A special journal (or specialized journal) used to record money received. In a manual system this will allow one entry to the Cash account for the month (or shorter periods) instead of debiting the Cash account for every...
A special journal (or specialized journal) used to record money received. In a manual system this will allow one entry to the Cash account for the month (or shorter periods) instead of debiting the Cash account for every...
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...
Errors made by the bank on a company’s bank account. These are usually infrequent but could include an incorrect amount of a check or deposit or a check or deposit recorded in the wrong account.
This account shows the amount of delivery expense incurred (occurring) during the accounting period shown in the heading of the income statement. The title of this account could also be Freight Out or Transportation...
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.
A “book” containing accounts. For example, there is the general ledger that contains the balance sheet and income statement accounts. There is a subsidiary ledger that contains the detailed, customer account...
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...
The entry made in a journal. It will contain the date, the account name and amount to be debited, and the account name and amount to be credited. Each journal entry must have the dollars of debits equal to the dollars of...
journal Trial Balance 2. The bookkeeping or accounting equation is __________ = liabilities + owner’s equity. 3. When a company pays a bill by writing a check, the company should __________ a Cash account. Select......
is associated with Accounts Receivable and the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. 3. Depreciation Expense is associated with the contra-asset account __________ Depreciation. 4. Insurance Expense is associated with the...
the bond’s face amount, the difference is debited to this account and then amortized to interest expense over the life of the bonds. discount on bonds payable (or) bond discount When a new bond is issued and the...
Our Explanation of Bookkeeping provides you with a rich understanding of the recording of transactions. It then discusses the additional steps necessary for preparing accurate financial statements. This is great for...
Our Explanation of Depreciation emphasizes what the depreciation amounts on the income statement and balance sheet represent. Learn why depreciation is an estimated expense that does not assist in determining the current...
by reading our Bank Reconciliation (Explanation). 1. Checks that have been written by a company but have not yet been charged to the company's checking account are referred to as __________ outstanding checks. 2. A...
The owner’s equity account that reports the amount invested in the sole proprietorship owned by Tony Mandella plus the cumulative amount of net income minus the cumulative amount of the sole proprietor’s...
The temporary contra purchases account used in a periodic inventory system which represents the amounts of merchandise that were returned to suppliers and the amounts allowed as deductions by suppliers for goods not...
A liability account that reports the amount payable as of the balance sheet date. For the account to show a balance, a loss/obligation must be probable and the amount can be estimated. If the lawsuit is remote or only...
A ratio consisting of an income statement account balance divided by the average balance of a balance sheet account. For example, the inventory turnover is computed as follows: Cost of Goods Sold divided by the average...
Under the accrual method of accounting, this account reports the employer’s portion of the Social Security and Medicare tax that pertains to the period indicated in the heading of the income statement, whether or...
Under the accrual basis of accounting the account Supplies Expense reports the amount of supplies that were used during the time interval indicated in the heading of the income statement. Supplies that are on hand...
A current asset which indicates the cost of the insurance contract (premiums) that have been paid in advance. It represents the amount that has been paid but has not yet expired as of the balance sheet date. A related...
This contra owner’s equity account has a debit balance that represents the current year draws made by the sole proprietor, R. Smith. After the year’s financial statements have been prepared, the balance in...
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...
This contra owner’s equity account has a debit balance that represents the current year draws made by the owner, Mary Smith. After the year’s financial statements have been prepared, the balance in this...
If an accrual adjusting entry increases an expense and a liability, how does the balance sheet remain in balance? An expense is a temporary account which reduces owner’s equity or stockholders’ equity. The decrease...
A listing of all of the accounts in the general ledger with account balances after the closing entries have been posted. This means that the listing would consist of only the balance sheet accounts with balances. The...
Often this account appears as a line in the retained earnings section of stockholders’ equity (balance sheet) and will show the year-to-date net income. The reason is that some accounting software will not put the...
The temporary contra purchases account used in a periodic inventory system which represents the discounts allowed by paying within prescribed credit terms such as 1/10 (1% can be deducted from the amount owed if paid...
A bank account balance that a corporation agrees to maintain with a current or potential lender. For example, a corporation may agree to keep $1 million in its checking account at a bank in exchange for the bank agreeing...
A contra liability account that reports the amount of unamortized discount associated with bonds that are outstanding. The discount on bonds payable originates when bonds are issued for less than the bond’s face or...
The average amount of inventory during a period of time. Since the amount reported in the Inventory account is the ending balance on one specific day, it is necessary to compute an average balance when relating this...
Under this method of recognizing losses on credit sales, a contra asset account Allowance for Doubtful Accounts is reported on the balance sheet. Prior to specifically identifying an account receivable as uncollectible,...
A long-term asset which indicates the cost of the constructed improvements to land, such as driveways, walkways, lighting, and parking lots. Land Improvements will be depreciated over their useful life by debiting the...
Under the accrual basis of accounting, the Service Revenues account reports the fees earned by a company during the time period indicated in the heading of the income statement. Service Revenues include work completed...
Is the deposit for a booth at a future trade show an asset? The deposit for a booth at a future trade show is an asset until the trade show occurs. Once the trade show occurs the deposit amount should be moved from the...
A check that is not paid by the bank on which it is written (drawn). Often the reason a check is not paid is that the account on which the check was drawn did not have a sufficient balance. In that case the check is...
An asset account used to record amounts given to an employee with the expectation of repayment. For example, if an employee is given money by a company and the money is expected to be repaid or spent for company...
An expense that has occurred but the transaction has not been entered in the accounting records. Accordingly an adjusting entry is made to debit the appropriate expense account and to credit a liability account such as...
A current liability account that reports the amounts owed to the utility companies for electricity, gas, water, phone as of the date of the balance sheet. If a utility bill has not been received, the company will have to...
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