recorded in the general ledger accounts. Some of the amounts recorded in Accrued Expenses Payable may be estimated amounts that should supported by reasonable and documented calculations. Join PRO to Track Progress Mark...
recorded in the general ledger accounts. Some of the amounts recorded in Accrued Expenses Payable may be estimated amounts that should supported by reasonable and documented calculations. Join PRO to Track Progress Mark...
its book value. Mark as wrong Mark as right asset account This general ledger record is used for recording resources that have future economic value including prepaid expenses. asset account This general ledger record...
This accounting principle requires the accrual and deferral of expenses and liabilities. Mark as wrong Mark as right double entry Under this system every transaction will affect at least two general ledger accounts and...
What is meant by nonoperating expenses and losses? Definition of Nonoperating Expenses and Losses Nonoperating expenses are business expenses that are outside of a company’s main or central operations. (Some describe...
entitled Petty Cash when the petty cash fund is established. Example of Petty Cash Affecting Expenses Assume that the petty cash money is used to pay postage of $10. While the company incurs this cost at the time of...
Why are assets and expenses increased with a debit? Definition of Debit In accounting the term debit indicates the left side of a general ledger account or the left side of a T-account. (The right side of an account or a...
What is the difference between expenses and payments? Definition of Expenses and Payments Under the accrual method of accounting, expenses are costs that have been used up or have been incurred in the process of earning...
What are the two methods for recording prepaid expenses? Definition of Prepaid Expenses Prepaid expenses refers to payments made in advance and part of the amount will become an expense in a future accounting period. A...
What are accrued expenses and when are they recorded? Accrued Expenses Accrued expenses are expenses that have occurred but are not yet recorded in the company’s general ledger. This means these expenses will not...
Our Explanation of Debits and Credits describes the reasons why various accounts are debited and/or credited. For the examples we provide the logic, use T-accounts for a clearer understanding, and the appropriate general...
. The combination of all the budgets is referred to as the company’s master budget or profit plan. Budgets help management decide which activities it will undertake and how the company’s resources will be used. If...
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Our Explanation of Nonprofit Accounting includes a chart that contrasts the financial statements of a nonprofit (or not-for-profit) organization with those of a for-profit business corporation. There are many examples to...
How are period costs reported in the financial statements? Under the accrual method of accounting, period costs such as selling, general and administrative expenses are reported on the income statement in the accounting...
What is petty cash? Definition of Petty Cash Petty cash or a petty cash fund is a small amount of money available for paying small expenses without writing a check. Petty Cash is also the title of the general ledger...
What is the difference between a debit and a debit balance? Definition of Debit A debit is an entry on the left side of a T-account. A debit entry is used to record assets, expenses, losses, and owner’s draws in their...
to the products or to the cost of inventory. The period costs are usually associated with the selling function of the business or its general administration. The period costs are reported as expenses in the accounting...
What are interim financial statements? Definition of Interim Financial Statements Interim financial statements report amounts for time intervals that are shorter than a company’s annual financial statements. The...
. The depreciation of assets used in the business but outside of the manufacturing process will be reported as depreciation expense of the accounting periods. Generally, the depreciation of these assets will be part of a...
include a highly-respected trade name, a valuable patent, a very effective management team and company culture. Example of Assets Examples of assets that are likely to be listed on a company’s balance sheet include:...
What is SG&A? Definition of SG&A SG&A is the acronym for selling, general and administrative. SG&A are the operating expenses incurred to 1) promote, sell, and deliver a company’s products and services,...
&A (or) selling, general and administrative These are a company’s operating expenses other than the cost of goods sold. They are also period costs (as opposed to product costs). SG&A (or) selling, general and...
volume cannot support its administrative expenses. The death spiral is also known as the downward demand spiral. Example of Death Spiral Assume that a company manufactures a wide variety of products that require...
sales, while the operating expenses will include the cost of goods sold, selling, general and administrative expenses (SG&A), and perhaps impairment charges. Some of the SG&A expenses may appear as separate...
How does an expense affect the balance sheet? Definition of Expense An expense is a cost that has been used up, expired, or is directly related to the earning of revenues. Most of a company’s expenses fall into the...
The general guidelines and principles, standards and detailed rules, plus industry practices that exist for financial reporting. Often referred to by its acronymn GAAP. To learn more, see Explanation of Accounting...
statements to the earlier financial statements of the same company Compare a company’s financial statements to those of other companies (especially within the same industry) Understand how a company...
or the left side of a T-account. Example of Dr. Typically, the general ledger accounts for assets and expenses will have debit (dr.) balances and the balances in the asset accounts will be increased with debit amounts....
What is the chart of accounts? Definition of Chart of Accounts The chart of accounts is a listing of the names and account numbers for the general ledger accounts available for recording amounts. However, the chart of...
. It might be reported as part of Selling Expenses or as part of Selling, General and Administrative (SG&A) Expenses. The depreciation on the trucks used to transport materials or work-in-process between the...
equipment, delivery truck, and buildings used in its selling and general administrative functions. The depreciation will be reported on the retailer’s income statement in the section containing its SG&A expenses....
What are income statement accounts? Definition of Income Statement Accounts Income statement accounts are one of two types of general ledger accounts. (The other accounts in the general ledger are the balance sheet...
A general ledger account which serves to summarize similar transactions. For example, all of the closing entries involving operating expenses might be posted to an operating expense clearing (or summary) account.
A balance on the left side of an account in the general ledger. Typically expenses, losses, and assets have debit balances.
. The actual senior executive compensation amount (regardless of amount) will be the same amount whether the company stays in three states or expands to the fourth state. What matters are the ADDITIONAL expenses and the...
Our Explanation of Improving Profits will assist you in focusing on the costs and revenues that are relevant (and ignoring those which are not relevant) for improving profits and eliminating losses. Examples of the...
income is its operating revenues minus the cost of goods sold and its sales, general and administrative expenses. The FASB’s Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts No. 6, Elements of Financial Statements,...
What is cost accounting? Definition of Cost Accounting Cost accounting is involved with the following: Determining the costs of products, processes, projects, etc. in order to report the correct amounts on a company’s...
is recorded at the end of an accounting period in order to accrue and/or defer expenses and revenues. (Each will include a balance sheet account and an income statement account.) Mark as wrong Mark as right balance...
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