The systematic allocation of the discount on bonds payable (reported as a debit in a contra-liability account) to Bond Interest Expense over the life of the bonds. The journal entry to amortize contains a debit to the...
The systematic allocation of the discount on bonds payable (reported as a debit in a contra-liability account) to Bond Interest Expense over the life of the bonds. The journal entry to amortize contains a debit to the...
With regard to depreciation, what does the term mid-month convention mean? Definition of Mid-Month Convention In depreciation, the mid-month convention means that an asset placed into service anytime during a given...
Dollars of gross profit divided by the dollars of net sales. Also known as gross margin.
The allocation of one year’s income tax expense to the various sections of the income statement. For example, extraordinary items must be reported after income tax on the income statement, while operating revenues...
The cash flow from operating activities minus the amount of capital expenditures. Other variations are also used. To learn more, see Explanation of Cash Flow Statement.
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See declaration date.
Taxes assessed by states to cover unemployment benefits paid to unemployed workers who have been laid off or terminated by a company for specified reasons. This tax is paid by the employer but is computed by multiplying...
The inventory system where purchases are debited to the inventory account and the inventory account is credited at the time of each sale for the cost of the goods sold. Hence, the balance in the inventory account is...
An assumption that determines the order in which costs should flow out of a balance sheet account (e.g. Inventory, Investments, Treasury Stock) when the item is sold. For an illustration of the cost flow assumption, see...
The stockholders’ equity account that represents the amount paid to a corporation for its preferred stock that was in excess of the preferred stock’s par value. This account is sometimes referred to as the...
The financial statements of nonprofits include the statement of financial position, the statement of activities, the statement of cash flows, notes to the financial statements, and the statement of functional expenses....
See inventory: finished goods (FG).
The indirect manufacturing costs that will change in proportion to the change in an activity such as machine hours. For example, a portion of a manufacturer’s electricity cost will vary with the change in the...
A special journal (or specialized journal) used to record money received. In a manual system this will allow one entry to the Cash account for the month (or shorter periods) instead of debiting the Cash account for every...
See the Explanation of Break-even Point.
The depreciation method based on the number of units produced by the asset rather than on the passage of time. This method is also referred to as the units of activity method because depreciation is based on some...
The amount appearing in the general ledger. When reconciling the bank statement, the balance per books is the balance of the Cash account in the general ledger that pertains to the bank account.
See inventory: work-in-process (WIP).
This is a contra long-term asset account which is credited for the depreciation associated with Buildings. Since it is a balance sheet account, the accumulated depreciation account balance does not close at the end of...
A requirement that the receiving nonprofit organization must return an asset to the donor in the event that some future and uncertain event does or does not occur.
Used in the periodic inventory method to compute the value of inventory and the cost of goods sold. This average cost is based on the total cost of goods available for sale for the entire year (after all purchases for...
What are byproducts? Byproducts, or by-products, are products with relatively little value that emerge from a common process along with the main products. The main products have significant value and are referred to as...
A subgroup of the supporting activities of a nonprofit organization. This functional expense classification is used to report the overall management of the nonprofit organization other than the direct expenses of...
A multicolumn listing of each payment required during the period of a loan. Each payment is detailed by the amount of interest, the principal payment, and the remaining unpaid principal balance. The interest portion of...
A table showing present value factors for various interest rates and numbers of years/periods for a single amount at a future point in time.
The result of a corporation buying back its own bonds for an amount that is less than the carrying value of the bonds. The amount of the gain is computed by subtracting the amount spent to repurchase the bonds from the...
Long-term assets including property, plant, equipment and intangible assets. Buildings, furnishings, fixtures, office equipment, and vehicles are common examples of long-lived assets which are depreciated by nonprofit...
The analysis of how profits change as volume changes. The calculation of the break-even point is a part of cost-volume-profit analysis.
An employee fringe benefit provided by an employer that allows employees to be paid for a limited number of days per year when the employees are ill.
Also known as a journal.
The statement of the Financial Accounting Standards Board with the title Accounting for Contributions Received and Contributions Made. This statement was originally issued in June 1993 and applies to both nonprofit...
A variance arising in a standard costing system that indicates the difference between the actual variable manufacturing costs incurred and the expected variable manufacturing overhead costs based on some activity such as...
The accounting guideline requiring that revenues be shown on the income statement in the period in which they are earned, not in the period when the cash is collected. This is part of the accrual basis of accounting (as...
See paid-in capital in excess of par value – common stock, or paid-in capital in excess of par value – preferred stock.
See direct materials usage variance.
Benefits given to employees that are in addition to wages and salaries. Examples include health, dental, life, vision, and disability insurances, employer’s portion of social security and Medicare tax, paid...
See cost of goods sold.
What is working capital? Definition of Working Capital Working capital is the amount of a company’s current assets minus the amount of its current liabilities. Example of Working Capital Let’s assume that a...
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