See external financial reporting.
See external financial reporting.
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...
The average time for a company’s accounts receivable to be collected. See days sales in accounts receivable.
A word used by accountants to communicate that an expense has occurred and needs to be recognized on the income statement even though no payment was made. The second part of the necessary entry will be a credit to a...
Using debt in order to control more assets. Also known as financial leverage.
and transferred to the owner’s capital account, thereby increasing owner’s equity. (At a corporation, the credit balances in the revenue accounts will be closed and transferred to Retained Earnings, which is a...
A company’s sales in a market as compared to the total sales in that market. For example, General Motors share of the U.S. market has decreased from more than 50% in the 1960’s to its present market share of...
The amount a company owes for expenses or losses incurred that have not yet been paid nor recorded through a routine transaction. To learn more, see Explanation of Adjusting Entries.
The price at which one division or subsidiary of a company transfers products to another division or subsidiary of the company.
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 A bank time deposit (savings deposit) that cannot be withdrawn until a specified date.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 If the amount deposited in a CD needs to be withdrawn...
See bearer bond.
See net operating income (NOI).
See debenture bond.
Sending merchandise to another party (an agent, consignee) in order to sell the merchandise. Also see consigned goods.
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...
Fair, unbiased, and objective; not subjective.
The amount of wages and related expenses that have been incurred by the employer (and earned by the employees) but have not yet been paid.
A bond issued with a series (or staggering) of maturity dates.
A qualitative characteristic in accounting. It is achieved when information is verifiable, objective (not subjective) and you can depend on it.
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...
Using debt (such as loans and bonds) to acquire more assets than would be possible by using only owners’ funds. Also referred to as trading on equity.
The products with significant value that emerge at a split-off point in a process. When a joint product has little value it is referred to as a by-product.
The long term asset category of a classified balance sheet which appears immediately after the current assets. Listed in this category would be a bond sinking fund, funds held for construction, the cash surrender value...
Another word for purchasing.
An entry without debit or credit amounts. For example, assume that a corporation has 100,000 shares of $0.50 par value common stock before a 2-for-1 stock split. At the time of the split a memo entry would be entered in...
A term to mean the company’s general ledger or accounting records.
See last in, first out (LIFO).
An amount remaining after another amount is subtracted. In the accounting equation, owner’s equity is the residual of assets minus liabilities.
Net sales is the gross amount of Sales minus Sales Returns and Allowances, and Sales Discounts for the time interval indicated on the income statement.
See not sufficient funds check.
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The revenue classification used by nonprofit organizations to account for the amounts received as donations. It is also an expense classification for the donations made to another nonprofit organization. Contributions...
The cumulative amount of depletion expense pertaining to the natural resources shown on the balance sheet. The account has a credit balance and will be reported on the balance sheet as a contra asset.
This term is used in place of retained earnings when the balance in the retained earnings account is negative (a debit balance).
One of the main financial statements (along with the balance sheet, the statement of cash flows, and the statement of stockholders’ equity). The income statement is also referred to as the profit and loss...
A special or specialized journal to record sales of merchandise to customers. In a manual system this saves a significant amount of recording time. In today’s computerized environment, sales are recorded...
A term that refers to a negative checking account balance. It arises when a company writes checks in excess of the amount it has on deposit in its checking account.
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The reduction or removal of an asset amount. For example, an account receivable will be removed or written off if the customer is not able to pay the amount owed to the company.
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