What is net working capital? Definition of Net Working Capital Net working capital is the amount (as opposed to being a ratio) remaining after subtracting a company’s total amount of current liabilities from its total...
What is net working capital? Definition of Net Working Capital Net working capital is the amount (as opposed to being a ratio) remaining after subtracting a company’s total amount of current liabilities from its total...
See warranty liability.
An employee fringe benefit provided by an employer that allows employees to be absent from work with pay. Often the number of paid vacation days allowed is based on the number of years of employment.
An asset account used to record amounts given to an employee with the expectation of repayment. For example, if an employee is given money by a company and the money is expected to be repaid or spent for company...
Paper evidence of ownership in a corporation. The certificate would indicate the type of stock (common, preferred), any restrictions pertaining to the sale of the stock, the number of shares, the par value, etc. Today,...
A record of the details to support a general ledger account. The general ledger account is often referred to as the control account. For example, the accounts receivable subsidiary ledger provides the details to support...
When does a negative cash balance appear on the balance sheet? Definition of Negative Cash Balance A negative cash balance results when the cash account in a company’s general ledger has a credit balance. The credit or...
Current assets minus current liabilities. Also see working capital.
A shortened version of the term bank reconciliation or bank statement reconciliation.
An asset account in a bank’s general ledger that indicates the amount at which the bank is reporting or carrying its investments.
An adjunct account is a valuation account that increases the book value or carrying value of a liability account. For example, the account Unamortized Premium on Bonds Payable (or simply Bond Premium) is an adjunct...
This current liability account reports the amount of interest the company owes as of the date of the balance sheet. (Future interest is not recorded as a liability.)
A bond that is callable by the issuer at a certain price. The price and other conditions are disclosed in the bond’s indenture.
The book value of an asset is the asset’s cost minus the accumulated depreciation since the asset was acquired. This net amount is not an indication of the asset’s fair market value. The book value of an...
The annual report to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), a U.S. government agency. The Form 10-K must be filed by corporations whose stock is publicly-traded on a U.S. stock exchange. The report contains the...
This accounting guideline states that if doubt exists between two acceptable alternatives (in other words the accountant needs to break a tie), the accountant should choose the alternative that will result in a lesser...
An expense reported on the income statement that did not require the use of cash during the period shown in the heading of the income statement. The typical example is depreciation expense. Also, the write-down of an...
See long-term assets.
See income statement. To learn more, see Explanation of Income Statement.
See Financial Accounting Standards Board.
See Supplies.
Cash and other resources that are expected to turn to cash or to be used up within one year of the balance sheet date. (If a company’s operating cycle is longer than one year, an item is a current asset if it will...
A financial statement that shows all of the changes to the various stockholders’ equity accounts during the same period(s) as the income statement and statement of cash flows. It includes the amounts of...
A current liability account which reflects the amount of income taxes currently due to the federal, state, and local governments.
The result of the sale of an asset for less than its carrying amount; the write-down of assets; the net result of expenses exceeding revenues.
See liquidation of LIFO layer.
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.
The one-year period ending at an organization’s typical low point of activity. For example, a school’s natural business year is July 1 through June 30. It is practical to have the accounting and financial...
Transfer of an asset’s title from seller to buyer for a stated amount. The transfer/sale occurs at the shipping point (if terms are FOB shipping point), at the time when the item reaches the destination (if terms...
The collection of money (currency, coins, checks). Not to be confused with revenues.
See net present value.
The accounting focused on determining the cost per unit of a manufacturer in order to value inventory and cost of goods sold. It is also used to determine unit costs of items processed in service businesses, such as a...
What is retained earnings? Definition of Retained Earnings Retained earnings is the cumulative amount of earnings since the corporation was formed minus the cumulative amount of dividends that were declared. Retained...
Usually the pay for the hours worked in excess of 40 hours per week. Federal laws require payment for these hours for employees who are not able to control their hours. For example, a company is required to pay a...
Beginning in 2018, this is one of two classifications of net assets reported on the financial statements of a not-for-profit organization’s financial statements. This classification is to be used instead of the...
What is depletion? Definition of Depletion In accounting, depletion refers to the expensing of a company’s cost of a natural resource. Ultimately, it means moving a natural resource’s cost from the company’s...
See membership dues.
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