A liability account that reports the amount a company owes as of the date of the balance sheet for the company’s pension plan. Information on pensions can be found in an Intermediate Accounting textbook.
A liability account that reports the amount a company owes as of the date of the balance sheet for the company’s pension plan. Information on pensions can be found in an Intermediate Accounting textbook.
Sales made on account. Sales where the customer is allowed to pay at a later date. Noncash sales.
A classification on a single-step income statement for both operating and nonoperating expenses and losses that pertain to the time interval shown in the heading of the income statement.
See chief operating officer.
Current assets minus current liabilities.
Usually refers to manufacturing overhead costs such as factory supplies, factory depreciation, indirect factory labor, etc. To learn more, see Explanation of Manufacturing Overhead.
See production service department.
This is the classification shown on a single-step income statement which reports the operating revenues, nonoperating revenues, and gains in one section of the income statement. Revenues and gains enhance the...
A company’s sales in a market as compared to the total sales in that market. For example, General Motors share of the U.S. market has decreased from more than 50% in the 1960’s to its present market share of...
See equivalent units of production.
Under the accrual basis of accounting, this account reports the cost of the electricity, heat, sewer, and water used during the period indicated in the heading of the income statement. Because utility companies deliver...
Journal entries usually dated the last day of the accounting period to bring the balance sheet and income statement up to date on the accrual basis of accounting. Adjusting entries are made to report (1) revenues that...
This could be the difference between cost and the selling price. For example, a retailer may markup its cost by 50% to arrive at a selling price. In the retail method of costing inventory, markup is used to mean the...
An income statement account that reports the amount of service revenues earned during the time interval indicated in the heading of the income statement. (Under the accrual basis of accounting, fees earned are reported...
A heading that includes common stock and preferred stock.
The additional cost of an additional quantity. It is similar to marginal cost, except that marginal cost refers to the cost of the next unit. Incremental cost might be the additional cost from the next 200 units.
Work-in-progress is the long-term asset account that is used to report the amounts spent on the construction of buildings and equipment until the asset is completed and put into service.
A liability account that reports the amount payable as of the balance sheet date. For the account to show a balance, a loss/obligation must be probable and the amount can be estimated. If the lawsuit is remote or only...
Generally a long term liability account containing the face amount, par amount, or maturity amount of the bonds issued by a company that are outstanding as of the balance sheet date. To learn more about bonds payable,...
A method of costing manufactured items that differs from normal costing and standard costing. Under actual costing each accounting period’s actual manufacturing overhead costs and each accounting period’s...
For example.
The present fair market value.
A company’s profit before nonoperating or other items. Other or nonoperating items include interest income, interest expense, and gains and losses on sale of assets used in the business, loss on lawsuit, etc.
Past omitted dividends on cumulative preferred stock. Generally these omitted dividends were not declared and, therefore, do not appear on the corporation’s balance sheet as a liability. However, they must be...
Pushing authority and decision making down to the managers and employees who are closer to the work.
Actions taken or not taken prior to issuing financial statements in order to improve the amounts appearing in the financial statements.
Manufacturing costs other than direct materials and direct labor. To learn more about manufacturing overhead, see our Manufacturing Overhead Outline.
The statements, standards, interpretations and other financial reporting guidelines issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board. The FASB pronouncements are available at www.FASB.org.
A formal, written promise to pay interest and to repay the principal amount.
An employee that is not entitled to overtime wages or salaries. Examples of exempt employees include executives, managers and other highly-paid employees.
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,...
An intangible asset reported on the balance sheet at the company’s cost (or lower). Often, successful trade names were developed by companies over many years. As a result the cost of the trade name is minimal, but...
See Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA).
Support that has been either temporarily or permanently restricted by the donor.
See carrying amount.
Taking out a loan or issuing bonds in order to acquire an asset or another business.
What is depreciation? Definition of Depreciation In accounting, depreciation is the assigning or allocating of the cost of a plant asset (other than land) to expense in the accounting periods that are within the...
See Supplies.
See deferred expense.
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