The contra owner’s equity account that reports the amount of withdrawals of business cash or other assets by the owner for personal use during the current accounting year. At the end of the accounting year, the...
The contra owner’s equity account that reports the amount of withdrawals of business cash or other assets by the owner for personal use during the current accounting year. At the end of the accounting year, the...
An income statement that subtracts all variable costs and expenses from revenues in order to show the contribution margin. From that is subtracted the fixed costs and expenses to arrive at net income. To learn more, see...
A person whose pay is based on an annual amount (instead of being based on an hourly rate of pay multiplied by actual hours worked). For example, the officers of a corporation and the heads of departments within a...
The systematic allocation of the discount, premium, or issue costs of a bond to expense over the life of the bond. The systematic allocation of an intangible asset to expense over a certain period of time. The systematic...
A legal agreement to pay rent to the lessor for a stated period of time. Sometimes the lease is in substance a purchase of an asset and a financing arrangement. For example, if a company agrees to lease a forklift truck...
Under the accrual method of accounting, the account Salaries Expense: Delivery Dept reports the salaries that the employees in the delivery department have earned during the period indicated in the heading of the income...
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 combined amount of the debit balance in the current asset account Accounts Receivable and the credit balance in the contra asset account Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. The difference between the balances in these...
The “bottom line” on the statement of activities. The change in net assets results from revenues, expenses, and the release of assets from restrictions. It is computed for an organization’s three...
Also referred to as a shareholder. The owner of shares of stock in a corporation. Every corporation has common stock and those owners are known as common stockholders. Some corporations also issued preferred stock and...
Preferred stock where past, omitted dividends do not have to be paid before a dividend can be paid to common stockholders. In the case of noncumulative preferred stock, only its current year dividend needs to be paid in...
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...
Gross wages or gross salaries minus withholdings for payroll taxes and other items such as insurance, union dues, United Way, etc. Also referred to as “take home pay” or the amount the employee...
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A gross amount minus the income tax associated with the gross amount. For example, a company may dispose of one of its business segments and show a gain (proceeds exceed carrying amount) of $10,000,000. However, if the...
Beginning in 2018, this is one of two classifications of net assets reported on the financial statements of a not-for-profit organization’s financial statements. This classification replaces the previous...
Often a 1% or 2% discount that a buyer may deduct from the amount owed to a supplier (if stated on the supplier’s invoice) for paying in 10 days instead of the customary 30 days. The purchase discount is also...
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...
Also referred to as a “p.o.” A multi-copy form prepared by the company that is ordering goods. The form will specify the items being ordered, the quantity, price, and terms. One copy is sent to the vendor...
The systematic allocation of the premium on bonds payable (reported as a credit in a liability account) to Bond Interest Expense over the life of the bonds. The journal entry to amortize the premium contains a debit to...
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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...
The amounts withheld for employees’ checks for Social Security tax, Medicare tax, federal income tax, state income tax, and voluntary deductions such as United Way, union dues, 401(k) contributions,...
In the context of inventory, net realizable value or NRV is the expected selling price in the ordinary course of business minus the costs of completion, disposal, and transportation. In the context of accounts receivable...
These are the official rules that have been released by the Financial Accounting Standards Board. These are part of the generally accepted accounting principles. Before a standard is released, the public had been able to...
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...
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....
A subgroup of a nonprofit’s supporting activities expenses. This functional expense classification is used for the fundraising activities including fundraising campaigns, mailings for funds from supporters, and...
The owner’s equity accounts are the owner’s capital account and the owner’s drawing account. During the year the income statement accounts (revenues, expenses, gains, losses), the owner’s drawing...
These agencies establish the educational requirements and the eligibility of candidates desiring to sit for the Uniform CPA Exam. There is a board of accountancy in each of the 50 U.S. states plus five other...
Obligations that a company has incurred, but have not yet been routinely recorded in Accounts Payable. For example, if the interest on a bank loan is paid on the 10th of each month, then on the last day of each month...
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