Finance terminology: Difference between revisions

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| equity || amount of money returned to owners if all assets were sold, after paying all debts
| equity || amount of money returned to owners if all assets were sold, after paying all debts
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| liability || money owed (ex: payroll, debt)
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| gross || whole amount without accounting for expenses (ex: refunds, returns, ..)
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| net || whole amount after subtracting expenses (ex: refunds, returns, ..)
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| returns || dividends, interest paid on an investment
| returns || dividends, interest paid on an investment
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| retained earnings || net income reatined by corp (not issued as dividends) (prev_retained + revenues - expenses - dividends)
| retained earnings || net income retained by corp (not issued as dividends) <code>prev_period_retained + revenues - expenses - dividends</code>
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Latest revision as of 00:15, 7 November 2021

NOTE:

most of these should be expanded in depth on other pages.

TBD

asset equipment, furniture, buidings, cash, etc. (sub-classified as property, plant, equipment)
equity amount of money returned to owners if all assets were sold, after paying all debts
liability money owed (ex: payroll, debt)

Quantifiers

gross whole amount without accounting for expenses (ex: refunds, returns, ..)
net whole amount after subtracting expenses (ex: refunds, returns, ..)

Assets

Resources a company owns or controls (ex. equipment, machinery, furniture, cash etc.)
subclassified as property/plant/equipment.

goodwill assets acquisition for more than cost of identifiable-assets
intangible assets copyrights, trademarks, etc.
returns dividends, interest paid on an investment
retained earnings net income retained by corp (not issued as dividends) prev_period_retained + revenues - expenses - dividends

Accounting

income/revenue profit from sales, service, interest on loan
accounts receivable money owed (ex. rent, loan payments, deferred tax)
accounts payable
interest payable
salaries payable
property tax payable
sales tax payable
income tax payable