Our Explanation of Adjusting Entries gives you a process and an understanding of how to make the adjusting entries in order to have an accurate balance sheet and income statement. Eight examples including T-accounts for...
Our Explanation of Adjusting Entries gives you a process and an understanding of how to make the adjusting entries in order to have an accurate balance sheet and income statement. Eight examples including T-accounts for...
one year later. The $11,000 represents: An amount for today’s services Interest compensation for the company waiting 365 days to be paid Under the accrual basis of accounting and with a time value of money of 10%, the...
What is a debit balance? Definition of Debit Balance In accounting and bookkeeping, a debit balance is the ending amount found on the left side of a general ledger account or subsidiary ledger account. Examples of Debit...
that are discounted for the time value of money. The time value of money recognizes that a dollar today is more valuable than a dollar received in the future. Other capital budgeting models use cash flows without...
How do I compute the product cost per unit? Definition of Product Cost per Unit In accounting, a product’s cost is defined as the direct material, direct labor, and manufacturing overhead. Other costs such as...
state that the products absorb the overhead costs through the overhead rate. The overhead rate is normally a predetermined rate?meaning that it was calculated prior to the start of the accounting year by using 1) the...
of $0 on an income statement prepared using the accrual method of accounting. The break-even point expressed in dollars of revenues is calculated by dividing the company’s total fixed expenses for the accounting...
What is a budget variance? A budget variance results when an actual amount is different from a planned or budgeted amount. A budget variance can occur for revenues and for expenses. Join PRO to Track Progress Mark the...
What is process costing? Definition of Process Costing Process costing is a term used in cost accounting to describe one method for collecting and assigning manufacturing costs to the units produced. A processing cost...
Adjusting Entries Why Adjusting Entries Are Necessary Adjusting entries are required at the end of each accounting period so that a company’s financial statements reflect the accrual method of accounting. Without...
Our Explanation of Improving Profits will assist you in focusing on the costs and revenues that are relevant (and ignoring those which are not relevant) for improving profits and eliminating losses. Examples of the...
Our Explanation of Adjusting Entries gives you a process and an understanding of how to make the adjusting entries in order to have an accurate balance sheet and income statement. Eight examples including T-accounts for...
Our Explanation of Debits and Credits describes the reasons why various accounts are debited and/or credited. For the examples we provide the logic, use T-accounts for a clearer understanding, and the appropriate general...
Our Explanation of Bookkeeping provides you with a rich understanding of the recording of transactions. It then discusses the additional steps necessary for preparing accurate financial statements. This is great for...
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, the theoretical capacity or ideal capacity is not realistic due to repairs, maintenance, setups, and other factors that will result in down time. Join PRO to Track Progress Mark the Question as Read Must-Watch Video...
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What is an independent variable? In accounting, an independent variable is ideally a factor that causes a change in the total amount of the dependent variable. In other words, an independent variable should be something...
examples of service departments include: Factory maintenance department Production quality control Factory information technology department Factory cafeteria Purchasing department The various methods (direct, step,...
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. It is important for a company to monitor all of its current assets so that the cash keeps flowing into the company’s checking account. Join PRO to Track Progress Mark the Question as Read Must-Watch Video Learn How...
existing equipment Purchasing delivery vehicles Constructing additions to buildings Examples of Capital Budgeting Calculations Capital budgeting usually involves the following calculations for each project: Future...
What is ROI? Definition of ROI ROI is the acronym for return on investment. Traditionally, ROI related 1) the income statement profit to the 2) the balance sheet investment. A drawback of ROI is that the accounting...
manufacturing overhead costs to products. Therefore, direct costing is not acceptable for external financial and income tax accounting, but it can be valuable for managing the company. Join PRO to Track Progress Mark...
What are conversion costs? Definition of Conversion Costs Conversion costs is a term used in cost accounting that represents the combination of direct labor costs and manufacturing overhead costs. In other words,...
an accounting firm for tax advice. Two tax experts have lunch with the owner and inform her how to process transactions so that she will enjoy tax savings of $40,000. The owner was grateful for the enjoyable lunch and...
is required by SellerCo. Under the accrual basis of accounting, SellerCo will report $5,000 in its income statement accounts Sales and will report $5,000 in its current asset account Accounts Receivable. Assume that on...
Our Explanation of Adjusting Entries gives you a process and an understanding of how to make the adjusting entries in order to have an accurate balance sheet and income statement. Eight examples including T-accounts for...
Our Explanation of Evaluating Business Investments compares four of the techniques for reviewing potential capital expenditures. You will be introduced to accounting rate of return, payback, net present value, and...
is the __________ __________. 3. Assets that will turn to cash within one year are reported as __________ assets. 4. The use of accounts such as Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Deferred Revenues are...
What do negative variances indicate? Definition of Negative Variances on Accounting Reports Negative variances are the unfavorable differences between two amounts, such as: The amount by which actual revenues were less...
that certain equipment is to be depreciated on the income tax return over 7 years. However, the company knows that the equipment will be useful in producing revenues for 10 years. Accounting’s matching principle...
and operating budgets. When standard costs are used in a manufacturing setting, a product’s standard cost for a future accounting period will consist of the following: Direct materials: a standard quantity of each...
What is cost behavior? Definition of Cost Behavior Cost behavior is an indicator of how a cost will change in total when there is a change in some activity. In cost accounting and managerial accounting, three types of...
and general management, are expenses of the accounting period and are not applied or assigned to products.) Actual overhead are the manufacturing costs other than direct materials and direct labor. Since the overhead...
compliance with U.S. accounting principles and income tax regulations. Traditionally, the predetermined manufacturing overhead rate was calculated prior to a new year by dividing the budgeted amount of manufacturing...
bills and notes and uses the accrual method of accounting. The company will report interest income during the accounting periods when the interest is earned. Typically this is done through adjusting entries which debit...
of the accounting year. To overcome this shortcoming, the denominator needs to be representative of all of the moments during the year. When the inventory amount on last year’s balance sheet and the amount on this...
other than the costs of direct materials and direct labor. Hence, manufacturing overhead is referred to as an indirect cost. Generally accepted accounting principles require that a manufacturer’s inventory and the...
What is the difference between cost and price? Definition of Cost and Price In accounting, the term cost can mean the cash or cash equivalent amount a company paid to acquire an asset or the amount of an expense it...
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