The stated legal amount appearing on bonds.
The stated legal amount appearing on bonds.
A method for recognizing bad debts expense arising from credit sales. Under this method there is no allowance account. Rather, an account receivable is written-off directly to expense only after the account is determined...
The systematic allocation of the premium on bonds payable (reported as a credit in a liability account) to Bond Interest Expense over the life of the bonds. The journal entry to amortize the premium contains a debit to...
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...
Obligations not reported as liabilities on the balance sheet.
A statement that shows the changes in retained earnings from one point to another.
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...
The recognition that a dollar in the present is more valuable than a dollar in the future. Present-value calculators and present-value tables assist in converting future dollars to the present value in order to make a...
A sorting of a company’s accounts receivables by the age of the receivables.
A sorting of a company’s accounts payable by due date.
An indicator of profitability that is measured by dividing the accounting net income by the amount invested.
See boards of accountancy.
The incremental cost of storing or holding inventory. It is an annual percentage that includes the cost of rent, insurance, cost of capital, deterioration and obsolescence.
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...
Cost of goods sold is usually the largest expense on the income statement of a company selling products or goods. Cost of Goods Sold is a general ledger account under the perpetual inventory system. Under the periodic...
Also known as a journal.
The most common method of preparing the statement of cash flows. Under this method the starting point is the net income reported on the income statement. To learn more, see Explanation of Cash Flow Statement.
The repurchase of bonds by the issuer of the bonds.
One of the financial statements issued by a nonprofit organization which reports expenses according to both function and nature. Learn more about Nonprofit Accounting.
See Explanation of Bank Reconciliation.
The rate that will discount all cash flows to a net present value of zero.
For a merchandiser this is the cost of merchandise purchased after deducting purchase returns, purchase allowances, and purchase discounts but after adding freight-in.
One of the main financial statements (along with the income statement and balance sheet). The statement of cash flows reports the sources and uses of cash by operating activities, investing activities, financing...
The sale, retirement, or exchange of property, plant and equipment.
An accounting method wherein revenues are recognized when cash is received and expenses are recognized when paid. This method is inferior to the accrual basis of accounting where revenues are recognized when they are...
One of the main financial statements of a nonprofit organization. This financial statement reports the amounts of assets, liabilities, and net assets as of a specified date. This financial statement is similar to the...
A predetermined dollar amount that one unit of a finished product should cost during an accounting period.
The systematic allocation of the costs incurred to issue bonds (reported in a contra liability account) to Interest Expense over the life of the bonds.
See Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 121. Under this standard if the undiscounted future cash flows from the asset (including sale amount) are less than its carrying amount, a loss is recognized. The amount...
Systematically moving the same amount each accounting period from a balance sheet account to an income statement account. For example, if the amount of Discount on Bonds Payable on a 10-year bond is not significant, then...
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...
A table of factors that shows what the future value of $1 will grow to if invested at the rate shown in the column heading and compounded for the number of periods indicated in the row.
The part of a balance sheet with the heading stockholders’ equity or owner’s equity. The total amount of this section is the amount of reported assets minus the amount of reported liabilities.
The discounted value of a series of equal amounts occurring at future points with equal time intervals.
A corporation’s total stockholders’ equity (excluding preferred stock) divided by the number of shares of common stock outstanding.
The principal portion of an obligation that must be paid within one year of the balance sheet date. For example, if a company has a bank loan of $50,000 that requires monthly interest and principal payments, the next 12...
The amount by which the proceeds from the sale of investments exceeded the carrying amount of the investments that were sold. It is reported as a non-operating or “other” item on a multiple-step income...
This series of output by the Financial Accounting Standards Board is part of the board’s conceptual framework project. The original goal in the 1970’s was to articulate the definitions, practices, and rules...
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