In accounting this is the rate used to discount future cash flows in order to determine their present value.
In accounting this is the rate used to discount future cash flows in order to determine their present value.
See freight-in.
To eliminate debt such as a company’s repurchase or retirement of its outstanding bonds.
An item that is dependent on another item. For example, your wages would be a dependent variable and the hours you work would be the independent variable. This relationship is often expressed as y = a + bx, where y is...
In standard costing, the quantity variance could be the direct materials’ usage variance or the direct labor’s efficiency variance. The quantity variance is the difference between the quantity of inputs that...
A common cost. Often refers to the costs prior to the point where several products emerge from a common process.
A product that emerges with other products in a common process; however, this product does not have a significant value. (If it had significant value, it would be a joint product.)
Obligations due within one year of the balance sheet date. (If a company’s operating cycle is longer than one year, an item is a current liability if it is due within the operating cycle.) Another condition is that...
The amount of a long-term asset’s cost that has been allocated to Depreciation Expense since the time that the asset was acquired. Accumulated Depreciation is a long-term contra asset account (an asset account with...
A bond with collateral.
The amount before deductions. For example, gross pay is the amount before withholding deductions. Gross sales is the amount before sales returns and allowances and sales discounts.
Merchandise that has been shipped by a supplier but the merchandise has not yet reached the customer’s location. Goods in transit that were shipped FOB Shipping Point should be included in the customer’s...
See Accounting Principles Board.
The best fitting line through a series of points as determined by the least-squares method.
See inventory: work-in-process (WIP).
Segments of a business. For example, a corporation may have a consumer division and an industrial division in order to improve its effectiveness in marketing its goods.
See rolling budget.
Can a fully depreciated asset be revalued? A fully depreciated asset cannot be revalued because of accounting’s cost principle. Definition of a Fully Depreciated Asset A fully depreciated asset is one that has...
See manufacturing costs.
In estimating the ending inventory under the retail method the cost ratio is the cost of goods available divided by the retail value of the goods available.
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...
A lender such as a bank who has placed a lien on a borrower’s assets. As a result, the lender has collateral until the loan amount is repaid.
See inventory: finished goods.
Usually the difference between the cost of inventory at LIFO versus the cost of inventory at FIFO.
Depreciation However, U.S. companies continue to use the term reserve in regards to the accounting for inventories using the LIFO cost flow method. For example, the company will use a contra inventory account entitled...
Individuals elected by the common stockholders of a corporation to represent the stockholders and to establish the policies of the corporation. The board of directors appoints the officers of the corporation and declares...
More formally known as the Uniform CPA Examination. This rigorous, 14-hour, computer-based exam consists of questions developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. The exam is in English only and...
A common fringe benefit given to employees during a period in which they do not have to work. If an employee earns one week of paid vacation to be taken after working one full year, the employer should recognize this...
See line of credit.
A company’s profit before nonoperating or other items. Other or nonoperating items include interest income, interest expense, and gains and losses on sale of assets used in the business, loss on lawsuit, etc.
The amount that a bank commits to lend a borrower during a specified purpose.
Compensation for employees that is in addition to salaries and wages. Examples include paid absences (vacation, sick, holiday), insurances (health, dental, vision, life), pensions, profit sharing contributions, employer...
See net realizable value.
A loan having the security of a lien on the borrower’s real estate.
Recording an entry in an account in the general ledger or in a subsidiary ledger.
Benefits provided by a company to retirees. Typical examples of potential benefits are pensions, life insurance, and health insurance.
See internal rate of return.
See cash surrender value.
The average time it takes for a retailer’s or manufacturer’s inventory to turn to cash. If a manufacturer turns its inventory six times per year (every two months) and allows customers to pay in 30 days, its...
An invoice or other document received from a vendor, supplier, etc. usually for goods or services received. Also a verb to indicate that a customer’s sales invoice should be prepared for goods or services.
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