The person or organization to whom a check is written.
The person or organization to whom a check is written.
Are undeposited checks reported as cash? Undeposited checks that are not postdated (not dated with a future date) are reported as cash. Accountants define cash as more than just currency and coins. For example,...
A part of a manufacturer’s inventory that includes direct and indirect materials. Also see inventory: materials.
The length of time that an asset would last. Instead of the physical life, accountants focus on the useful life. For example, a computer’s physical life is perhaps 50 years. However, its useful life is likely to be...
A potential loss that is dependent upon some future event occurring or not occurring. If the loss is probable and the amount can be estimated, then the loss and a liability are recorded with a journal entry. If the loss...
The internal growth of a company’s existing businesses. Organic growth excludes the additional sales resulting from acquiring another company.
The generally accepted accounting principles practiced in the United States.
What is the statement of stockholders' equity? Definition of the Statement of Stockholders’ Equity The statement of stockholders’ equity (also known as the statement of shareholders’ equity, statement of equity,...
What is straight line depreciation? Definition of Straight-Line Depreciation Straight-line depreciation is the most common method of allocating the cost of a plant asset to expense in the accounting periods during which...
See uncleared check.
Paper evidence of ownership in a corporation. The certificate would indicate the type of stock (common, preferred), any restrictions pertaining to the sale of the stock, the number of shares, the par value, etc. Today,...
Support that has been either temporarily or permanently restricted by the donor.
A legal entity organized under state laws that is considered separate from its owners. Ownership is evidenced by shares of stock.
What is an invoice? Definition of Invoice An invoice is a dated bill prepared by the seller of goods sold (or services provided) which includes brief descriptions of the items, quantities of items and their unit prices,...
Direct materials, direct labor and manufacturing overhead costs. Also referred to as product costs, production costs, and inventoriable costs.
What is obsolete inventory? Definition of Obsolete Inventory Obsolete inventory refers to products that a company had purchased or produced which cannot be sold. The obsolete items may be the result of one or more of the...
An employee that is not entitled to overtime wages or salaries. Examples of exempt employees include executives, managers and other highly-paid employees.
See quality of earnings.
In manufacturing, the product cost includes direct materials, direct labor, and manufacturing overhead. A retailer’s product cost is the net cost from suppliers plus costs to get the product in place and ready for...
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The party owning an asset and receiving rent from another party (the lessee).
The depreciation used on a company’s income tax return. Usually this is different from the depreciation used on the financial statements.
Are utility bills an expense or a liability? Definition of Utility Bills Utility bills are invoices received by a company for the natural gas, electricity, water, and sewer charges that the company used during a previous...
What is the effective interest rate for a bond? Definition of Effective Interest Rate of a Bond The effective interest rate of a bond is usually the market interest rate and the bond’s yield-to-maturity (as opposed to...
Reports too little. If an error understates the inventory and the company’s net income, the amount of inventory and the amount of net income being reported are less than the correct amounts.
See Supplies.
Terms indicating that the seller will incur the delivery expense to get the goods to the destination. With terms of FOB destination the title to the goods usually passes from the seller to the buyer at the destination....
Are commissions considered to be revenues or expenses? Definition of Commissions Revenues or Expenses The company or person earning and receiving commissions (such as a percentage of sales) will have commissions revenue....
Cash and other resources that are expected to turn to cash or to be used up within one year of the balance sheet date. (If a company’s operating cycle is longer than one year, an item is a current asset if it will...
What is a bond? There are several business definitions for bond. A bond could be a formal debt instrument issued by a corporation or government and purchased by investors. This is the meaning when we say that a public...
A cost that can be traced to a cost object. For example, the flour used in baking bread is a direct cost of a bakery’s bread. The wages and salaries of the employees working exclusively in a manufacturer’s...
The relationship between two variables. There can be correlation without a cause-and-effect relationship. Also see coefficient of correlation.
The reduction of an asset’s carrying amount. For example, we often reduce or write down inventory from its cost to its net realizable value when the net realizable value is lower.
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.
A corporation’s reported net income and earnings per share for a three-month period.
Costing system wherein fixed manufacturing overhead is allocated to (or absorbed by) products being manufactured. This system, which treats fixed manufacturing costs as a product cost, is required for external financial...
The systematic allocation of the cost of a natural resource from the balance sheet to the income statement.
See debenture bond.
The statistic known as the coefficient of correlation. The range of this statistic is -1 to +1. When this statistic is squared the result is the percentage change in the dependent variable y that is explained by the...
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