Other Than Accounts Receivable and Notes Receivable, Name Other Receivables

question 31

Essay

Other than accounts receivable and notes receivable, name other receivables that might be included in the general ledger.

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Definitions:

Administrative Expense

Expenses incurred in the process of running a company that are not directly tied to a specific product or service, such as salaries of senior executives.

Responsibility Accounting

A system of accountability in which managers are held responsible for those items of revenue and cost—and only those items—over which they can exert significant control. The managers are held responsible for differences between budgeted and actual results.

Significant Variances

Discrepancies between planned and actual figures that are large enough to warrant attention and possibly corrective action by management.

Cost Control

A process of managing and monitoring expenses to keep business operations within a budget.