Accounting Glossary
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654 accounting and tax terms, each one written for the person who has to put it on a return or a close: what it means, where it shows up, and what a reviewer checks. Reviewed by a licensed CPA.
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- ABLE Account
- Above-the-Line Deductions
- Absorption Costing
- Accelerated Depreciation
- Accounting Cycle
- Accounting Footnotes
- Accounting for Fair Value
- Accounting Methods
- Accounting Rate of Return Equation
- Accounts Payable (A/P)
- Accounts Payable and Notes Payable
- Accounts Receivable (A/R)
- Accounts Receivable Turnover Ratio
- Accretion
- Accrual Accounting
- Accruals
- Accrue Tax
- Accrued Expenses
- Accrued Interest
- Accrued Revenue
- Accumulated Amortization
- Accumulated Benefit Obligation
- Accumulated Depreciation
- Acquisition Date
- Active Participation
- Activity Based Costing
- Actuals
- Ad Valorem Tax
- Additional Child Tax Credit
- Additional Medicare Tax
- Additional Paid-In Capital (APIC)
- Adjusted Gross Income
- Adjusted Trial Balance
- Adjusting Entries
- Adoption Taxpayer Identification Number
- After-Tax Contributions
- After-Tax Cost of Debt Formula
- Agency Costs
- Agreed-Upon Procedures
- Alimony
- Allocated Tips
- Allocation
- Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
- American Opportunity Tax Credit
- Amortization of Bond Premium
- Annual Equivalent Cost
- Annualized
- Annuity
- Annuity Due
- AOCI (Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income)
- AP Turnover (Accounts Payable Turnover Ratio)
- Apportionment
- Arbitrage Pricing Theory
- Archer MSA
- Arrears Billing
- ASC 720
- ASC 740
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