The amount of vacation that an employee has earned but has not yet taken.
The amount of vacation that an employee has earned but has not yet taken.
A gain that occurs by holding an asset. For example, if a company bought land for $20,000 many years ago and today the company continues to hold the land and its value is now $175,000, the company has a holding gain of...
See functional expense classification.
See not sufficient funds (NSF) check.
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.
Where should a business report cash which is restricted to purchase a long-term asset? The cash which a business has restricted to purchase a long-term asset should be reported on the balance sheet under the asset...
Manufacturing overhead assigned to units of output. Often this is applied via a standard overhead rate. See the Explanation of Standard Costing.
Sometimes used as a heading in place of paid-in capital.
In activity-based costing, this refers to the number of items that will be produced after a machine has been setup.
Why do you separate current liabilities from long-term liabilities? Definition of Current Liabilities and Long-term Liabilities Generally, current liabilities are a company’s obligations that are due within one year of...
An original record containing the details to substantiate a transaction entered in an accounting system. For example, the source document for a purchase of merchandise is the supplier’s invoice supported by the...
See rolling budget.
The person paying rent for using but not owning the asset.
One component of the FICA tax (the other component is Social Security). This payroll tax is withheld from employees’ payroll checks and is also matched by the employer. The employee and the employer each pay the...
See goods in transit.
The record of checks issued or written, deposits, bank charges, bank credits and the resulting balance. Also referred to as the check register.
Why are accruals needed every month? Reasons for Monthly Accruals Accrual adjusting entries are needed monthly only if a company issues monthly financial statements. Two reasons for the monthly accrual adjusting entries...
See Explanation of Standard Costing.
No insurance. If a company chooses to self insure for fire damage, it does not have insurance for fire damage. Companies with a chain of stores in various cities may decide not to have insurance, since their risk is...
The owner of property that often receives rent from tenants.
Is an automobile loan payment an expense? Only the interest portion of an automobile loan payment is an expense. The principal portion of the loan payment is a reduction of the loan balance, which is reported as a Note...
See just-in-time (JIT).
Sales before deducting sales returns, sales allowances, and sales discounts.
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.)
See Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA).
An additional quantity of items held in inventory in order to minimize the chance of an item being out of stock.
A simple form of business where there is one owner. Legally the owner and the sole proprietorship are the same. However, for accounting purposes the economic entity assumption results in the sole proprietorship’s...
Selling expenses are part of the operating expenses (along with administrative expenses). Selling expenses include sales commissions, advertising, promotional materials distributed, rent of the sales showroom, rent of...
What is an ordinary annuity? Definition of Ordinary Annuity In accounting, an ordinary annuity refers to a series of identical cash amounts with each amount occurring at the end of equal time intervals. Another term for...
The compensation earned by hourly-paid employees during the interval of time indicated in the heading of the income statement. Under the accrual basis of accounting, the date that wages are paid does not determine when...
The acronym for cost of goods sold.
What are marketable securities? Marketable securities are unrestricted financial instruments which can be readily sold on a stock exchange or bond exchange. Marketable securities are often classified into two groups:...
Operating expenses are the costs of a company’s main operations that have been used up during the period indicated on the income statement. For example, a retailer’s operating expenses consist of its cost of...
Suppliers. Companies that provide goods or services.
Point of purchase.
A class of corporation stock that provides for preferential treatment over the holders of common stock in the case of liquidation and dividends. For example, the preferred stockholders will be paid dividends before the...
Taking out a loan or issuing bonds in order to acquire an asset or another business.
What is the difference between the current ratio and the acid test ratio? The difference between the current ratio and the acid test ratio (or quick ratio) mainly involves the current assets inventory and prepaid...
A type of financial analysis involving income statements and balance sheets. All income statement amounts are divided by the amount of net sales so that the income statement figures will become percentages of net sales....
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.
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