Return on investment - Answers The ration of the money earned on investment relative to the amount
of the investment.
Real property - Answers Land and anything attached to the land.
Personal property - Answers All property not classified as real property.
Assessed value - Answers The value of an asset determined by tax authorities for the purpose of
calculating taxes.
Plant asset record - Answers An accounting form on which a business records information about each
plant asset.
Gain - Answers An increase in equity resulting from activity other than selling goods or services.
Gain on plant assets - Answers An increase in equity that results when a plant asset is sold for more than
book value.
Loss - Answers A decrease in equity resulting from activity other than selling goods or services.
Loss on plant assets - Answers The decrease in equity that results when a plant asset is sold for less than
book value.
Accelerated depreciation - Answers Any method of depreciation which records greater depreciation
expense in the early years and less depreciation expense in the later years.
Declining-balance method of depreciation - Answers A type of accelerated depreciation that multiplies
the book value of an asset by a constant depreciation rate to determine annual depreciation.
Double-declining balance method of depreciation - Answers A declining-balance rate that is two times
the straight-line rate.
Intangible asset - Answers An asset that does not have physical substance.
Amortization - Answers The spreading of the cost of an intangible asset over its useful life.
real property - Answers land and anything attached to the land
personal property - Answers all property not classified as real property
assessed value - Answers The value of an asset determined by tax authorities for the purpose of
calculating taxes
plant asset record - Answers An accounting form on which a business records information about each
plant asset.
, gain on plant assets - Answers Revenue that results when a plant asset is sold for more than book value.
loss on plant assets - Answers The loss that results when a plant asset is sold for less than book value.
payroll - Answers list of a business's employees and the payment due to each employee for a specific
pay period
pay period - Answers amount of time for which an employee is paid
payroll clerk - Answers a person who is responsible for preparing the payroll
gross earnings - Answers total amount of money earned by an employee in a pay period
salary - Answers fixed amount of money paid to an employee for each pay period
wage - Answers amount of money paid to an employee at a specificed rate per hour worked
time card - Answers record of the time an employee arrives at work each time, the time the employee
leaves, and the total number of hours worked each day
electronic badge readers - Answers computer technology where each employee's time card has a
magnetic strip on which is encoded certain employee information
piece rate - Answers amount paid for each piece produced in a factory or manufacturing plant
commission - Answers amount paid to an employee based on a percentage of the employee's salary
overtime rate - Answers set by the Fair Labor Standards Act, is 1 and 1/2 times the employee's regular
rate
deduction - Answers the amount that is subtracted from gross earnings
exemption - Answers an allowance claimed by a taxperson that reduces the amount of taxes that must
be paid
payroll register - Answers form that summarizes information about an employees' earnings for each pay
period
net pay - Answers amount of money left after all deductions are subtracted from gross earnings
direct deposit - Answers the employee's net pay is deposited in her or his personal bank account
employee's earnings record - Answers where the individual payroll record for each employee is recorded
accumulated earnings - Answers each employee's year to date gorss earnings
unemployment taxes - Answers based on a percentage of their employees' gross earnings and are
collected to provide funds for workers who are temporarily out of work