The formal planning for significant expenditures, such as property, plant and equipment.
The formal planning for significant expenditures, such as property, plant and equipment.
A graph’s vertical scale that usually indicates the total dollars for the volume or units indicated by the x-axis.
The amounts earned on money invested. Often this is interest and dividends earned on a company’s investment in stocks and bonds of other companies.
See nonprofit organization.
See deferred expense.
The situation where the number of units sold is not influenced by a change in selling price. In other words, a price increase does not have a corresponding decrease in the number of units sold.
Statement of Cash Flows. See Explanation of Cash Flow Statement.
A donor-imposed restriction on net assets that requires using the assets within a specified passage of time.
Free on Board. See FOB destination and FOB shipping point.
To assign or allocate on a logical basis. For example, the materials price variance in a standard costing system is prorated to the following categories: materials inventory, work-in-process inventory, finished goods...
The Roman numerals that indicate 1,000,000.
How do you calculate an asset's salvage value? Definition of Asset Salvage Value In accounting, an asset’s salvage value is the estimated amount that a company will receive at the end of a plant asset’s useful life....
What is gross profit? Definition of Gross Profit Gross profit is defined as net sales minus the cost of goods sold. Gross profit is sometimes referred to as gross margin. (However, gross margin can also mean the gross...
Officers of a corporation are appointed by the board of directors to execute the policies that have been established by the board of directors. The officers include the chief executive officer (CEO), the chief operations...
The cost of telephone service that was used during the period shown on the income statement.
See first-in, still here (FISH).
A structured market for trading stocks and bonds such as the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ. Capital market can also include less structured markets such as private placements.
Where can I get official information for federal payroll taxes? For official information on federal payroll taxes we recommend the Internal Revenue Service Publication 15 which is known by two names: Circular E and...
A bond (long-term debt) that is secured by a lien on real estate.
A decrease in the value of a long term asset to an amount that is less than the amount shown under the cost principle.
The four largest public accounting firms in the U.S.: Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers. Typically, these four firms perform the audits of the largest publicly-traded corporations.
See Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
What is the self-employed person's FICA tax rate for 2022 and 2023? 2022 FICA Tax Rate for Self-Employed The self-employed person’s FICA tax rate for 2022 (January 1 through December 31, 2022) is 15.3% on the first...
What are invoice payment terms? Definition of Invoice Payment Terms Invoice payment terms appear as part of the information shown on the invoice (or bill) prepared by a seller of goods or a provider of services....
See Securities and Exchange Commission.
See accrued payroll.
Classifying expenses according to the type of work such as selling, administration, general, and financing.
The accounting or bookkeeping system that does not utilize computer software for entering transactions into journals and ledgers.
The Roman numeral that represents 1000. Other symbols that are sometimes used to represent 1000 include k and m. (Note: Sometimes M is also used to indicate million.)
A dividend in the form of more shares of stock. A 5% stock dividend means that a stockholder holding 100 shares would receive 5 additional shares of stock. Since all shareholders receive additional shares, each...
See stockholders’ equity.
In accounting the qualitative characteristics include relevance, reliability, comparability, and consistency. Qualitative characteristics are discussed in the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Statement of...
What is the employer's Social Security tax rate for 2022 and 2023? Employer’s Social Security Payroll Tax for 2022 The employer’s Social Security payroll tax rate for 2022 (January 1 through December 31, 2022) is the...
An interest rate that is not explicit. For example, if a business lends its majority owner $100,000 at 0% interest, the IRS might determine that a fair interest rate would be 6% and not 0%. The IRS will impute interest...
What is book value? Definition of Book Value In accounting, book value refers to the amounts contained in the company’s general ledger accounts (or books). It is important to realize that the book value is not the same...
Journals other than the general journal. Special or specialized journals include the cash receipts journal, the cash disbursements journal, the purchases journal, and the sales journal.
A target rate. For example, companies may decide to invest only in projects that generate an internal rate of return that is in excess of 12%. The 12% figure becomes the hurdle rate.
See International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
The acronym for cost of sales or for the cost of services.
An amount that should be charged to the current accounting period as an expense.
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