This glossary defines accounting terminology used in bookkeeping, financial reporting, audit, tax, and internal control documentation.
Coverage includes core accounting concepts, chart-of-accounts language, financial statement items, audit and assurance terms, tax and payroll vocabulary, closing processes, controls, and common reporting metrics.
For accountants, auditors, bookkeepers, controllers, finance staff, students, and readers interpreting accounting reports and workpapers.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bond treatment | Accounting term: Bond treatment. |
| Bond valuation | Accounting term: Bond valuation. |
| Bond variance | Accounting term: Bond variance. |
| Bond workpaper | Accounting term: Bond workpaper. |
| Bond worksheet | Accounting term: Bond worksheet. |
| Bookkeeper | Accounting/finance role: Bookkeeper. |
| Break-even analysis | Accounting term: Break-even analysis. |
| Budget | Accounting term: Budget. |