Dollar Amounts of Working Capital Are Difficult to Assess When

question 44

True/False

Dollar amounts of working capital are difficult to assess when comparing companies of different sizes or in comparing such amounts with industry figures.

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Definitions:

Cash Equivalents

Short-term, highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value due to changes in interest rates.

Product Warranty Expense

Costs associated with the repair or replacement of defective products during the warranty period.

Product Warranty Payable

A liability account that represents the amount a company expects to pay to repair or replace products under warranty.

Matching Concept

A fundamental accounting principle that requires expenses to be recorded in the same period as the revenues they help generate.