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A term often used when referring to office workers, managers, professionals, and executives. These employees’ pay is often stated as a salary for a month (and not as an hourly pay rate).

A major classification on the balance sheet. It is the second long term asset section after current assets. Included are land, buildings, leasehold improvements, equipment, furniture, fixtures, delivery trucks,...

A stockholders’ equity account with a credit balance. The credit balance results when a corporation sells some of its treasury stock for an amount that exceeds the corporation’s cost of the treasury stock...

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.

The interest rate of debt (bonds, loans) after deducting the income tax savings. For example, if a corporation has issued bonds with an interest rate of 8% and the corporation’s income tax rate is 25%, the...

Within a reasonable range of activity, the slope of the cost line is the variable rate, which is often denoted as ‘b’ in the straight line y = a + bx.

A company’s balance sheet that shows each item’s amount after it has been divided by the amount of total assets. In other words, current assets will be shown as a percentage of total assets. This will allow...

Usually a change in the estimated useful life of an asset or a change in the estimated salvage value. The change usually causes a change in the depreciation expense for the current year and subsequent years. The...

Under accrual accounting it is the rent earned during the period indicated in the heading of the income statement, regardless of when the money is received from the tenant.

This contra owner’s equity account has a debit balance that represents the current year draws made by the owner, Mary Smith. After the year’s financial statements have been prepared, the balance in this...

The exchange or trade-in of a long-term asset for a similar long-term asset. For example, trading the old delivery truck for a new delivery truck; trading a two-family rental unit toward an eight-family rental unit.

The interest rate specified or stated in a note payable or in a bond payable. Often this rate is fixed and will not change during the life of the note or bond.

The most common example is the correction of an error from a prior year. When such a correction is made, it is reported in the current period’s statement of retained earnings rather than in the current...

Also known as income from operations, which excludes discontinued operations, extraordinary items, and nonoperating items such as interest expense, investment income, gains, and losses.

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.

The depreciation computed on the tax return according to the income tax code and regulations. This amount is usually different from the depreciation used on the financial statements (book depreciation).

A contra liability account containing the amount of discount on bonds payable that has not yet been amortized to interest expense. To learn more, see Explanation of Bonds Payable.

What is the units of activity depreciation? Definition of Units-of-Activity Depreciation The units-of-activity depreciation is unique among the common methods of depreciation in that the useful life of the asset being...

This current liability account reports the amount a company owes (is required to remit) for its employees’ 401(k) program as of the date of the balance sheet.

be repaid within 9 months. The bank deposits the loan proceeds of $30,000 into the company’s checking account at the same bank. The double entry to be recorded by the company is: 1) a debit of $30,000 to the...

A contra liability account that reports the amount of unamortized discount associated with bonds that are outstanding. The discount on bonds payable originates when bonds are issued for less than the bond’s face or...

A liability account that reports amounts received in advance of providing goods or services. When the goods or services are provided, this account balance is decreased and a revenue account is increased. To learn more,...

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