an Allowance account, the company will debit Bad Debts Expense for $4,000. Join PRO to Track Progress Mark the Question as Read Must-Watch Video Learn How to Advance Your Accounting and Bookkeeping Career Perform better...
an Allowance account, the company will debit Bad Debts Expense for $4,000. Join PRO to Track Progress Mark the Question as Read Must-Watch Video Learn How to Advance Your Accounting and Bookkeeping Career Perform better...
A multi-column listing of the amounts needed to eliminate a balance in a systematic manner over the life of the item. For example, an amortization schedule for a 15-year mortgage loan would show the 180 payments. The...
computed using replacement costs. This smaller amount of costs charged to the income statement means reporting greater profit. The difference in the profit is said to be illusory. In the case of plant assets used during...
What is a plant asset? What is a Plant Asset A plant asset is an asset with a useful life of more than one year that is used in producing revenues in a business’s operations. Plant assets are also known as fixed...
benefits (more sales, lower health insurance expense) are related to the amounts being spent. Here, too, the ROI calculations do not consider the time value of money. Join PRO to Track Progress Mark the Question as Read...
Why isn't a corporation's dividend shown on its income statement? Definition of Dividend A dividend paid by a corporation on its common stock is a distribution of the corporation’s net income (earnings,...
The deferral of a payment to the balance sheet until it becomes an expense in a future accounting period The deferral of a receipt to the balance sheet until it is earned in a future accounting period Adjustments to...
What are the accounting entries for a fully depreciated car? Definition of a Fully Depreciated Car A fully depreciated car is one where the car’s historical cost has already been allocated to expense (except for the...
An unfavorable budget variance (e.g. an actual expense is more than the budgeted amount, or actual revenues are less than the budgeted amount) An amount that is being subtracted The meaning of a negative amount in a...
What is a cost variance? Definition of Cost Variance Generally a cost variance is the difference between the actual amount of a cost and its budgeted or planned amount. For example, if a company had actual repairs...
are responsible for the income taxes which pertain to their share of the S corporation’s income. Hence, the income statement of an S corporation does not report income tax expense, and the balance sheet does not...
containing each account’s unadjusted balance, Adjustments containing any adjusting entries, Adjusted Trial Balance containing the combination of the unadjusted balance and any adjustments, Income Statement containing...
associated with the unsold products (including their share of worker compensation costs) will be reported as inventory in the current asset section of the balance sheet. The worker compensation costs associated with...
of presenting the statement of cash flows, the cash from operating activities begins with the company’s net income and is then adjusted for depreciation expense and the changes in the current assets and current...
a $300 digital camera to be used for the next five years. The matching principle would call for an expense (depreciation) of $60 per year for five years. Most accountants would violate the matching principle and expense...
that it purchases, which cost flow assumption will result in the least amount of profit and the least amount of income tax expense? FIFO Wrong. With rising costs, the first or oldest costs are the lower costs. Matching...
Our Explanation of Chart of Accounts shows how a typical chart of accounts is organized and examples of possible account numbering. It concludes with a quick review of debits and credits.
that it owes to a lender. This principal payment means an outflow of cash which has a negative effect on the company's cash balance. Thus, the negative amount is reported in the financing activities section of the...
? Cash Is Received Wrong. Service Or Goods Have Been Delivered Right! 4. Under the accrual basis of accounting, expenses are reported in the accounting period when which of the following occurs? Cash Is Paid Wrong. An...
charge, it means that the company’s general ledger Cash account will need an entry that credits Cash for $25, and debits Bank Fee Expense or Miscellaneous Expense for $25. (The company’s Cash account needs to be...
by reading our Manufacturing Overhead (Explanation). 1. Selling, general and administrative costs are part of manufacturing overhead. True Wrong. SG&A costs and interest expense are reported as expenses on the...
a salary of $50,000 and a part-time employee was paid hourly wages of $5,000. What is the company’s expense for the federal unemployment tax assuming that the company is entitled to the full federal unemployment tax...
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...
Our Explanation of Financial Statements provides you with the highlights of each of the five external financial statements issued by U.S. corporations. Our insights will give you a good understanding of what the...
Our Explanation of Accounts Payable provides insights on the bill paying process in a large company. Included are discussions of the three-way match, early payment discounts, end of period accruals, and more.
proprietor for the owner’s personal use. It is not a business expense. owner's draw (or) owner's withdrawal This is a distribution of business cash (or other asset) to the sole proprietor for the owner’s...
in the operating activities section of the statement of cash flows. Select... added to deducted from 13. Under the indirect method, depreciation expense will be __________ __________ net income in the operating...
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...
account entitled Cash – Checking. Select... debit credit 9. The normal balances for both asset accounts and expense accounts are debit balances. Select... True False 10. If the account Allowance for Doubtful Accounts...
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...
Our Explanation of Present Value of a Single Amount discusses the time value of money and the need to discount future amounts to the time of an investment or other transaction. The present value of 1 table is used to...
Financial Statements Video Training Part 6 Balance sheet: current liabilities (notes payable, accounts payable, accrued expenses, customer deposits) Must-Watch Video Learn How to Advance Your Accounting and Bookkeeping...
realizable value of a company’s accounts receivable is the balance in Accounts Receivable minus the balance in which of the following accounts? Select... Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Bad Debts Expense View Coaching...
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