Bookkeeping

What Does Encumbered Mean in Accounting?

What Does Encumbered Mean in Accounting?

An encumbrance can impact the transferability of the property and restrict its free use until the encumbrance is lifted. The most common types of encumbrance apply to real estate; these include mortgages, easements, and property tax liens. Not all fo...
What is Cycle Efficiency?

What is Cycle Efficiency?

They don't fall into the same category that other companies do so they often get ignored. Today we will continue with our series of looking at the different formulas that can help us unravel the mysteries of these institutions. In this post, we will ...
Effective Interest Rates

Effective Interest Rates

Read on to learn how to use Excel’s EFFECT formula to calculate an effective interest rate (APY) from a nominal interest rate (APR). The nominal interest rate, also called annual percentage rate (APR), is simply the monthly interest rate (say 1% per ...
How to Determine the Depreciation Rate

How to Determine the Depreciation Rate

In later years, a lower depreciation expense can have a minimal impact on revenues and assets. However, revenues may be impacted by higher costs related to asset maintenance and repairs. Sum-of-years-digits depreciation is determined by multiplying t...
Matrix Organization: The Advantages And The Disadvantages