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 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 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 Working Capital and Liquidity provides you with an in-depth look at the components of working capital and the challenges of converting current assets to cash before obligations come due. You will see...
Our Explanation of Bonds Payable covers the recording of bonds, the accrual of interest expense, and the amortization of the discount and premium on bonds payable. You gain an understanding on why the market value of...
by $4,000. Since both sides of the accounting equation increase by $4,000, the accounting equation remains in balance: Expenses Decrease Owner’s Equity and Affects Another Account Owner’s equity will decrease when a...
method of accounting. 15. Which financial statements are affected in the year 2023? Balance Sheet Only Wrong. Try another answer. Income Statement Only Wrong. Try another answer. Balance Sheet & Income Statement...
Our Explanation of Present Value of an Ordinary Annuity uses the appropriate present value factors for discounting a stream of equal cash amounts occurring at equal time intervals. An important feature is the use of loan...
, the depreciation for the accounting period is recorded as a debit in the income statement account Depreciation Expense. The amount of depreciation is recorded as a credit in the balance sheet account Accumulated...
Our Explanation of Bookkeeping provides you with a rich understanding of the recording of transactions. It then discusses the additional steps necessary for preparing accurate financial statements. This is great for...
Our Explanation of Accounting Equation (or bookkeeping equation) illustrates how the double-entry system keeps the accounting equation in balance. You will see how the revenues and expenses on the income statement are...
The allocation of the cost of a plant asset to expense in an accelerated manner. This means that the amount of depreciation in the earlier years of an asset’s life is greater than the straight-line amount, but will...
An account used in combination with another account. For example, the account Allowance for Doubtful Accounts is used with Accounts Receivable in order to present the net amount of the accounts receivable. The account...
This is an owner’s equity account. The balance in this account reflects the owner’s investment in this sole proprietorship plus the net income and minus the owner’s draws since the company began. (The...
Systematically moving the same amount each accounting period from a balance sheet account to an income statement account. For example, if the amount of Discount on Bonds Payable on a 10-year bond is not significant, then...
Cost of goods sold is usually the largest expense on the income statement of a company selling products or goods. Cost of Goods Sold is a general ledger account under the perpetual inventory system. Under the periodic...
The revenue classification used by nonprofit organizations to account for the amounts received as donations. It is also an expense classification for the donations made to another nonprofit organization. Contributions...
Isn't objectivity violated when estimates are used in bookkeeping and accounting? The use of estimates does not necessarily violate objectivity. If it is not possible to determine the exact amount of an expense...
This account is a contra long-term asset account which is credited for the depreciation associated with land improvements. As an asset account, the accumulated depreciation account balance does not close at the end of...
. This estimated amount is used to calculate the asset’s depreciation expense and it is often assumed to be zero. The term residual value may have other uses as well. For example, it is used when discussing leased...
A cost or expense that is not directly traceable to a department, product, activity, customer, etc. As a result indirect costs and expenses are often allocated to the department, product, etc. For example, a...
The owner’s equity account that contains the amount invested in the sole proprietorship by Matt Jones plus the net income since the company began minus the draws made by Matt Jones since the company began. The...
to be an adjusting entry dated December 31 to debit Interest Expense and to credit Interest payable for the amount of interest owed as of December 31. The principal balance on the mortgage loan already appears in the...
In accounting this means to defer or to delay recognizing certain revenues or expenses on the income statement until a later, more appropriate time. Revenues are deferred to a balance sheet liability account until they...
A measurement of net income arrived at by comparing the amount of total equity at the end of a period to the amount of total equity at the beginning of the period. For example, if Al Capone had $5 million of equity at...
Is the depreciation of delivery trucks a period cost or is it manufacturing overhead? The depreciation on the trucks used to deliver products to customers is a period cost. The depreciation on delivery trucks will be...
Temporary differences between the reporting of a revenue or expense for financial statements (books) and the reporting of the item for income tax purposes. For example, it is common for companies to depreciate equipment...
Accounting estimates include the estimated salvage value and the estimated useful life of depreciable assets, estimated percentage of bad debts expense, estimated percentage of units to be repaired or replaced during a...
This is a contra long-term asset account which is credited for the depreciation associated with Buildings. Since it is a balance sheet account, the accumulated depreciation account balance does not close at the end of...
The owner’s equity account that contains the amount invested in the sole proprietorship by R. Smith plus the net income since the company began minus the draws made by R. Smith since the company began. The current...
The owner’s equity account that contains the amount invested in the sole proprietorship by Mary Smith plus the net income since the company began minus the draws made by Mary Smith since the company began. The...
Bookkeeping Video Training Part 3 Accounts for expenses are debited, the income statement and balance sheet are connected, accrual method of accounting Must-Watch Video Learn How to Advance Your Accounting and...
Financial Statements Video Training Part 9 Income statement: revenues, cost of goods sold, expenses, nonoperating items Must-Watch Video Learn How to Advance Your Accounting and Bookkeeping Career Perform better at your...
as right nonoperating expenses Expenses that are outside of a company’s main activities such as the interest expense incurred by a retail store. nonoperating expenses Expenses that are outside of a company’s main...
Our Explanation of Working Capital and Liquidity provides you with an in-depth look at the components of working capital and the challenges of converting current assets to cash before obligations come due. You will see...
our Break-even Point (Explanation). 1. Fixed Expenses do not change in total when there is a modest change in sales. True Right! The total of a fixed expense is indeed fixed (does not change) as the volume increases or...
on the estimated salvage value) is divided by the estimated years of useful life to arrive at a consistent annual amount to be debited to Depreciation Expense and is credited to Accumulated Depreciation. This method is...
in the __________ journal. 8. Recording $1,000 in the account Property Tax Expense instead of Rent Expense __________ cause the trial balance to be out of balance. Select... will will not 9. The trial balance __________...
the dates of the paychecks. FICA Matching is an Additional Part of an Employee’s Compensation The employer’s matching of the FICA taxes (the matching amounts for the Social Security tax and the regular Medicare tax)...
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