Rates based on a department’s direct and indirect overhead costs and some measure of the department’s activity, such as the department’s machine hours. Departmental rates are more accurate than...
Rates based on a department’s direct and indirect overhead costs and some measure of the department’s activity, such as the department’s machine hours. Departmental rates are more accurate than...
A loan in which the interest rate does not change over the life of the loan.
What are goods in transit? Definition of Goods in Transit Goods in transit refers to inventory items and other products that have been shipped by a seller, but have not yet reached the purchaser. When goods are in...
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,...
A bond without a stated interest rate. Because no interest is paid, the bond will sell for a discount from its maturity value. Rather than receiving interest, an investor’s compensation will be the difference...
An income statement that has more than one subtraction in arriving at net income. An income statement showing gross profit is an indication it is a multiple-step income statement.
The U.S. government agency responsible for federal income tax regulations.
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...
Using the information generated in activity-based costing to plan and control activities and processes.
See petty cash receipt.
The cost accounting system where costs are recorded by individual job (versus process costing system). The job order system can use standard costs or actual costs.
One of two broad functional categories for sorting and reporting a nonprofit organization’s expenses. (The other is program expenses.) Supporting services expenses consists of 1) management and general expenses,...
What is the difference between stock dividend and cash dividend? Definition of a Stock Dividend A stock dividend is a dividend consisting of additional shares of stock. Assume that before a corporation declares a stock...
A statistical tool used to determine the coefficients of the two or more independent variables involved in estimating the amount of the dependent variable. It utilizes the least-squares method for determining the...
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An accounting guideline which allows the readers of financial statements to assume that the company will continue on long enough to carry out its objectives and commitments. In other words, the accountants believe that...
Assigning more manufacturing overhead to production than the amount that was actually incurred.
A percentage of an hourly wage rate (or salary) that represents the employer’s additional costs of employee benefits such as paid vacation days, paid sick days, insurance (health, dental, life, worker...
What is a burden rate in inventory? I assume that the burden rate in inventory refers to a manufacturer’s indirect manufacturing costs, which are also referred to as factory overhead, indirect production costs, and...
Preferred stock where the dividend could be more than the original, stated dividend.
A measurement of net income arrived at by comparing the amount of total equity at the end of a period to the amount of total equity at the beginning of the period. For example, if Al Capone had $5 million of equity at...
The actual cost incurred for manufacturing costs other than direct materials and direct labor which increase as production volume increases. Examples include manufacturing supplies and electricity to operate the...
See declaration date.
Federal government securities sold at a discount (because of no interest payments) with maturity dates of less than one year.
See working capital.
See gross profit percentage.
Factors that are used to convert future cash flows to their present value.
The basic general rules upon which more detailed accounting standards are built. To learn more, see Explanation of Accounting Principles.
In activity-based costing this refers to the allocation of costs to activities. For example, allocating the costs of setting up the manufacturing equipment to run a batch of product to the activity “setup...
See dividends in arrears.
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A subgroup of the supporting activities of a nonprofit organization. This functional expense classification is used to report the overall management of the nonprofit organization other than the direct expenses of...
What is a deferred credit? A deferred credit could mean money received in advance of it being earned, such as deferred revenue, unearned revenue, or customer advances. A deferred credit could also result from complicated...
See weighted-average cost flow assumption and moving-average cost of inventory.
How does the purchase of a new machine affect the profit and loss statement? Definition of New Machine’s Effect on Profit The purchase of a new machine that will be used in a business will affect the profit and loss...
One component of the payroll tax referred to as FICA. (The other component of the FICA tax is the Medicare tax.) The Social Security tax is levied by the U.S. government on both the employee and the employer. In 2024 the...
If a mortgage payment is due on January 1, should the payment be accrued at December 31? The following answer assumes that the accrual basis of accounting (also known as the accrual method of accounting) is being used…...
This ratio indicates the percentage of each sales dollar that is available to cover a company’s fixed expenses and profit. The ratio is calculated by dividing the contribution margin (sales minus all variable...
Obligations not reported as liabilities on the balance sheet.
A method for estimating the inventory of a retailer. This method requires that the retail amounts and the related cost amounts are available for beginning inventory and purchases. An illustration of this technique is...
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