Financial Jargonexplained
A
- Accounting Basics
- Accounting Equation
- Accounting Period
- Accounting Principles
- Accounting Software
- Accrual Accounting
- Accrued Expenses
- ACH (Automated Clearing House)
- Acid Test Ratio
- Adjunct Account
- Adjusted Gross Income
- Adjusting Entries
- Advanced Premium Tax Credit (APTC)
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
- Annuity
- Asset-Backed Security
- Average Cost Method
B
C
- Capital Gains
- Capital Loss Carryback
- Carryback and Carryforward of Net Operating Losses
- Cash Accounting
- Cash Application Automation
- Cash Concentration
- Cash Conversion Cycle
- Cash Conversion Ratio
- Cash Disbursement Journal: Definition, How It's Used, and Example
- Cash Flow
- Cash Flow Management
- Cash Flow Statement
- Cash Pooling
- Chart Of Accounts Expenses
- Cloud Accounting
- Combined Federal/State Filing Program
- Commercial Invoice
- Conduit IRA
- Conservatism
- Consumer Price Index
- Contra Account
- Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax (CAMT)
- Corporate Double Taxation
- Cost of Goods Sold
- Cost-of-Living Adjustment
- Cost Sheet
- CPA (Certified Public Accountant)
- Current Assets
- Current Liabilities
- CUSIP Number
- Customs Duty
D
- Day-Count Convention
- Debits and Credits
- Debt Overhang
- Debt Service Coverage Ratio
- Deferral Accounting
- Delaware Franchise Tax
- Deposit Slip
- Direct Costs
- Direct-To-State Filing Supported States
- Direct Write Off Method
- Dirty Price
- Discounted Cash Flow
- Docket
- Dollar-Based Net Expansion Rate
- Double-Entry Bookkeeping
- Double Trigger Acceleration
- Drop Shipping and Sales Tax
E
F
- Fair Market Value
- Federal Insurance Contributions Act
- Financial Accounting
- Financial Baseline
- Financial Footprint
- Financial Management
- Financial Reporting
- Financial Statements
- Fiscal Year
- Fixed Assets
- Fixed Costs
- Flat Tax
- Float
- Foreign Exchange Hedging
- Foreign Income Exclusion Rules
- Foreign VAT Recovery
- Forensic Accounting
- Formal Tax Legislation
- Form D
- Form S-1
- Free Cash Flow
- Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
- FSA (Flexible Spending Account)
G
H
I
- Illusory Profits
- Impairment Of Assets
- Income Exclusion Rule
- Income Statement
- Incremental Tax
- Indenture
- Indirect Costs
- Indirect Labor Costs
- Input Tax
- Insolvency
- Intangible Assets
- Interest Expense
- Interim Financial Statements
- Internal Rate of Return
- International Financial Reporting Standards
- Interperiod Tax Allocation
- Inventory
- Inventory Conformity Rule
- Inventory Shrinkage
- Invoice
- IRS Form 990
- IRS Form 990-T
- IRS Publication 15-A
- IRS Scams
- Isocost Line
L
M
N
O
P
- Payroll
- Payroll Accounting
- Payroll Records
- Pay Stub
- Penalty Abatement
- Per Diem
- Perpetual Inventory System
- Petty Cash
- Phishing Scams
- Pick-up Tax
- Pitch Deck
- Positive and Negative Cash Flow
- POS (Point of Sale)
- PPP Loan Forgiveness
- Price-To-Cash Flow
- Prior Period Adjustment
- Privity
- Profit
- Profit and Loss Statement
- Profit Margin
- Progressive Tax
- Property Tax
- Purchasing Power
R
S
- Sales Tax
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act
- Section 1231 Property
- Section 199-A Deduction
- Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act
- Self-Employment Tax
- Serviceable Available Market (SAM)
- Severance Tax
- Simple Agreement for Future Equity
- Single Currency Center Model
- Single Entry Bookkeeping
- Sinking Fund
- Social Security Taxes
- Solar Tax Credit
- Sole Proprietorship
- Sole Proprietorship Taxes
- Springing Lockbox Arrangement
- Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT)
- Standard Audit File for Tax (SAF-T)
- State and Local Tax Deduction (SALT)
- Static Budget
- Stockholders Equity
- Stock Management
- Sunk Cost
- Surtax
- Suspense Accounts
- Swaption
- SWIFT Code
T
- T-Account
- TAKT Time Formula
- Tangible Book Value
- Taxable Income Thresholds
- Taxable Municipal Bonds
- Taxable Wage Base
- Tax Amendments
- Tax and Price Index
- Tax Arbitrage
- Tax Credit Bonds
- Tax Credits
- Tax Data Identity Protection
- Tax Deduction
- Tax Disputes
- Tax Evasion
- Tax Exempt
- Tax Exempt Municipal Bonds
- Tax Indexing
- Tax Lien
- Tax Lot Method
- Tax Rebates
- Tax Return
- Tax Return Rejection Codes
- Tax Shelter
- Tax-to-GDP Ratio
- Tax Transcript Email Scam
- Tax Withholding
- Temporarily Restricted Net Assets
- Tenancy In Common
- The 16th Amendment
- The 183-Day Rule
- The Purple Book
- Three Way Matching
- Time And A Half
- Time-Billing
- Tobacco Tax/Cigarette Tax
- Tobin Tax
- Trade Creditors
- Trade Debtors
- Trade Discount - 2/10 in Accounting
- Transferred In Cost
- Transfer Tax
- Trial Balance
- Triple Net Lease (NNN)
- Troubled Debt Restructuring
- Trump Tax Plan
- Turnover Ratios