Amounts spent for property, plant and equipment.
Amounts spent for property, plant and equipment.
interest expense is reported as a nonoperating expense. Join PRO to Track Progress Mark the Question as Read Must-Watch Video Learn How to Advance Your Accounting and Bookkeeping Career Perform better at your current...
Usually means every two weeks. For example, if an employee is paid every other Thursday, the employee is paid biweekly. The person paid biweekly will receive 26 paychecks per year. (People paid two times per month...
On account. Goods purchased with terms of net 10 days, net 30 days, or 2/10, net 30 are goods purchased on credit. Goods sold with similar terms are sales on credit.
The price at which one division or subsidiary of a company transfers products to another division or subsidiary of the company.
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 amount at which the holder of preferred stock or bonds must sell the stock or bonds back to the issuing corporation. The call price is disclosed in the indenture. The call price might be the face or par amount plus...
Delivery expense to be paid by the seller when its merchandise is sold with terms of FOB destination. This is an operating expense and is not included in the cost of merchandise.
See Financial Accounting Foundation.
Usually a department within a company that is responsible for its costs but not revenues or profit.
A heading that includes common stock and preferred stock.
An income statement account that reports the amount of service revenues earned during the time interval indicated in the heading of the income statement. (Under the accrual basis of accounting, fees earned are reported...
manufactured during the accounting period minus the cost of finished goods in ending inventory. The cost of sales for a retailer is the cost of merchandise in its beginning inventory plus the net cost of merchandise...
Repairs that do not improve an asset or extend the asset’s life. These repairs are charged to Repairs Expense or Maintenance Expense when incurred. Major repairs such as a complete engine overhaul that extends the...
A cost and/or volume of activity that is outside of an expected range.
Journal entries usually dated the last day of the accounting period to bring the balance sheet and income statement up to date on the accrual basis of accounting. Adjusting entries are made to report (1) revenues that...
A reference to stockholders’ equity. See paid-in capital. Also an adjective that references property, plant and equipment used in a business; for example, capital expenditures and capital budgeting.
The systematic allocation of the cost of an asset from the balance sheet to Depreciation Expense on the income statement over the useful life of the asset. (The depreciation journal entry includes a debit to Depreciation...
A word that means to add a column of numbers as in “Foot the amounts listed in column A.” Also see crossfoot.
Also referred to as illusory profits. Occurs because accountants use past costs rather than replacement costs. For example, in computing the cost of goods sold accountants often use the FIFO cost flow assumption. This...
The party owning an asset and receiving rent from another party (the lessee).
A mathematical tool to optimize profits (contribution margin) given a limited amount of inputs and other constraints.
See production service department.
statement after the subtotal Income from operations and will often appear with the caption Other income. Join PRO to Track Progress Mark the Question as Read Must-Watch Video Learn How to Advance Your Accounting and...
An asset having accumulated depreciation equal to its depreciable cost (cost minus estimated salvage value). The use of an asset after it is fully depreciated will mean no depreciation expense for those accounting...
A listing of the materials included in a product. A bill of material could be thought of as a bakery’s recipe for producing one of its products.
See net operating income (NOI).
See debenture bond.
A stockholders’ equity account that generally reports the net income of a corporation from its inception until the balance sheet date less the dividends declared from its inception to the date of the balance...
Part of stockholders’ equity representing the fair market value of an asset at the time it was received as a gift. For example, a corporation may be given a large tract of land from a community if the corporation...
to the company’s balance sheet where it will be reported as a liability. The title of the general ledger liability account may have the title of Unearned Revenues, Deferred Revenues, or Customer Deposits. As the...
(lessee) may take ownership of the forklift truck by paying the forklift dealer (lessor) an additional $500. Join PRO to Track Progress Mark the Question as Read Must-Watch Video Learn How to Advance Your Accounting and...
are responsible for both the employee and employer portions of FICA. Social Security involves retirement and disability benefits. Medicare involves health care for people 65 years of age and older. Join PRO to Track...
A dollar adjusted for inflation. If an asset such as land was purchased for $10,000 many years ago when the consumer price index (CPI) was 100 and today the CPI is 400, today’s constant-dollar amount would be...
The supplier of goods or services.
Payroll taxes include 1) the taxes withheld from employees’ wages and salaries such as Social Security tax, Medicare tax, federal income tax, and state income tax, 2) the employers’ portion of the Social...
liability account Customers’ Security Deposits and will debit its Cash account for $500. Join PRO to Track Progress Mark the Question as Read Must-Watch Video Learn How to Advance Your Accounting and Bookkeeping...
What does debit memo mean on a bank statement? Definition of Bank Debit Memo A debit memo on a company’s bank statement refers to a deduction by the bank from the company’s bank account. In other words, a bank debit...
Money set aside for a specific purpose. An individual’s monthly mortgage payment might include $300 per month for the real estate taxes due at the end of the year. The $300 is said to be put into escrow each...
See premium on bonds payable.
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