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29 Februari 2008

Zero-based budgeting - Rather than the previous year budget being the starting point for the next budget, a zero-based budget assumes no activities: everything in the budget must be justified
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Zero coupon bonds - A bond without a stated interest rate. Because no interest is paid, the bond will sell for a discount from its maturity value. Rather than receiving interest, an investor's compensation will be the difference between the discounted price at which the bond was purchased and the price the investor receives when selling the bond. If the investor holds the bond to maturity, the investor will earn the difference between its discounted cost and its maturity value. A U.S. Series EE savings bond is a form of a zero-coupon bond.

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Year-to-date net income - A company's net income from the start of the current accounting year until a specified date. For example, the year-to-date net income at May 31, 2004 for a calendar year company is the net income from January 1, 2004 until May 31, 2004. For a company with a fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2003 the year-to-date net income at May 31, 2004 is the net income for the 11-month period from July 1, 2003 through May 31, 2004.
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Yield - Market interest rate, current return, effective interest rate.
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Yield to maturity - The total annual return on a bond investment if held to maturity. For example, if a bond is purchased at less than its maturity value, the yield to maturity includes the annual interest plus the gain as the bond increases from the investment amount to the maturity value. If the bond is purchased at more than its maturity value, the yield to maturity includes the annual interest minus the loss as the bond decreases from the investment amount to the maturity value.




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Withholding - The retaining by an employer of a portion of an employee?s wages for the purpose of paying for various taxes, insurance plans, pension plans, union dues and other deductions.
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Working Capital - Working capital is the difference between current assets and current liabilities. It measures the margin of protection for current creditors. Working Capital reflects the ability of a company to finance current operations.

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Variable Cost - Variable cost is an operating expense, or operating expenses as a class, that varies directly, sometimes proportionately, with sales or production, facility, utilization, or other measure of activity.



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Unearned Revenue - See Customer Deposits.
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Unrelated expenses - Expenses incurred for anything not used for business.

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Term Loan - A bank loan with a floating interest rate, for a specified amount that matures in between one and ten years and requires a specified repayment schedule. An example is a car loan. Usually a long-term loan with a tenure running up to ten years. An amortization program is worked out in the loan agreement for the liquidation of the loan over its tenure.
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Total Asset Turnover - Total asset turnover measures management's efficiency in managing all of a company's assets-specifically the generation of revenues from the company's total investment assets. The total asset turnover ratio is extremely important in high asset companies such as manufacturing. The higher the ratio, the smaller the investment required to generate sales, the more profitable is the company.
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Trade Payables - Also known as Accounts Payable. Trade payables are open non-interest bearing accounts due to the trade usually due within 30, 60 or 90 days.
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Trading Book - An accounting book that includes all securities that the institution regularly buys and sells on the stock market. These securities are accounted for in a different way than those in the banking book, which are meant to be held by the institution until they mature and are not usually affected by market activity.
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Trial Balance - A trial balance is a listing of the accounts in a company's general ledger and their balances as of a specific date. A trial balance is prepared at the end of an accounting period and is used to see if additional adjusting entries are required to any of the balances. The basic accounting system relies on double-entry accounting, therefore, the trial balance will have the same total debits and the same total credits. A trial balance is out of balance when the debits do not agree with the credits.



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Sales/Receivables Ratio - It is also called receivable turnover. This ratio method measures the number of times trade receivables turn during the fiscal year. The higher the ratio, the shorter the time between sale and cash collection.
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Secured Loan - A loan which is secured by marketable securities or other marketable valuables. Secured loans may be either time or demand loans.
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Self-Liquidating Loan - A short term commercial loan, usually supported by a lien on a given product or commodities, which is liquidated from the proceeds of the sale of the product or commodities. Example: Loans granted for the growing of crops.
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Simple Journal Entry - A simple journal entry is an entry that involves only one debit and one credit in the transaction. An example would be recording monthly depreciation expense. The debit is depreciation expense and the credit is accumulated depreciation. A compound journal entry contains multiple debits and credits.
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Sole Proprietorship - Sole proprietorship is synonymous with proprietorship. A sole proprietorship is an unincorporated business with only one owner.
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Solvency - Solvency is a company's long-term ability to meet all financial obligations. When a company cannot meet all its financial obligations, it becomes insolvent.
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Specific identification - An inventory method that identifies each item by cost and sale.
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Statement Of Cash Flows - See Cash Flow Statement.
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Straight-line - A method of depreciation whereby the cost of the asset is divided by its useful life.



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Ratio Analysis - Ratio analysis involves conversion of financial numbers from a company's financial statement into various ratios. Ratio analysis allows comparison of one company to another. Ratios look at relationships inside a company. A company of one size can be directly compared to a second company or a collection of companies which may be larger or smaller or even in a different business.
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Repairs - Keeps the property in good operating condition. Example: Adding gravel to a driveway is considered a repair.
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Reserve For Bad Debts - See definition of Allowance for Bad Debts. Return of Capital: A distribution that is paid out of the shareholder?s investment in the stock of the company.
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Retained Earnings (Earned Surplus) - Retained earnings are prior year profits of the corporation that have not been paid out to the stockholders as of the balance sheet date. The earnings have been retained for use of the corporation. Retained earnings is an account in the Capital Section of the corporation balance sheet. Retained earnings increases when there is a profit by the corporation. Retained earnings decreases when there is a loss by the corporation or when cash dividends are paid to the stockholders. Retained earnings also decreases when the corporation buys back common stock. This type of stock is called "treasury stock".
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Return On Investment (ROI) - Return on investment, as used by financial management, is the ratio of profits (before or after taxes) to net worth or stockholders equity.
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Revenue - The total of all receipts of an enterprise as a going concern: receipts from sales of products, merchandise, and services, and earnings from interest, dividends, rents and wages.



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Quick Assets - Those assets which, in the ordinary course of business, will be converted into cash within a reasonably short period of time (as within one year).
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Quick Ratio - A quick ratio or acid test ratio is a more rigorous test than the current ratio of short-run solvency. The quick ratio considers cash, marketable securities (cash equivalents) and accounts receivable because they are considered to be the most liquid forms of current assets.

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Partnership - A partnership is an unincorporated business structure that has more than one owner. A partnership is different from a sole proprietorship in that a sole proprietorship can only have one owner.
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Post - To post is to summarize all journal entries and transfer them to the general ledger accounts. Posting is done at the end of an accounting period (monthly).
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Predatory Pricing - An anti-competitive measure employed by a dominant company to protect market share from new or existing competitors. Predatory pricing involves temporarily pricing a product low enough to end a competitive threat.
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Prepaid Expenses - Prepaid expenses are amounts that are paid in advance by a company to a vendor or creditor for goods and services. An example would be insurance premiums that are paid in advance of the coverage contained in the policy. Prepaid expenses is classified as a current asset on the balance sheet of the company.
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Prepaid Income - See Customer Deposits.
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Price Earnings Ratio - It is also known as the company's P/E for investment purposes. The price-earnings ratio is the price of a company's share of common stock in the public market divided by its earnings per share (EPS). You multiply this multiple by the net income of the publicly traded company and you will have a value for the business. If the business has no net income, there is no P/E. To illustrate a P/E ratio if the price of the stock is $35, and the EPS is $3.50, the P/E ratio is 10 times earnings.
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Profit And Loss Statement - It is also called a "P&L" and income statement. It shows a company's business revenue and expenses for a specific period of time. For example, for the six months ending June 30, 2002. The difference between total revenue or total sales and the total expenses is the company's net income. A key element of the profit and loss statement, one that distinguishes it from a balance sheet, is that the amounts shown on the statement represent transactions over a period of time, such as, six months ending June 30, 2002, while the items on the balance sheet show information for a specific date, such as, June 30, 2002.
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Profit Plan - The profit plan for the fiscal year is a complete financial picture of the operating plans, sales volumes, capital expenditure plans, and the resulting profitability, financial condition, and cash flow for the year. The profit and loss portion is developed by applying operating budgets to the forecast sales. These, plus the capital budgets, are analyzed to determine their effect on the financial position and to develop the cash flow.
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Proprietorship - A proprietorship is an unincorporated business structure with only one owner.
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Purchases - The inventory or raw materials for manufacturing, merchandising, or mining plus cost of shipping minus purchases for personal use.



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Online Accounting - In recent years a number of accounting software developers have created online applications for small business accounting. These software programs, accessed through the Internet, allow the user to enter all transactions using a constantly updated accounting program, and access data that resides on a server separate from the desktop computer.
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Operating activities - Transactions and events that enter into the determination of net income.
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Operating assets - Long-term, or noncurrent, assets acquired for use in the business rather than for resale; includes property, plant, and equipment; intangible assets; and natural resources.
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Operating Budgets - Operating budgets are those budget allowances that pertain to the expenses and the incomes which are included in the profit and loss statements of the company for the given fiscal period.
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Operating Lease - An operating lease is a short-term, cancelable lease. An operating lease is expensed and not capitalized on the books of the company. See Capital Lease.
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Operating leverage - The extent to which fixed costs are part of a company's cost structure; the higher the proportion of fixed costs, the faster income increases or decreases with sales volumes.
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Other Assets - Other Assets is a category of assets on the Balance Sheet including intangible assets that will not be converted into cash over the next 12 months. Examples of Other Assets are goodwill, covenant not to compete, trademarks, catalogs, brands, copyrights, loan fees, escrow costs, formulas, franchises, and mailing lists.
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Other revenues and expenses - Items incurred or earned from activities that are outside, or peripheral to, the normal operations of a firm.
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Owners' equity (net assets) - The ownership interest in the assets of an entity; equal total assets minus total liabilities.

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Net earnings - Earnings after deductions. Net Income: Net income is also called net profit or earnings. Net income is the difference between a company's gross profit and its total expenses. For example, if gross profit of a company is $400,000 while expenses are $300,000, the net income would be $100,000. The net income is found at the bottom of the income statement and often times referred to as "The Bottom Line" by business owners.
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Net Loss - The excess of the total expenses over the gross profit.
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Net Sales - The final amount of sales, determined by subtracting the amount of sales returns and allowances and sales discount from the total amount of sales, for a fiscal period.
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Net Worth - It is also called equity or capital. Net worth or equity is the difference between total liabilities and total assets. For example, if total assets of a sole proprietorship is $500,000 and total liabilities is $350,000, the total net worth would be $150,000. In a corporation, net worth or stockholders equity consists of capital stock, capital surplus, and retained earnings (earned surplus).
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Noncapital asset - Propertythat is not a capital asset.
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Notes Payable - Written interest-bearing promises to persons or businesses to pay certain amounts at certain times.
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Notes Payable-Short Term - Short-term (less than 12 months) interest bearing obligations, including bank and commercial paper.
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Notes Receivable - Written interest-bearing promises from persons or businesses agreeing to pay certain amounts at certain times.

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28 Februari 2008

Market Share - The percentage of the total sales of a given type of product or service that are attributable to a given company.
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Markup - The difference between the cost and the selling price of merchandise; expressed as a percentage with the difference as the numerator and the cost as the denominator. Materials and ---
Supplies - The materials used in the actual production or processing of the goods. Merchandise Inventory: Merchandise inventory is goods owned by the company that are held for sale to customers. See Inventory.

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Last-In-First-Out (LIFO) - The letters LIFO represents "last-in-first-out". It is an inventory cost flow method whereby the last goods purchased are assumed to be the first goods sold by the company so that the ending inventory is priced as though the remaining items were the first goods purchased.
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Liabilities - Liabilities are what the company owes its creditors. Liabilities are balance sheet accounts. Examples of liabilities are accounts payable, payroll taxes payable, rent payable, long-term debt, and income taxes payable.
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LIFO (Last in, first out) - A method of inventory valuation in which the last items entered into inventory are considered the first items out
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Line Of Credit - An agreement between a bank and a customer whereby the bank agrees to lend the customer funds up to a previously agreed maximum amount. A line of credit is widely used by large organizations for the future commitments and purchases of inventory.
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Liquidity - A Term used to describe the solvency of a business, and which has special reference to the degree of readiness in which assets can be converted into cash without loss.
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Long-Term Debts - See Long Term Liabilities
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Long-Term Liabilities - Long-term liabilities are liabilities of a company that are due in more than one year. An example of a long-term liability would be a bank debt maturing in five years.



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Kiting - Writing checks against a bank account with insufficient funds to cover them, hoping that the bank will receive deposits before the checks arrive for clearance.



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Journal - A journal is the chronological, day-to-day transactions of a company. Revenue by sources are recorded in the sales journal and cash receipts journal. Expenses by sources are recorded in the accounts payable journal and cash disbursements journal. A general journal is used to record period ending adjusting journal entries. The Payroll Journal is dedicated to payroll entries. The general journal is used for occasional and year-end adjusting and correcting entries. The Standard Entries Journal is for adjusting entries that occur monthly, such as depreciation and matching FICA.
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Junk Bonds - DEBT SECURITIES issued by companies with higher than normal credit risk. Considered "non-investment grade" bonds, these SECURITIES ordinarily yield a higher rate of interest to compensate for the additional risk.


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Imprest petty cash fund - A petty cash fund in which all expenditures are documented by vouchers or vendors' receipts or invoices, the total of the vouchers and cash in the fund should equal the established balance.
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Income Accounts - Income accounts are the accounts that a company keeps track of its sources of income. Examples of income accounts are merchandise sales, legal and professional fees, consulting fees, and interest income. Income accounts are credit balance accounts that increase profits.
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Income Statement - It is also called a profit and loss statement or P&L. An income statement lists the company's income by revenue sources, cost of sales, expenses by various categories, and net income which is gross profit minus total expenses.
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Income Taxes Payable - The liability account indicating the amount of income taxes due for a "C" corporation for state and federal corporate taxes at a specific date. It can include both a current portion and a deferred portion. A deferred portion would be a timing difference between depreciation expense per books and depreciation for corporate income tax purposes.
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Installment Sale - An installment sale is selling property and receiving the sales price over a series of payments. A down payment is normally made and the balance of the sale is an installment sale. An example would be fifteen (15) years.
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Insurance Premium - The amount paid to an insurance company for a specific amount and kind of protection. Intangible Assets: Items of non-physical nature such as goodwill, patents, and trademarks that are of value to a company as a going concern, the value being dependent upon the rights and earning power that possession confers upon the owner.
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Intangible assets - Long-lived assets without physical substance that are used in business, such as licenses, patents, franchises, and goodwill.
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Inventory - Inventory is the cost of goods a company holds for sale to customers. The inventory can be merchandise a company buys for resale, or it can be merchandise that a company manufactures or processes, selling the completed product to the customer. Inventory can be valued using the following methods: Specific Identification, FIFO, or LIFO.
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Inventory cutoff - The determination of which items should be included in the year-end inventory balance.
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Inventory Turnover - The number of times a business turns its merchandise inventory into sales each year.
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Inventory Turnover Ratio - Inventory turnover ratio measures the average efficiency of the company in managing and selling inventories during the reporting period. The number is calculated by dividing the Cost of Sales annualized by the average inventory value. For instance, if the company's Cost of Goods Sold for the 12 month period is $500,000, and their average inventory balance through the year was 50,000, then they are said to have a turnover rate of ten times. In most cases, a company is seeking a higher turnover rate, indicating a more efficient management of inventory.
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Investing activities - Transactions and events that involve the purchase and sale of securities (excluding cash equivalents), property, plant, equipment, and other assets not generally held for resale, and the making and collecting of loans.

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Historical Cost - Historical cost is a generally accepted accounting principle requiring all financial statement items be based upon original cost. Historical cost means what it cost the company for the item. It is not fair market value. This means that if your company purchased a building, it is recorded on the balance sheet at its historical cost. It is not recorded at fair market value which would be what your company could sell the building for in the open market.



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General Ledger - It is also known as G/L and The Final Book of Entry. It is collection of all balance sheet, income, and expense accounts used to keep the accounting records of a company. A General Ledger is a perpetual record of the activity and balances of the accounts. Each company has only one General Ledger.
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Generally Accepted Accounting Principles - It is also known as GAAP. Generally accepted accounting principles are rules that are used to record accounting transactions on an accrual basis of accounting. Cash basis of accounting is a comprehensive basis other than generally accepted accounting principles.
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Goodwill - Goodwill is an Other Asset. It is that portion of the purchase price paid for a business that is related to the intangible value of the company. The goodwill of a company may be due to a particularly favorable location; or its reputation in the community; or the quality of its employer and employees. It is calculated by subtracting the value of all net assets received upon purchase of the business from the purchase price. For example, if Company A paid one million dollars for a business that had current and fixed assets with a fair market value of $750,000, then the Goodwill is $250,000. Gross earnings: The total Earnings prior to deductions.
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Gross Profit On Sales - The amount by which the net sales exceed the cost of goods sold.
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Gross Profit Or Margin - Gross profit or gross margin is net sales minus cost of sales or cost of goods sold. For example, if net sales were $400,000 and cost of sales were $300,000, gross profit would be $100,000. Gross margin of profit measures the ability of both to control costs and to pass along price increases through sales to customers. Gross margins vary with the type of business. For example a restaurant and bar would have a greater gross margin than a discount chain, like Wal-Mart, that depends upon volume to make money.



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Fair Market Value - It is also known as FMV. Fair market value is the price at which a willing seller will buy, in an arm's length transaction, when neither is under compulsion to sell or buy and both have reasonable knowledge of relevant facts. For example, a house may have cost you $150,000 but someone is willing to pay you $250,000 for the house today. The $150,000 is it's historical cost (see "historical cost" below) and the $250,000 is the fair market value. Another example would be an individual purchased 100 shares of IBM stock at $100 per share. The closing stock price is now $200. The FMV of the stock is $200 which is the amount that an individual is willing to pay for the stock. Note, however, that accounting transactions are recorded on a historical cost basis and not on a fair market value basis.
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FIFO (First in, first out) - A method of inventory valuation in which the first items entered into inventory are considered the first items out.
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Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) - FASB means the Financial Accounting Standards Board. It is a Board that writes the accounting standards that are used by practicing certified public accountants.
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First in First Out (FIFO) - FIFO is an inventory cost flow method whereby the first goods purchased are assumed to be the first goods sold so that the ending inventory is valued as though it is the most recently purchased.
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Fixed Assets - These are also known as Property Plant and Equipment. Fixed assets are those assets of a permanent nature required for the normal conduct of a business. A fixed asset is a tangible item that has a future economic benefit. Fixed assets are higher valued items (such as more than $500) which will not be normally converted into cash during the ensuing fiscal period and have more than a twelve-month life. Fixed assets include furniture, fixtures, equipment, land, and buildings. Accounts receivable and inventory are not fixed assets.
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Fixed Assets (Net) - Also called Book Value. Fixed assets net is all property, plant, leasehold improvements, and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation. For example, if the total fixed assets are $500,000 and accumulated depreciation is $100,000, fixed assets net would be $400,000. Fixed Capital: Capital invested in fixed assets, such as land, buildings, machinery, etc. ---
Fixed Cost - Fixed cost is an operating expense that is incurred to provide facilities and organization which are kept in readiness to do business without regard to actual volumes of production and sales. Fixed costs remain relatively constant until changed by managerial decision; within general limits they do not vary with business volume. Examples are: interest on bonds, rent, property tax, depreciation (sometimes in part). These are operating expenses that are incurred to provide facilities and organizations that are kept in readiness to do business without regard to volumes of production and sales. These fixed costs remain relatively constant until changed by managerial decision. Some examples of fixed costs are rent, property taxes, and interest expense.
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Foot - Foot means to total the amounts in a column. This would be a column in a journal or a ledger. Funds Statement: An analysis of changes in working capital. Public corporations are required to provide this report.



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