The amount that a recurring equal amount deposited at the end of each period will grow to under compounded interest. An ordinary annuity is also known as an annuity in arrears.
The amount that a recurring equal amount deposited at the end of each period will grow to under compounded interest. An ordinary annuity is also known as an annuity in arrears.
Usually a plastic card that is used in place of writing a check. The amount of the transaction is immediately deducted from the user’s checking account.
The stated interest rate appearing on the face of the bond. Also referred to as the nominal rate or the stated interest rate.
The person or business that receives a loan from a bank or other lender.
Either a temporary restriction or a permanent restriction imposed by the donor of an asset when it is contributed to a nonprofit organization.
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Free on Board. See FOB destination and FOB shipping point.
A qualitative characteristic in accounting. Relevance is associated with information that is timely, useful, has predictive value, and is going to make a difference to a decision maker.
The result of dividing a corporation’s net income by the average amount of common stockholders’ equity during the time interval when the net income was earned. To learn more about this ratio, see Explanation...
An asset account used to record a loan to another party that has real estate as collateral.
A method used by retailers for estimating the cost of ending inventory without tracking the individual units of product.
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...
A lease that “in substance” is a purchase and financing arrangement. When a lease meets certain criteria, the asset being “rented” is recorded as an asset and a liability is also recorded. A lease...
In regression analysis this is a statistic (designated as r-squared) indicating the percentage of the change occurring in the dependent variable that is explained by the change in the independent variable(s). The percent...
Includes the main financial statements (income statement, balance sheet, statement of cash flows, statement of retained earnings, statement of stockholders’ equity) plus other financial information such as annual...
Usually a simple form used by the petty cash custodian in order to document small payments from a petty cash box.
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 situation where manufacturing service departments provide service to each other. For example, the factory maintenance department provides services to the factory administrative department and the factory...
Spreading the physical counting of inventory throughout the year. For example, a company may physically count a different 10% of its inventory each month instead of counting 100% of its inventory once per year.
See old-age, survivor, and disability insurance (OASDI).
A tax imposed on income earned by a nonprofit that is unrelated to its exempt purpose.
The 500 year-old accounting system where every transaction is recorded into at least two accounts. To learn more, see Explanation of Debits and Credits.
The amount that a recurring equal amount deposited at the beginning of each period will grow to under compounded interest. An annuity due is also known as an annuity in advance.
A check bearing a date in the future. The company receiving such a check should not report the check as cash until the date of the check.
The issued shares of common stock minus the shares of treasury stock. The weighted average of the outstanding shares is used to compute the earnings per share.
The sum of future amounts multiplied by their respective probabilities of occurrence.
Current assets minus current liabilities. Also see working capital.
A contra liability account containing the amount of discount on bonds payable that has not yet been amortized to interest expense. To learn more, see Explanation of Bonds Payable.
Sometimes referred to in the context of cost or expense behavior such as “variable expenses increase as volume increases.” In this context volume might be an activity such as the number of machine hours, the...
The systematic allocation of the cost of a natural resource from the balance sheet to the income statement.
A process which discounts future cash flows to the present in order to reflect the time value of money. Examples of the discounted cash flow model are net present value and internal rate of return.
The balance in a business record such as a general ledger account.
The result of subtracting operating expenses from gross profit. Income from operations is the amount before non-operating items (such as gains and losses on the sale of assets, interest revenue, and interest expense).
A phrase used in depreciation and amortization to indicate that the expense is being allocated on a logical basis (because a cause and effect relationship does not exist).
A balance on the left side of an account in the general ledger. Typically expenses, losses, and assets have debit balances.
A rental agreement where ownership is not intended. An operating lease is not recorded in the general ledger accounts and therefore the asset and liability will not appear on the balance sheet. A lease that in substance...
Delivery expense to be paid by the seller when its merchandise is sold with terms of FOB destination. This is an operating expense and is not included in the cost of merchandise.
A part of a manufacturer’s inventory that includes direct and indirect materials. Also referred to as stores.
The amount of office supplies used during a specified time interval.
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