The cost to operate office equipment during a specified time interval.
The cost to operate office equipment during a specified time interval.
What is depreciation expense? Definition of Depreciation Expense Depreciation expense is the appropriate portion of a company’s fixed asset’s cost that is being used up during the accounting period shown in the...
What is a fixed expense? Definition of Fixed Expense A fixed expense is an expense whose total amount does not change when there is an increase in an activity such as sales or production. The words within a relevant or...
What is interest expense? Definition of Interest Expense Interest expense is the cost of borrowing money during a specified period of time. Interest expense is occurring daily, but the interest is likely to be paid...
Under the accrual basis of accounting, the account Rent Expense will report the cost of occupying space during the time interval indicated in the heading of the income statement, whether or not the rent was paid within...
An expense reported on the income statement that did not require the use of cash during the period shown in the heading of the income statement. The typical example is depreciation expense. Also, the write-down of an...
Advertising Expense is the income statement account which reports the dollar amount of ads run during the period shown in the income statement. Advertising Expense will be reported under selling expenses on the income...
Also referred to as operating expenses. These expenses are reported in the period in which they were incurred, not the period in which they were paid.
What is a noncash expense? Definition of a Noncash Expense A noncash expense is an expense that is reported on the income statement of the current accounting period, but the related cash payment took place in another...
The expense associated with a commitment to repair or replace a product for a specified period of time. The expense should be reported on the income statement at the time that the sale of the product is reported in order...
What is a deferred expense? Definition of Deferred Expense A deferred expense refers to a cost that has occurred but it will be reported as an expense in one or more future accounting periods. To accomplish this, the...
The amount of rent that has been incurred by a tenant during an accounting period shown in the heading of the income statement, but it has not been paid as of the last day of the accounting period.
Under the accrual basis of accounting this income statement account reports the amount of commissions expense that pertains to the revenues earned by the company during the accounting period shown in the heading of the...
A selling expense account shown on the income statement in order to match this expense to the related sales.
Sorting and reporting expenses according to the type of activity for which the expense was incurred. The functional expense classifications for a nonprofit organization would be Program #1, Program #2, Management and...
The amount of office supplies used during a specified time interval.
Under the accrual method of accounting, this account reports the employer’s portion of the Social Security and Medicare tax that pertains to the period indicated in the heading of the income statement, whether or...
An income statement account for expense items that are too insignificant to have their own separate general ledger accounts.
The amount of temporary staffing costs that were used during the time interval indicated in the heading of the income statement.
The amount of interest expense incurred during the time interval shown in the heading of the income statement that pertains to a company’s bonds payable. Bond interest expense also includes the amortization of the...
What is miscellaneous expense? Definition of Miscellaneous Expense In accounting, miscellaneous expense may refer to a general ledger account in which small, infrequent transaction amounts are recorded. The account...
An expense that has occurred but the transaction has not been entered in the accounting records. Accordingly an adjusting entry is made to debit the appropriate expense account and to credit a liability account such as...
Is advertising an asset or an expense? Definition of Advertising Expense Advertising is the amount a company incurs to promote its products, brands, and image via television, radio, magazines, Internet, etc. Since the...
The expense incurred during the time interval indicated on the income statement for using rented equipment.
This is an operating expense resulting from making sales on credit and not collecting the customers’ entire accounts receivable balances.
What is a variable expense? Definition of Variable Expense An expense is variable when its total amount changes in proportion to the change in sales, production, or some other activity. In other words, a variable expense...
A current asset representing amounts paid in advance for future expenses. As the expenses are used or expire, expense is increased and prepaid expense is decreased.
The costs incurred to bring an asset back to an earlier condition or to keep the asset operating at its present condition (as opposed to improving the asset). For example, if a company truck is damaged, the cost to...
An income statement account showing the amount of vacation expense earned by employees (by working) during the specified accounting period.
The allocation to expense of the cost of an intangible asset such as a patent or goodwill.
Under the accrual method of accounting, this account reports the employer’s expense for the company’s pension plan during the period indicated in the heading on the income statement. Information on pensions...
See Bad Debts Expense.
What is insurance expense? Definition of Insurance Expense Under the accrual basis of accounting, insurance expense is the cost of insurance that has been incurred, has expired, or has been used up during the current...
The amount of income tax that is associated with (matches) the net income reported on the company’s income statement. This amount will likely be different than the income taxes actually payable, since some of the...
The cost of telephone service that was used during the period shown on the income statement.
The income statement account which contains a portion of the cost of equipment that is being expensed during the time interval shown in the heading of the income statement.
The amount of insurance that was incurred/used up/expired during the period of time appearing in the heading of the income statement. The amount of insurance premiums that have not yet expired should be reported in the...
Amount of depletion charged to expense on the income statement for the period indicated in its heading. The amount is also credited to the contra asset account Accumulated Depletion.
An expense outside of a company’s main operating activities of buying and selling merchandise or providing services. For example, interest expense is a nonoperating expense.
An expense account which is expected to have a credit balance instead of the typical debit balance.
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