Sometimes, investors and analysts are more interested in measuring how quickly a company turns its fixed assets or current assets into sales. In these cases, the analyst can use specific ratios, such as the fixed-asset turnover ratio or the working c...
As a result, an increasing accounts payable turnover ratio could be an indication that the company managing its debts and cash flow effectively. Investors can use the accounts payable turnover ratio to determine if a company has enough cash or revenu...
When employees are to be paid, the accountant enters the pay rates and hours worked of all employees into the payroll module of the accounting software. The module automatically creates a journal entry that debits the compensation and payroll tax exp...
Next, each transaction is recorded in a journal, a listing of financial transactions in chronological order. The journal entries are then recorded in ledgers, which show increases and decreases in specific asset, liability, and owners’ equity account...
Introduction to Accounting Basics Some of the basic accounting terms that you will learn include revenues, expenses, assets, liabilities, income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows. You will become familiar with accounting debits an...