See liquidation of LIFO layer.
See liquidation of LIFO layer.
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...
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...
Within a reasonable range of activity, the slope of the cost line is the variable rate, which is often denoted as ‘b’ in the straight line y = a + bx.
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...
The sale, retirement, or exchange of property, plant and equipment.
Also known as a journal.
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...
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...
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 rate that will discount all cash flows to a net present value of zero.
A sorting of a company’s accounts receivables by the age of the receivables.
The stated legal amount appearing on bonds.
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 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.
A sorting of a company’s accounts payable by due date.
A top ranking corporation official usually reporting to the chief executive officer and responsible for the operations of the corporation.
See Explanation of Bank Reconciliation.
See boards of accountancy.
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.
See accrual basis of accounting.
A statement that shows the changes in retained earnings from one point to another.
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 reduction in inventory quantities resulting in the removal of older layers of costs. With continuously higher costs, the older layers are likely to be low costs under LIFO. Removing these old, low costs will cause an...
The expensing of an intangible asset from the balance sheet to the income statement.
See weighted-average cost flow assumption and moving-average cost of inventory.
This phrase has two connotations. One is the cost of holding inventory. In this case the carrying cost is the cost of capital tied up in inventory, the cost of storage, insurance, and obsolescence. Often this is...
The statement of comprehensive income covers the same period of time as the income statement, and consists of two major sections: Net income (taken from the income statement) Other comprehensive income (adjustments...
The balance of the owner’s capital account excluding the current year’s net income and current year’s draws by the owner.
A corporation’s total stockholders’ equity (excluding preferred stock) divided by the number of shares of common stock outstanding.
See sum of the years’ digits method of depreciation.
A stated legal amount for each share of preferred stock. The par value for every share of preferred stock issued must be recorded in the separate stockholders’ equity account Preferred Stock.
The preferred method for systematically moving bond discount or premium from the balance sheet over to interest expense on the income statement over the life of the bond. This method is superior to the straight-line...
The exchange or trade-in of a long-term asset for a completely different long-term asset. For example, exchanging an antique car for land.
The issued shares of common stock minus the shares of treasury stock. The weighted average of the outstanding shares is used to compute the earnings per share.
This is a non-operating or “other” item resulting from the sale of an asset (other than inventory) for less than the amount shown in the company’s accounting records.
The technique of recording accounts payable at the amount that will be paid after deducting any discount that is available for paying within the discount period. This has a theoretical advantage over the gross method...
Inventory and Cost of Goods Sold For multiple-choice and true/false questions, simply press or click on what you think is the correct answer. For fill-in-the-blank questions, press or click on the blank space provided....
The amount by which the proceeds from the sale of equipment (that had been used in the business) exceeded its carrying amount at the time it is sold.
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