A word to describe whether a company is able to earn more revenues than expenses.
A word to describe whether a company is able to earn more revenues than expenses.
The statements, standards, interpretations and other financial reporting guidelines issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board. The FASB pronouncements are available at www.FASB.org.
A term often used in present value calculations to distinguish a one-time cash amount from an annuity (or series of equal payments).
The accounting guideline that permits the violation of another accounting guideline if the amount is insignificant. For example, a profitable company with several million dollars of sales is likely to expense immediately...
The revenue from the next unit.
The planned or expected costs. Often used in manufacturing for accounting for inventories and production. When actual costs differ from the standard costs, variances are reported.
Selling expenses are part of the operating expenses (along with administrative expenses). Selling expenses include sales commissions, advertising, promotional materials distributed, rent of the sales showroom, rent of...
Operating expenses made to return an asset to its previous condition (rather than to make the asset more than it was originally). The amount is charged to an account such as Repairs and Maintenance Expense in the period...
The amounts in a company’s bank account that are not yet accessible because the checks deposited into the account have not yet cleared the bank on which they were drawn.
An item that is dependent on another item. For example, your wages would be a dependent variable and the hours you work would be the independent variable. This relationship is often expressed as y = a + bx, where y is...
A check drawn on a bank. A cashier’s check leaves no doubt that the funds represented by the check are real. A bank money order or a certified check would also assure the payee that the funds are in the bank.
See sales.
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An accounting year that ends on a date other than December 31. For example, a school district might have a fiscal year of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. A retailer might have a fiscal year consisting of the 52 or 53...
A commitment to purchase a specific number of items in the future at a fixed price. If the agreement is noncancelable, the company must report a loss when the current cost of the items falls below the contracted price.
An expense outside of a company’s main operating activities of buying and selling merchandise or providing services. For example, interest expense is a nonoperating expense.
See prepaid expense.
What is a/c? Definition of a/c In accounting, a/c is the abbreviation for account. Example of a/c An accountant might leave the following note for a subordinate: “Please review the balance in the...
See Supplies.
A revenue account that reports the sales of merchandise. Sales are reported in the accounting period in which title to the merchandise was transferred from the seller to the buyer.
Can a fully depreciated asset be revalued? A fully depreciated asset cannot be revalued because of accounting’s cost principle. Definition of a Fully Depreciated Asset A fully depreciated asset is one that has...
A simple form of business where there is one owner. Legally the owner and the sole proprietorship are the same. However, for accounting purposes the economic entity assumption results in the sole proprietorship’s...
The amount in a bank account according to the bank’s records.
Magnetic ink character recognition.
The best fitting line through a series of points as determined by the least-squares method.
See net realizable value.
The acronym for original equipment manufacturer.
See manufacturing costs.
What is the meaning of arrears? In accounting we use the word arrears in at least two ways. One use involves the omitted dividends on cumulative preferred stock. For example, if a corporation has cumulative preferred...
Also referred to as peripheral activities. A company’s activities outside of its main activities of buying/producing and selling. Examples include a retailer’s financing function involving interest revenue...
produces 3,700 units, the depreciation expense will be $3,700. Both of these depreciation calculations are logical, consistently applied, and objective. Join PRO to Track Progress Mark the Question as Read Must-Watch...
/ 3 years). This allocation of the phones’ cost to the accounting periods that benefit from the asset’s use follows the accountant’s matching principle. This makes the company’s financial statements more...
The withdrawal of business cash or other assets by the owner for the personal use of the owner. Withdrawals of cash by the owner are recorded with a debit to the owner’s drawing account and a credit to the cash...
be repaid within 9 months. The bank deposits the loan proceeds of $30,000 into the company’s checking account at the same bank. The double entry to be recorded by the company is: 1) a debit of $30,000 to the...
differences. Since most companies use the double-entry system of accounting, any omission or error in the company’s general ledger Cash account also means that at least one other general ledger account will have a...
Gross wages or gross salaries minus withholdings for payroll taxes and other items such as insurance, union dues, United Way, etc. Also referred to as “take home pay” or the amount the employee...
A non-operating item resulting from the sale of this long-term asset for less than its carrying amount (or book value).
The method of accounting for treasury stock whereby the cost of the stock that is repurchased by the issuing corporation is recorded and is reported in the contra stockholders’ equity account Treasury Stock.
The mathematical result of sales revenues divided by average total assets during the period of the sales.
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