A lease where the lessee/tenant pays not only rent, but also the property taxes, insurance, and maintenance.
A lease where the lessee/tenant pays not only rent, but also the property taxes, insurance, and maintenance.
In financial accounting this term often refers to the accounting guidelines or principles of conservatism and materiality.
A graph’s horizontal base which indicates the total number of units or other units of volume or activity for the amounts indicated by the y-axis.
Also known as freight-out or as delivery expense. This is an operating expense further classified as a selling expense. It results when merchandise is sold with terms of FOB destination.
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...
A part of a manufacturer’s inventory that includes direct and indirect materials. Also referred to as stores.
An accounting guideline that requires information pertinent to an investing or lending decision to be included in the notes to financial statements or in other financial reports.
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For a retailer, wholesaler, and distributor the primary activities would be the buying of merchandise and then the sale of that merchandise. A manufacturer’s primary activities would be the production and sale of...
Under accrual accounting it is the rent earned during the period indicated in the heading of the income statement, regardless of when the money is received from the tenant.
Financial statements based upon various assumptions.
A contra asset account arising when the present value of a note receivable is less than the face amount of the note. The credit balance in this account will be amortized to interest revenue over the life of the note.
A business organization different from a sole proprietorship, partnership, and corporation. As the name implies it provides the limited liability protection usually associated with a corporation. To learn more about this...
The point at which several products emerge from a common process.
A sorting of a company’s accounts payable by due date.
Operating expenses made to return an asset to its previous condition (rather than to make the asset more than it was originally). The amount is charged to an account such as Repairs and Maintenance Expense in the period...
The best fitting line through a series of points as determined by the least-squares method.
Someone who has granted credit. If a bank lends a company money, the bank is a creditor. If a supplier sold merchandise to a company on credit, the supplier is a creditor.
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.
This current liability account reports the amount a company owes the state governments as of the balance sheet date for the state income taxes withheld from its employees’ salaries and wages.
In payroll processing, the withholding of money from an employee’s wages or salary as ordered by a court. The money is then remitted by the employer to the agency specified by the court. To learn more, see...
This ratio relates the costs in inventory to the cost of the goods sold. To learn more about this ratio, see Explanation of Financial Ratios.
The discounted value of a series of equal amounts occurring at the end of each equal time interval. To learn more, see our Present Value of an Ordinary Annuity Outline.
A table showing the present value factors to be applied to the constant amount occurring at the beginning of each equal time interval. Also known as the present value table for an annuity in advance.
The name used by a buyer of goods or services for the sales invoice or bill received from the supplier of the goods or services.
Merchandise that was returned to the seller by a customer. This account is a contra sales account. When merchandise sold on credit is returned, this account is debited and Accounts Receivable is credited.
The amount of rent that has been incurred by a tenant during an accounting period shown in the heading of the income statement, but it has not been paid as of the last day of the accounting period.
A series of equal amounts at equal time intervals. Also see annuity due, annuity in advance, annuity in arrears, and ordinary annuity.
The symbol that represents the total cost in the equation of the cost line y = a + bx.
Multiplying the individual items contained in each bill of material times the number of units expected to be produced during a specified time period. The result is the total quantity of each input that will be needed for...
A table showing the present value factors to be applied to the recurring equal amount occurring at the end of each equal time interval.
A company’s loss before nonoperating or other items. Other or nonoperating items include interest income, interest expense, and gains and losses on sale of assets used in the business, loss on lawsuit, etc.
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Goods placed with another party without transferring ownership. See consigned goods.
A major repair such as an engine overhaul, which will extend the useful life of the asset. The amount should be recorded in the asset account and then depreciated over the remaining life of the asset.
To assign costs to a product, department, customer, etc. on an arbitrary basis. For example, the heating cost might be allocated to the five departments located in the area that is heated. The allocation is often based...
A situation where there is correlation between the independent variables used in explaining the change in a dependent variable. When this condition exists, you cannot have confidence in the individual coefficients of the...
U.S. social security system.
Another company that supplies goods or performs services. Also known as a vendor.
A symbol that indicates the variable cost rate and also the slope of a straight line. For example, in the equation of the straight line, y = a + bx, ‘b’ represents the variable cost rate per unit of...
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