Long term assets that are not classified as investments, property, plant, equipment, or intangible assets. An example is bond issue costs that are amortized to expense over the life of the bonds.
Long term assets that are not classified as investments, property, plant, equipment, or intangible assets. An example is bond issue costs that are amortized to expense over the life of the bonds.
A check bearing a date in the future. The company receiving such a check should not report the check as cash until the date of the check.
A series of equal amounts occurring at the beginning of each equal time interval. Also known as an annuity in advance. An example would be the monthly rent on an apartment.
A payment. The expenditure might be for a significant long term asset (capital expenditure), a short term asset (prepaid insurance), a reduction in a liability, or for an immediate expense such as rent.
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The time between when a check is written and when the check clears the bank account on which it is drawn.
Checks received from customers and others that are not yet deposited into a bank account. Undeposited checks which are not postdated are reported as part of a company’s cash.
Advertising Expense is the income statement account which reports the dollar amount of ads run during the period shown in the income statement. Advertising Expense will be reported under selling expenses on the income...
The difference in total revenues between alternative actions or plans.
The cost of telephone service that was used during the period shown on the income statement.
A bond (long term note) that can be exchanged by the holder for a specified number of shares of stock in the company. The convertibility feature usually allows for the bond to have a lower interest rate when it is...
See Explanation of Standard Costing.
A document issued to a customer by a seller which reduces the seller’s accounts receivable and its net sales. It also reduces the buyer’s accounts payable and net purchases. A document issued by a bank that...
An expectation that as a task is repeated there will be significant time reductions during the early repetitions. The time savings will dissipate after continuous performance. This is important to consider when setting...
A current asset account that represents an amount of cash for making small disbursements for postage due, supplies, etc.
Also known as a CD. A bank time deposit (savings deposit) that cannot be withdrawn until a specified date. For example, a CD might mature in 6, 9, 12, or 18 months. If the amount deposited in a CD needs to be withdrawn...
To record accounting entries into a journal.
What are the various types of adjusting entries? Types of Adjusting Entries Adjusting entries, which are required in order to have a company’s financial statements comply with the accrual method of accounting, are...
See limited liability company.
See mixed expenses.
A long-term asset account that reports a company’s cost of automobiles, trucks, etc. The account is reported under the balance sheet classification property, plant, and equipment. Vehicles are depreciated over...
A stakeholder is anyone that has an interest or is affected by a decision. For example, some of the stakeholders of a state university include the students, students’ families, alumni, professors, custodians,...
See unrelated business income tax.
Actual changes in cash as opposed to accounting revenues and expenses.
See sales discounts.
Scrap or waste that should have been avoided. In other words, abnormal spoilage is the amount that is over and above the normal amount that is expected in a production process.
Net income divided by net sales.
See inventory conformity rule.
A graph’s vertical scale that usually indicates the total dollars for the volume or units indicated by the x-axis.
Accumulated Depreciation (for the depreciation up to the date of the disposal) The second step requires another journal entry to: Credit the account Equipment (to remove the equipment’s cost) Debit Accumulated...
A symbol that represents 1000.
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See Securities and Exchange Commission.
Spoilage or waste that is likely to occur and cannot be avoided at a reasonable cost.
See separation of duties.
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An amount remaining after another amount is subtracted. In the accounting equation, owner’s equity is the residual of assets minus liabilities.
In standard costing the difference between the actual cost and the standard cost of direct materials or direct labor. The price variance of direct labor is usually referred to as the labor rate variance.
Sending merchandise to another party (an agent, consignee) in order to sell the merchandise. Also see consigned goods.
See not sufficient funds check.
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