, and testing the first few...
Classifying expenses according to the type of work such as selling, administration, general, and financing.
The change in total costs in response to the change in some activity. For example, some of the costs of owning and operating a vehicle will increase in total with an increase in miles driven. These are referred to as...
An item that is dependent on another item. For example, your wages would be a dependent variable and the hours you work would be the independent variable. This relationship is often expressed as y = a + bx, where y is...
Financial ratios such as current ratio, quick ratio, receivables turnover ratio, and inventory turnover ratio. To learn more, see Explanation of Financial Ratios
A series of equal amounts occurring at the beginning of each equal time interval. Also known as an annuity in advance. An example would be the monthly rent on an apartment.
A payment. The expenditure might be for a significant long term asset (capital expenditure), a short term asset (prepaid insurance), a reduction in a liability, or for an immediate expense such as rent.
Errors made by the bank on a company’s bank account. These are usually infrequent but could include an incorrect amount of a check or deposit or a check or deposit recorded in the wrong account.
A statistical tool that uses the least-squares method to estimate the fixed and variable components of mixed costs.
The time required to set up a piece of production equipment.
One of the main financial statements. The balance sheet reports the assets, liabilities, and owner’s (stockholders’) equity at a specific point in time, such as December 31. The balance sheet is also referred...
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Someone who has granted credit. If a bank lends a company money, the bank is a creditor. If a supplier sold merchandise to a company on credit, the supplier is a creditor.
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