See debenture bond.
See debenture bond.
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 result after subtracting the income tax associated with a given amount. For example, if a corporation has a gain of $100,000 before tax, and its income tax rate is 30%, its after-tax gain is $70,000. If a corporation...
An organization without owners and with the main purpose of providing services needed by society. After application and approval by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, a nonprofit organization may be granted tax exempt...
The assigning or dividing up of amounts. For example, depreciation is an allocation process because it assigns an asset’s cost to expense in each of the years the asset is expected to be used. There is also an...
See quality of earnings.
A series of equal amounts occurring at the end of each equal time interval. Also known as an ordinary annuity. An example would be the monthly payments on a loan. Another example is the semiannual interest on a bond.
The benefit foregone by choosing another course of action. Also known as the opportunity cost. The lost opportunity is sometimes measured by the lost contribution margin (sales minus the related variable costs).
See chief executive officer.
The relationship between two variables. There can be correlation without a cause-and-effect relationship. Also see coefficient of correlation.
The amount received from the sale of an asset, from the issuance of bonds or stock, or from a bank loan.
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...
Money set aside for a specific purpose. An individual’s monthly mortgage payment might include $300 per month for the real estate taxes due at the end of the year. The $300 is said to be put into escrow each...
See direct labor efficiency variance and direct labor rate variance.
Payables arising from the purchase of merchandise inventory and outside services. See accounts payable.
One of the steps in effective internal control. An example of separation of duties is to have the money handling be performed by someone who does not update the records. This means that the money counters at a church...
A weighted average cost used with the periodic inventory system. To learn more, see Explanation of Inventory and Cost of Goods Sold.
In payroll processing, the withholding of money from an employee’s wages or salary as ordered by a court. The money is then remitted by the employer to the agency specified by the court. To learn more, see...
What is the fixed asset turnover ratio? Definition of Fixed Asset Turnover Ratio The fixed asset turnover ratio shows the relationship between a company’s annual net sales and the net amount of its fixed assets. The...
See first-in, still here (FISH).
What is an asset's useful life? Definition of Asset’s Useful Life An asset’s useful life is the estimated period of time (or total amount of activity) that a long-lived asset will be economically feasible for use in...
The last-in, first-out cost flow assumption under the perpetual inventory system. The last (most recent) costs as of the time that goods are sold are the first costs removed from inventory. The oldest costs as of the...
See Securities and Exchange Commission.
See just-in-time (JIT).
The activities involved in earning revenues. For example, the purchase or manufacturing of merchandise and the sale of the merchandise including marketing and administration. In the statement of cash flows the operating...
See inventory shrinkage.
A person or organization that gives or donates money, property, services, etc.
See net present value.
A factory or manufacturing overhead rate used to allocate, apply, assign, or spread indirect product costs to items manufactured. Under traditional cost accounting, the burden rate might be a percentage of direct labor...
A technique using simultaneous equations to allocate a manufacturer’s service departments’ costs to both other service departments and to production departments.
See International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).
See inventory: finished goods.
See separation of duties.
A right to buy a specific number of shares of stock at a specific price by a specific date.
What is SG&A? Definition of SG&A SG&A is the acronym for selling, general and administrative. SG&A are the operating expenses incurred to 1) promote, sell, and deliver a company’s products and services, and 2) manage...
National Association of Accountants. This organization’s name was changed to Institute of Management Accountants and currently is referred to as IMA.
The amount needed to replace an asset such as inventory, equipment, buildings, etc. If an asset’s replacement cost is greater than the asset’s carrying amount, the cost principle prohibits the use of the...
The statistic known as the coefficient of correlation. The range of this statistic is -1 to +1. When this statistic is squared the result is the percentage change in the dependent variable y that is explained by the...
Often referred to as write-up work, a compilation refers to financial statements prepared by an accountant without reviewing or auditing the amounts. Often the accountant merely takes a client’s amounts and...
A classification on a single-step income statement for both operating and nonoperating expenses and losses that pertain to the time interval shown in the heading of the income statement.
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