An amount earned by a company on its interest bearing bank accounts or other investments. The amount should be reported as Interest Revenues, Interest Income, or Investment Revenues in the accounting period in which the...
An amount earned by a company on its interest bearing bank accounts or other investments. The amount should be reported as Interest Revenues, Interest Income, or Investment Revenues in the accounting period in which the...
What is the difference between paid-in capital and retained earnings? Definition of Paid-in Capital Paid-in capital is one of the major categories of stockholders’ equity. Generally, paid-in capital reports the amount...
See inventory: finished goods (FG).
An asset which serves as collateral for a loan.
The acronym for earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. This measure is used by some companies as a supplementary disclosure, since EBITDA does not comply with U.S. GAAP (generally accepted...
See manufacturing costs.
A promise to repair, replace, refund, etc. a product during a specified period. The company making the promise has a contingent liability and a warranty expense that should be recorded at the time the product is sold.
How do I calculate the cost of goods sold for a manufacturing company? Calculation of the Cost of Goods Sold for a Manufacturer The calculation of the cost of goods sold for a manufacturing company is: Beginning...
The multiplication of a quantity times its cost. For example, if 100 items are in inventory at a cost of $3.46 each, the inventory extension is $346.
In estimating the ending inventory under the retail method the cost ratio is the cost of goods available divided by the retail value of the goods available.
The best fitting line through a series of points as determined by the least-squares method.
Statement of Cash Flows. See Explanation of Cash Flow Statement.
To assign or allocate on a logical basis. For example, the materials price variance in a standard costing system is prorated to the following categories: materials inventory, work-in-process inventory, finished goods...
The situation where the number of units sold is not influenced by a change in selling price. In other words, a price increase does not have a corresponding decrease in the number of units sold.
A “clean” auditor’s report. That is, the auditor has concluded that the financial statements present fairly the results of the company’s operations and its financial position according to...
The second section of the statement of cash flows. To learn more, see Explanation of Cash Flow Statement.
Financial ratios such as current ratio, quick ratio, receivables turnover ratio, and inventory turnover ratio. To learn more, see Explanation of Financial Ratios
A quality of accounting information that facilitates comparing a company’s reporting of one accounting period to another. For example, the reader of a company’s financial statements can assume that the...
See inventory: work-in-process (WIP).
What is the statement of activities? Definition of Statement of Activities The statement of activities is one of the main financial statements issued by a nonprofit organization. It is prepared instead of the income...
See contingent gain.
An employee’s pretax compensation that is based on annual or monthly amounts rather than an hourly rate. Management employees are usually paid salaries. To learn more, see Explanation of Payroll Accounting.
In the equation of a straight line, y = a + bx, ‘bx’ is the total variable cost resulting from the variable cost rate ‘b’ multiplied times the quantity ‘x’.
A Latin term that means in proportion. See prorate.
See bearer bond.
A common fringe benefit given to employees during a period in which they do not have to work. If an employee earns one week of paid vacation to be taken after working one full year, the employer should recognize this...
Reports too little. If an error understates the inventory and the company’s net income, the amount of inventory and the amount of net income being reported are less than the correct amounts.
Sales before deducting sales returns, sales allowances, and sales discounts.
Temporary differences between the reporting of a revenue or expense for financial statements (books) and the reporting of the item for income tax purposes. For example, it is common for companies to depreciate equipment...
What is the stated interest rate of a bond payable? Definition of Stated Interest Rate of a Bond The stated interest rate of a bond payable is the annual interest rate that is printed on the face of the bond and stated...
A budget that flexes with volume. Under a flexible budget the budgeted amount of manufacturing overhead will increase if the company produces more units than planned. The flexible budget will decrease if the company...
The acronym for Institute of Management Accountants, an international organization dedicated to enhancing management accounting and financial management. It offers various programs and networking opportunities. IMA also...
Sometimes referred to in the context of cost or expense behavior such as “variable expenses increase as volume increases.” In this context volume might be an activity such as the number of machine hours, the...
Accounting reports that identify the differences between standard costs and actual costs, between budget amounts and actual amounts, etc.
A situation where there is correlation between the independent variables used in explaining the change in a dependent variable. When this condition exists, you cannot have confidence in the individual coefficients of the...
Manufacturing overhead assigned to units of output. Often this is applied via a standard overhead rate. See the Explanation of Standard Costing.
The British term for controller.
Usually a department within a company that is responsible for its costs but not revenues or profit.
Goods or services provided instead of money.
An expense reported on the income statement that did not require the use of cash during the period shown in the heading of the income statement. The typical example is depreciation expense. Also, the write-down of an...
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