A lease where the lessee/tenant pays not only rent, but also the property taxes, insurance, and maintenance.
A lease where the lessee/tenant pays not only rent, but also the property taxes, insurance, and maintenance.
A legal agreement to pay rent to the lessor for a stated period of time. Sometimes the lease is in substance a purchase of an asset and a financing arrangement. For example, if a company agrees to lease a forklift truck...
A lease that “in substance” is a purchase and financing arrangement. When a lease meets certain criteria, the asset being “rented” is recorded as an asset and a liability is also recorded. A lease...
What is a lease? Definition of a Lease Typically, a lease is a written agreement between an owner of property (land, building, equipment, vehicle, etc.) and a person or business that will use the property for a stated...
A rental agreement where ownership is not intended. An operating lease is not recorded in the general ledger accounts and therefore the asset and liability will not appear on the balance sheet. A lease that in substance...
the liability account Security Deposits Returnable. Let’s use an example. Monica pays the landlord $500 as a security deposit as required by the lease for the apartment she is renting. If she causes no damage, she has...
) the remaining years of the lease. The remaining years of the lease include the years in the lease renewals that are reasonably assured. A discussion of your question was done by the Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) of...
of the additions will be depreciated by the lessee/tenant over the useful life of the improvements or the remaining years of the lease, whichever is shorter. Example of a Leasehold Improvement An example of a...
Usually used in describing fixed costs. We often state that fixed costs will not change as volume changes. However, if volume were to triple, there would likely be more fixed costs as the company will need more space and...
Additions or changes to a rented building that are made by the tenant rather than by the landlord. The tenant will record the cost of these changes in the long term asset account Leasehold Improvements. The cost of these...
The result of two or more amounts being combined. For example, net sales is equal to gross sales minus sales returns, sales allowances, and sales discounts. The net realizable value of accounts receivable is the...
triple or drop to be 20% of the normal amount, the rent will likely have to change. Nonetheless, the present rent of $2,000 is considered to be a fixed expense since the extreme conditions are outside of the relevant...
Current assets minus current liabilities. Also see working capital.
Gross wages or gross salaries minus withholdings for payroll taxes and other items such as insurance, union dues, United Way, etc. Also referred to as “take home pay” or the amount the employee...
What is the net method? Definition of Net Method In accounting, the net method likely refers to the way a company records each vendor’s invoice that offers an early payment discount. Example of Net Method Assume that a...
The result of subtracting total liabilities from total assets. It is also the term used by not-for-profit organizations instead of owner’s equity or stockholders’ equity. To learn more see our Explanation of...
This is the bottom line of the income statement. It is the mathematical result of revenues and gains minus the cost of goods sold and all expenses and losses (including income tax expense if the company is a regular...
What are net assets? Definition of Net Assets Net assets is defined as total assets minus total liabilities. Examples of Net Assets In a sole proprietorship the amount of net assets is reported as owner’s equity. In a...
The net amount of gross sales on credit minus the sales returns, sales allowances, and sales discounts which pertain to the sales on credit.
What is net purchases? Definition of Net Purchases Net purchases refers to the combination of the amounts found in the following general ledger temporary accounts: Purchases (gross amount for goods purchased) Purchases...
The combined amount of the debit balance in the current asset account Accounts Receivable and the credit balance in the contra asset account Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. The difference between the balances in these...
See working capital.
What is net income? Definition of Net Income Net income is the positive result of a company’s revenues and gains minus its expenses and losses. A negative result is referred to as net loss. (There are a few gains and...
The bottom line of the income statement when revenues and gains are less than the aggregate amount of cost of goods sold, operating expenses, losses, and income taxes (if the company is a regular corporation).
What is net? In accounting, net usually refers to the combination of positive and negative amounts. For example, the amount of net sales is the combination of the amount of gross sales (a positive amount) and some...
Net sales is the gross amount of Sales minus Sales Returns and Allowances, and Sales Discounts for the time interval indicated on the income statement.
The net result of combining the discounted cash inflows and the discounted cash outflows of an investment, project, company, etc.
This term might be used to express the combined balances of two accounts. For example, if Equipment has a debit balance of $300,000 and the account Accumulated Depreciation on Equipment has a credit balance of $130,000,...
What is net sales? Definition of Net Sales Under the accrual basis of accounting, net sales is the total amount of goods shipped/delivered to customers during a specified period of time minus any early payment...
This current liability account reports the ”net” amount a company owes its employees as of the date of the balance sheet. The ”net” amount is the amount of the employees’...
A gross amount minus the income tax associated with the gross amount. For example, a company may dispose of one of its business segments and show a gain (proceeds exceed carrying amount) of $10,000,000. However, if the...
The “bottom line” on the statement of activities. The change in net assets results from revenues, expenses, and the release of assets from restrictions. It is computed for an organization’s three...
Prior to 2018, this term was used by a not-for-profit organization to describe net assets without donor-imposed restrictions. Since 2018, this term has been replaced with the classification net assets without donor...
The gross amount of purchases minus the amount of purchase returns, purchase allowances, and purchase discounts.
Same as book value. For example, an asset’s net book value is equal to the asset’s cost minus its accumulated depreciation.
The gross purchases of merchandise for resale minus purchase returns, purchase allowances, and purchase discounts.
What is the difference between net cash flow and net income? Definition of Net Cash Flow Net cash flow is the combination of the cash received and the cash disbursed. In other words, it is the combination of the debit...
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