Bookkeeping Blog

Is An Invoice The Same As A Bill

One difference between an invoice and statement is that invoices go out with each shipment or service provided. That's not how it works with a billing statement, meaning a list of all outstanding invoices and the total yet unpaid. You send statements... Read more

Cash Flow From Investing Activities

The interest earned on loans and advances are just like interest earned on normal investments and is reported in the statement of cash flows according to US-GAAP or IFRS as discussed above. Figure 12.1 "Examples of Cash Flows from Operating, Investin... Read more

Recording A Cost Of Goods Sold Journal Entry

A simpler version of accounting is single entry accounting, which is essentially a cash basis system that is run from a check book. Under this approach, assets and liabilities are not formally tracked, which means that no balance sheet can be constru... Read more

What Is Inventory Carrying Cost?

Per that calculation, Seasonal Inspirations has inventory carrying costs of 24%. The capital cost is the cost that a business expands on carrying inventory. The cost is what a business will incur over a certain period of time, to hold and store its i... Read more

Cost Of Goods Sold Journal Entry Cogs

The gross profit would be $11,800 ($19,000 Sales – 7,200 cost of goods sold). The journal entries for these transactions would be would be the same as show above the only thing changing would be the AMOUNT of cost of goods sold used in the Jan 8 and ... Read more

Interim Financial Statements

Under the Exchange Act, audited transition-period financial statements would not need to be filed until the company files its December 31, 2009 Form 10-K. However, a registration statement declared effective after November 14, 2009 (based on the 45-d... Read more

Accrued Interest

Accrued interest is the accumulated interest that has been recognized and recorded but has not been paid as of a specific date. The main variables that affect the calculation are the period between interest payments and the day count convention used ... Read more