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...
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...
The result of the sale of an asset for less than its carrying amount; the write-down of assets; the net result of expenses exceeding revenues.
An employee’s pretax compensation based on hours worked times an hourly rate of pay. Production workers and nonmanagement employees are usually paid wages. To learn more, see Explanation of Payroll Accounting.
The generally accepted accounting principles practiced in the United States.
A phrase used in standard costing. The production that is acceptable (not rejected products) and which is assigned manufacturing costs of direct materials, direct labor, and manufacturing overhead.
The result of subtracting total liabilities from total assets. It is also the term used by not-for-profit organizations instead of owner’s equity or stockholders’ equity. To learn more see our Explanation of...
A series of equal amounts at equal time intervals. Also see annuity due, annuity in advance, annuity in arrears, and ordinary annuity.
Usually refers to a statement from the bank showing the activity in a company’s checking account. The statement includes the deposits received by the bank, checks paid by the bank, bank service charge, and other...
A current asset that reports the amount paid for advertising that has not yet taken place. When the advertising occurs the prepaid advertising is reduced and advertising expense is recorded.
A temporary account that is debited when cash dividends have been declared (instead of debiting the Retained Earnings account. At the end of the accounting year, the balance in this account is transferred to the Retained...
In financial accounting this term refers to the amount of debt excluding interest. Payments on mortgage loans usually require monthly payments of principal and interest.
The acronym for earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. This measure is used by some companies as a supplementary disclosure, since EBITDA does not comply with U.S. GAAP (generally accepted...
The party who delivered its goods to another party (consignee). The objective is for consignee to sell the goods for the consignor. Also see consigned goods.
A bond with collateral.
Usually used in describing fixed costs. We often state that fixed costs will not change as volume changes. However, if volume were to triple, there would likely be more fixed costs as the company will need more space and...
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.
Is a loan's principal payment included on the income statement? Definition of Loan Principal Payment When a company borrows money from its bank, the amount received is recorded with a debit to Cash and a credit to a...
What is the difference between Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes? Social Security Payroll Tax The Social Security payroll tax is 6.2% and is based on each employee’s earnings (wages, salaries, bonuses,...
Management information system.
See FASB Interpretation.
A corporation’s reported net income and earnings per share for a three-month period.
See income statement. To learn more, see Explanation of Income Statement.
A temporary account used in the periodic inventory system to record the purchases of merchandise for resale. (Purchases of equipment or supplies are not recorded in the purchases account.) This account reports the gross...
Under the accrual basis of accounting, the Interest Revenues account reports the interest earned by a company during the time period indicated in the heading of the income statement. Interest Revenues account includes...
Officers of a corporation are appointed by the board of directors to execute the policies that have been established by the board of directors. The officers include the chief executive officer (CEO), the chief operations...
Manufacturing overhead assigned to units of output. Often this is applied via a standard overhead rate. See the Explanation of Standard Costing.
This term is used in place of retained earnings when the balance in the retained earnings account is negative (a debit balance).
A formal, written promise to pay interest and to repay the principal amount.
A series of equal amounts occurring at the end of each equal time interval. Also known as an ordinary annuity. An example would be the monthly payments on a loan. Another example is the semiannual interest on a bond.
Using capital stock (common stock or preferred stock) instead of debt in order to finance an investment such as a plant asset.
The current price for a commodity or other item to be delivered immediately.
In standard costing, the quantity variance could be the direct materials’ usage variance or the direct labor’s efficiency variance. The quantity variance is the difference between the quantity of inputs that...
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...
See not sufficient funds (NSF) check.
See external financial reporting.
See certificate of deposit.
A reduction in the cost of goods purchased that is allowed by the supplier based on the authorized return of goods. Also a general ledger account in which the purchase returns are recorded under the periodic inventory...
Usually this refers to manufacturing employees who are not classified as direct labor. Material handlers, mechanics, setup workers, clean up workers are a few examples of indirect labor.
A term meaning behind, such as dividends in arrears, or something occurring at the end of a period, such as the recurring payment in an annuity in arrears.
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...
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