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...
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...
The discounted value of a series of equal amounts occurring at the beginning of each equal time interval.
What are some examples of financing activities on the cash flow statement? Definition of Financing Activities Financing activities reported on the statement of cash flows (SCF) involve changes to the long-term...
, and A credit to Accumulated Depreciation (a contra-asset account that is reported in the same section of the balance sheet as the asset that is being depreciated). Join PRO to Track Progress Mark the Question as Read...
The second section of the statement of cash flows. To learn more, see Explanation of Cash Flow Statement.
A predetermined dollar amount that one unit of a finished product should cost during an accounting period.
Under the accrual method of accounting, this account reports the employer’s portion of the health insurance cost incurred by the company during the period indicated in the heading of the income statement, whether...
A term used in evaluating business investments. It represents the targeted rate that a company needs to earn. It is also referred to as the discount rate, because this rate is used to discount the future cash flows to...
See direct materials usage variance.
A current liability that includes payroll taxes withheld from employees and payroll taxes that are levied on an employer but have not yet been remitted.
Assets associated with depreciation. Examples include buildings, equipment, furniture, fixtures, trucks, automobiles, etc.
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The stockholders’ equity account that reports the amount paid to a corporation that is in excess of the common stock’s stated value. The stated value of each share issued is recorded in the Common Stock...
What is the difference between equity financing and debt financing? Definition of Equity Financing Equity financing involves increasing the owner’s equity of a sole proprietorship or increasing the stockholders’...
The cost to hold an item in inventory. Includes the cost of capital tied up in inventory, the cost of space and insurance, and the cost of items becoming obsolete while being held in inventory. This is an important...
A miscellaneous expense account used to record the difference between the amount of cash needed to replenish a petty cash fund and the amount of petty cash receipts at the time the petty cash fund is replenished.
A gain from holding an asset and the gain has not yet been reported in the financial statements. As an example, assume that a company purchased land many years ago and continues to hold the land. The land was purchased...
This term is associated with preferred stock that does not allow its holders to receive more than its stated dividend. The nonparticipating feature is typical in preferred stock. To learn more about preferred stock, see...
A depreciation technique where a constant percentage (such as 200%, 150%, or 125%) is applied to the book value of an asset. (As an asset is depreciated its book value declines.) This technique results in greater...
Under the accrual method of accounting, this account reports the amount of holiday pay, vacation pay, and sick day pay that the delivery employees have earned during the accounting period indicated in the heading of the...
See yield to maturity.
Federal government securities with a fixed interest rate and maturing in more than 10 years.
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 analysis of how profits change as volume changes. The calculation of the break-even point is a part of cost-volume-profit analysis.
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An income statement account showing the amount of vacation expense earned by employees (by working) during the specified accounting period.
A method for estimating the inventory of a retailer. This method requires that the retail amounts and the related cost amounts are available for beginning inventory and purchases. An illustration of this technique is...
See weighted-average cost flow assumption and moving-average cost of inventory.
This account is a contra long-term asset account which is credited for the depreciation associated with land improvements. As an asset account, the accumulated depreciation account balance does not close at the end of...
See bond issue costs.
A parody of FIFO used to describe a very slow-moving item in inventory.
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 is a record on an individual job (product, batch) within the job costing system. For items in process this is a subsidiary record to the general ledger account inventory: work-in-process (WIP).
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...
The ratio of total liabilities to stockholders’ equity. The higher the proportion of debt to equity, the more risky the company appears to be. An indicator of the amount of financial leverage at a company. It...
Under the accrual method of accounting, this account reports the employer’s portion of the health insurance cost incurred by the company during the period indicated in the heading of the income statement, whether...
The basic general rules upon which more detailed accounting standards are built. To learn more, see Explanation of Accounting Principles.
The price at which the holder of a bond must sell the bond to the issuer. For example, a corporation may have the right to redeem/buy back its bonds by paying the bondholder 110% of the bond’s face amount.
See quick ratio.
The actual cost incurred for manufacturing costs other than direct materials and direct labor which increase as production volume increases. Examples include manufacturing supplies and electricity to operate the...
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