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Accounting Glossary

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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.

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Segment reporting VS Segment reporting

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Scrap VS Swap

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ABA ABA (LESS COMMON THAN 'ACCRUAL BASIS') ABA (LESS COMMON, USUALLY JUST 'ACCRUAL BASIS') ABC AMORT. (LESS COMMON) AOCI CAPEX CFS COGS D/A (LESS COMMON) DBO DEPS DTA DTA / DTL DTA/DTL E (OFTEN USED IN THE ACCOUNTING EQUATION A = L + E) EARNINGS BEFORE INTEREST, TAXES, DEPRECIATION, AND AMORTIZATION EBITDA EPS ERP FCTA (OR CTA FOR CUMULATIVE TRANSLATION ADJUSTMENT) FV GL LIFO N/A N/A (OFTEN JUST 'GOING CONCERN') N/A (OFTEN REFERRED TO BY STANDARD NUMBERS) N/A (OFTEN REFERRED TO SIMPLY AS 'LEVERAGE') N/A (OFTEN SHORTENED TO 'ACCRUAL ACCOUNTING') N/A (REFERS TO LEVELS 1, 2, 3) N/A (SOMETIMES EPS DILUTION FOR EARNINGS PER SHARE DILUTION) N/A (SOMETIMES RR) N/A (SOMETIMES TS) N/A (STANDARDS ARE KEY) NCI NPV OCI ROI ROU ASSET SCF SOX SPE TB TP WACC (OFTEN USED AS A PROXY) WC WCM XBRL

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