A liability account that reports the estimated amount that a company will have to spend to repair or replace a product during its warranty period. The liability amount is recorded at the time of the sale. (It is also the...
A liability account that reports the estimated amount that a company will have to spend to repair or replace a product during its warranty period. The liability amount is recorded at the time of the sale. (It is also the...
This term refers to checking account balances. On a bank’s balance sheet, demand deposits are reported as current liabilities.
Support that has been either temporarily or permanently restricted by the donor.
A potential liability dependent upon some future event occurring or not occurring. For example, a company is named as a defendant in a $1 million lawsuit. Does that mean the company automatically has a liability of $1...
.) 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...
. The landlord requires a security deposit of $1,000. The company debits the long-term asset Security Deposit for $1,000 and credits Cash for $1,000. The landlord debits Cash for $1,000 and credits a liability account...
See premium on bonds payable.
for $387.51 Credit Cash for $500.00 Join PRO to Track Progress Mark the Question as Read Must-Watch Video Learn How to Advance Your Accounting and Bookkeeping Career Perform better at your current job Refresh your...
consists of all of the revenues, gains, expenses, and losses that caused stockholders’ equity to change during the accounting period. The amount of net income for the period is added to retained earnings, while the...
The person that owes money. If a bank lent you money, the bank is the creditor and you are the debtor.
A term used to describe checks written by a company that have been received and paid by the bank on which they were drawn or written. The check number and amount will appear on the company’s checking account...
See perpetual system of inventory.
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See manufacturing costs.
The acronym for original equipment manufacturer.
In the EOQ model, the holding costs are the incremental costs of storing or holding an item in inventory for one year.
In estimating the ending inventory under the retail method the cost ratio is the cost of goods available divided by the retail value of the goods available.
The additional revenues from an additional quantity. It is similar to marginal revenue, except that marginal revenue refers to the revenue from the next unit. Incremental revenue might be the additional revenues from the...
(lessee) may take ownership of the forklift truck by paying the forklift dealer (lessor) an additional $500. Join PRO to Track Progress Mark the Question as Read Must-Watch Video Learn How to Advance Your Accounting and...
Magnetic ink character recognition.
The name used by a buyer of goods or services for the sales invoice or bill received from the supplier of the goods or services.
A dollar adjusted for inflation. If an asset such as land was purchased for $10,000 many years ago when the consumer price index (CPI) was 100 and today the CPI is 400, today’s constant-dollar amount would be...
The process of becoming outdated or no longer being economically feasible (often caused by technology advances). For example, personal computers and computer chips from 2010 are obsolete even though they can be operated....
A person or business that has a checking account or savings account at a bank.
Life insurance without a cash value.
The cost transferred from one department to the next department in a process costing system.
An asset’s cost that has been assigned to Depreciation Expense.
the stock is issued, the corporation will debit Cash and will credit its stockholders’ equity account Common Stock for the amount received. Join PRO to Track Progress Mark the Question as Read Must-Watch Video Learn...
of $2,600 will result in the entry having debits of $47,600 and credits of $47,600. Join PRO to Track Progress Mark the Question as Read Must-Watch Video Learn How to Advance Your Accounting and Bookkeeping Career...
See certified public accountant.
Costs that have been used up or consumed. Expired costs are reported as expenses. (Costs that have not yet expired are reported as assets.)
A current asset account that represents an amount of cash for making small disbursements for postage due, supplies, etc.
for deposit to account #xxxx followed by the payee’s signature. Many companies endorse checks by using a rubber stamp containing this restriction. Another example of a restrictive endorsement is Pay to the order of...
See natural expense classification.
See Explanation of Inventory and Cost of Goods Sold.
What is a revenue expenditure? Definition of Revenue Expenditure A revenue expenditure is a cost that will be an expense in the accounting period when the expenditure takes place. Revenue expenditures are often discussed...
What is IFRS? IFRS is the acronym for International Financial Reporting Standards. IFRS is used throughout the world except in the United States where U.S. GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) is followed....
statement account. However, the U.S. accounting textbooks are more likely to use Bad Debts Expense or Uncollectible Accounts Expense to describe the amount reported on the income statement. Join PRO to Track Progress...
31 from the bank statement balance as of August 31. The resulting amount is the adjusted balance per bank. Next, look at the general ledger account that is associated with the bank statement. Let’s assume it is...
See outstanding checks.
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