A document filed when a corporation is formed. Among other things, it lists the number of shares of stock that the corporation is authorized to issue.
A document filed when a corporation is formed. Among other things, it lists the number of shares of stock that the corporation is authorized to issue.
Individuals elected by the common stockholders of a corporation to represent the stockholders and to establish the policies of the corporation. The board of directors appoints the officers of the corporation and declares...
A term used in break-even analysis to indicate the amount of sales that are above the break-even point. In other words, the margin of safety is the amount by which a company’s sales could decrease before the...
The amount of office supplies used during a specified time interval.
One of the main financial statements of a nonprofit organization. This financial statement reports the revenues and expenses and the changes in the amounts of each of the classes of net assets during the period shown in...
A technique for estimating the number of years or the interest rate necessary to double your money. Divide 72 by the interest rate and you will have the approximate number of years needed to double your money. If your...
To eliminate debt such as a company’s repurchase or retirement of its outstanding bonds.
See income statement. To learn more, see Explanation of Income Statement.
See cost of goods sold.
A long-term asset account reported on the balance sheet under the heading of property, plant, and equipment. Included in this account would be copiers, computers, printers, fax machines, etc.
To repurchase bonds that the company had previously issued.
The amount that a bank commits to lend a borrower during a specified purpose.
See separation of duties.
See income statement. To learn more, see Explanation of Income Statement.
A gross amount minus the income tax associated with the gross amount. For example, a company may dispose of one of its business segments and show a gain (proceeds exceed carrying amount) of $10,000,000. However, if the...
One of the steps in effective internal control. An example of separation of duties is to have the money handling be performed by someone who does not update the records. This means that the money counters at a church...
This is granted by banks only to very creditworthy customers. It states that the bank will guarantee amounts that its customer incurred when purchasing goods. A letter of credit might be necessary for a U.S. company...
A corporation’s cost of capital is its weighted average after-tax cost of its debt, preferred stock, common stock, retained earnings, and other components of stockholders’ equity. The cost of capital is...
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Why does the internal rate of return equate to a net present value of zero? Internal rate of return and net present value are discounted cash flow techniques. To discount means to remove the interest contained within the...
How much of the contribution margin is profit on units sold in excess of the break-even point? After the break-even point is reached, the entire contribution margin on the next units sold will be profit…provided the...
See cash basis of accounting.
A term used in cost accounting to arrive at the cost per unit. The term is associated with the units that are not completed at the end of an accounting period. For example, if 500 units are completed as far as materials,...
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...
A sorting of a company’s accounts receivables by the age of the receivables.
A financial statement that shows all of the changes to the various stockholders’ equity accounts during the same period(s) as the income statement and statement of cash flows. It includes the amounts of...
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...
A sorting of a company’s accounts payable by due date.
See Explanation of Bank Reconciliation.
In the 1970’s the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) articulated three objectives of financial reporting. In summary, financial information should (1) be useful to investors and lenders, (2) be helpful in...
The system where the general ledger account Inventory is not updated during the year. Rather, the merchandise purchased is recorded in temporary purchases accounts. At the time a balance sheet is presented, the inventory...
The stated legal amount appearing on bonds.
See liquidation of LIFO layer.
The rate that will discount all cash flows to a net present value of zero.
See accrual basis of accounting.
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 top ranking financial person in the corporation.
Usually the top ranking officer of the corporation who is charged with executing the policies set by the board of directors.
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