A method used in allocating the costs of manufacturing service departments (factory administration, maintenance, etc.) directly to the producing departments in the factory. Under this method, no service department cost...
A method used in allocating the costs of manufacturing service departments (factory administration, maintenance, etc.) directly to the producing departments in the factory. Under this method, no service department cost...
A document issued to a customer by a seller which reduces the seller’s accounts receivable and its net sales. It also reduces the buyer’s accounts payable and net purchases. A document issued by a bank that...
A term often used in present value calculations to distinguish a one-time cash amount from an annuity (or series of equal payments).
Accounts that are closed at the end of each accounting year. Included are the income statement accounts (revenues, expenses, gains, losses), summary accounts (such as income summary), and a sole proprietor’s...
One of the main financial statements (along with the income statement and balance sheet). The cash flow statement reports the sources and uses of cash by operating activities, investing activities, financing activities,...
The statements, standards, interpretations and other financial reporting guidelines issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board. The FASB pronouncements are available at www.FASB.org.
A financial statement that shows all of the changes to the various stockholders’ equity accounts during the same period(s) as the income statement and statement of cash flows. It includes the amounts of...
The borrower who provides to a lender an asset as collateral for a loan.
In financial accounting this term refers to the amount of debt excluding interest. Payments on mortgage loans usually require monthly payments of principal and interest.
One of the main financial statements (along with the balance sheet, the statement of cash flows, and the statement of stockholders’ equity). The income statement is also referred to as the profit and loss...
The systematic allocation of the premium on bonds payable (reported as a credit in a liability account) to Bond Interest Expense over the life of the bonds. The journal entry to amortize the premium contains a debit to...
A graph’s horizontal base which indicates the total number of units or other units of volume or activity for the amounts indicated by the y-axis.
A restricted asset for the purpose of retiring a bond.
See net realizable value.
A budget that continuously shows the amounts for a full year into the future. As a month or quarter actually occurs, it is removed from the budget and is replaced by the budgeted amounts for a month or quarter in the...
Work-in-progress is the long-term asset account that is used to report the amounts spent on the construction of buildings and equipment until the asset is completed and put into service.
See direct labor efficiency variance and direct labor rate variance.
A liability account that reports the amount payable as of the balance sheet date. For the account to show a balance, a loss/obligation must be probable and the amount can be estimated. If the lawsuit is remote or only...
One of the cost flow assumptions associated with the periodic inventory system. The first (oldest) costs are removed from inventory first and are charged to the income statement as cost of goods sold. The recent costs...
Financial Executives Institute.
See sales.
The increase in a carrying amount. Also see write-up work.
The discounted value of a series of equal amounts occurring at future points with equal time intervals.
The supplier of goods or services.
The accounting guideline that permits the violation of another accounting guideline if the amount is insignificant. For example, a profitable company with several million dollars of sales is likely to expense immediately...
A stockholders’ equity account with a credit balance. The credit balance results when a corporation sells some of its treasury stock for an amount that exceeds the corporation’s cost of the treasury stock...
Taking out a loan or issuing bonds in order to acquire an asset or another business.
A current liability that includes payroll taxes withheld from employees and payroll taxes that are levied on an employer but have not yet been remitted.
The amount of principal owed on a loan. On the typical mortgage loan, a portion of the monthly payment is applied to interest and principal. The amount of principal that remains after the principal payment is the unpaid...
To enter an amount on the right side of an account. Normal entries to revenue accounts are credits. Liabilities normally have credit balances. To learn more about debits and credits, see our Debits and Credits Outline.
A company might construct a building and then sell the building to an investor who in turn leases the building back to the company.
This series of output by the Financial Accounting Standards Board is part of the board’s conceptual framework project. The original goal in the 1970’s was to articulate the definitions, practices, and rules...
A lender such as a bank who has placed a lien on a borrower’s assets. As a result, the lender has collateral until the loan amount is repaid.
The amount of free cash flow divided by the weighted average number of common shares of stock outstanding during the year.
Benefits provided by a company to retirees. Typical examples of potential benefits are pensions, life insurance, and health insurance.
The stockholders’ equity account which reports the par value of the preferred shares of stock that have been issued. Amounts received that are greater than the par value are recorded in Paid-in Capital in Excess of...
Life insurance with a cash value (as opposed to term insurance, which does not have a cash value).
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