or services and other activities that are part of a company's main operations. REVENUES SUNEEREV Unscramble REVENUES SEENVREU Unscramble 3. The residual interest in the assets of an entity after deducting...
or services and other activities that are part of a company's main operations. REVENUES SUNEEREV Unscramble REVENUES SEENVREU Unscramble 3. The residual interest in the assets of an entity after deducting...
), in units, hours of services provided, etc. The basic calculation of the break-even point in sales dollars for a year is: fixed expenses (fixed manufacturing, fixed SG&A, fixed interest) for the year divided by the...
costs will be referred to as period expenses since they will be reported on the income statement as selling, general and administrative (SG&A) or interest expenses. Example of Period Costs Selling expenses (such as...
of the debit balance in Accounts Receivable is unlikely to be collected. A less common example of a contra asset account is Discount on Notes Receivable. The credit balance in this account is amortized or allocated to...
ratio, here are some additional accounting/financial ratios: Quick ratio Debt to equity ratio Accounts receivable turnover ratio Days’ sales in inventory Interest coverage ratio Gross margin ratio Return on...
% ($120,000/$400,000). Definition of Operating Income A retailer’s operating income is its sales minus the cost of goods sold and all selling and administrative expenses (fixed and variable). Operating income is...
will have the same accounts but different amounts due to the number of employees and/or the number of hours worked. Other examples of recurring entries with amounts that differ each period include sales, interest...
or discount is to be amortized to interest expense over the life of the bonds. Hence, the balance in the premium or discount account is the unamortized balance. Where the Premium or Discount on Bonds Payable is...
per the books. Add To BANK Balance Wrong. The service charge already appears on the bank statement. Deduct From BANK Balance Wrong. The service charge is already deducted on the bank statement. 6. Interest credited to...
Our Explanation of Income Statement helps you learn the most important features of a corporation's income statement (also known as the statement of operations or profit and loss statement). We provide more understanding...
basis for measuring profitability in a limited time period. ACCRUAL LAAURCC Unscramble ACCRUAL AUALCRC Unscramble 5. The expense associated with debt. INTEREST RENESITT Unscramble INTEREST ETRESITN Unscramble 6. At the...
examples of a bank credit memo appearing in a company’s bank account include: The bank adding interest that was earned for having money on deposit The bank having collected a note for the company A refund of a...
similar amounts. The following are common account titles: Cash, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Loans Payable, Sales, Advertising Expense, Rent Expense, Interest Expense, and perhaps hundreds more. When we use...
. The company depreciated the asset at the rate of $20,000 per year for five years. If the machine is used for three more years, the depreciation expense will be $0 in each of those three years. During those three years,...
at the end of the year and the increase occurred at a uniform rate throughout the year. The corporation’s return on stockholders? equity was 10% ($100,000 divided by the average stockholders? equity of $1,000,000)....
What is accelerated depreciation? Definition of Accelerated Depreciation Accelerated depreciation is the allocation of a plant asset‘s cost at a faster rate than straight-line depreciation. Compared to straight-line...
What is cash flow net of tax? I view cash flow net of tax as the amount of cash spent minus the income tax savings when the amount is deductible on the corporation’s income tax return. To illustrate this, let’s...
of an Expense As a prepaid cost such as the $6,000 in the asset account Prepaid Insurance expires, the part that expires will be reported on the income statement as Insurance Expense. If the insurance cost is expiring...
of manufacturing overhead costs also allows for the computation and application of several departmental overhead cost rates instead of having a single, plant-wide overhead rate. This is important when there are a...
. Once an asset is fully depreciated, there will be no additional depreciation expense. Example of a Fully Depreciated Asset Let’s assume that a company purchased a building more than 30 years ago at a cost of...
variable is expressed as x and is referenced on a graph’s x-axis.) Hence the equation for the monthly electricity cost will be y = a + bx, which signifies that the total electricity cost (y) for a specific month is...
Is a favorable variance always an indicator of efficiency in operation? In a standard costing system, some favorable variances are not indicators of efficiency in operations. For example, the materials price variance,...
to employees for the overtime hours. To illustrate, let’s assume that a company pays “time-and-a-half” for hours worked that are greater than 40 hours during the work week. If an employee earns $9 an hour (the...
Our Explanation of Income Statement helps you learn the most important features of a corporation's income statement (also known as the statement of operations or profit and loss statement). We provide more understanding...
's useful life). When the units-of-activity method is used, the equipment's depreciation is expressed as an amount per document produced. (Years are not relevant.) To calculate the depreciation rate per...
that is to be done in the following month. The deposit will be reported on CentCorp’s December financial statements as __________. Select... revenue a liability neither revenue nor a liability 16. A company has a loan...
Our Explanation of Manufacturing Overhead gives you examples of what is included in manufacturing overhead. You will learn that these are indirect product costs and therefore are allocated to the products in order to...
Our Explanation of Stockholders' Equity covers the unique terminology for a corporation's paid-in capital, retained earnings, treasury stock, and accumulated other comprehensive income. Included are cash dividends, stock...
details. The $50,000 is a lump sum payment. Sometimes the term lump sum payment merely indicates a single payment. For example, the maturity value of a bond might be referred to as a lump sum payment in order to...
Also referred to as SG&A. For a manufacturer these are expenses outside of the manufacturing function. (However, interest expense and other nonoperating expenses are not included; they are reported separately.)...
against the company’s assets. However, liabilities can also be viewed as sources of the company’s assets. Examples of a Liability Examples of a liability include: accounts payable loans payable wages payable...
in the variable costs. Here’s the formula: Variable Cost Rate = Change in total costs divided by the change in the MHs. In our example, Variable Cost Rate = $40,000 ($140,000 minus $100,000) divided by 4,000 MHs...
Our Explanation of the Balance Sheet provides you with a basic understanding of a corporation's balance sheet (or statement of financial position). You will gain insights regarding the assets, liabilities, and...
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...
prepare a December 31 accrual adjusting entry for this repair? Select... Yes No 13. A corporation issued its balance sheet without an accrual adjusting entry for the interest expense it had incurred but had not yet...
sheet date. The principal portion of those monthly payments (not the interest portion since the interest is not yet a liability) is reported on the balance sheet. It is possible that a mortgage principal balance of...
Our Explanation of Payroll Accounting discusses the taxes and benefits which are withheld from employees' pay as well as the taxes and benefits that are expenses for the employers. Also provided are examples of the...
Our Explanation of Activity Based Costing illustrates how manufacturing overhead costs for a product will differ when costs are allocated using only the number of machine hours, as opposed to being allocated using the...
: the highest point and the lowest point. The scattergraph will reveal if either of the two points is an outlier. Regression analysis uses all of the monthly electricity bill amounts and their related number of equipment...
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