Roger Jellison

Roger Jellison
Roger is a seasoned finance and accounting professional with 8 years of public accounting and over 25 years of private company experience in a broad range of industries including manufacturing, distribution, technology (software, hardware, and telecom), construction, and services.

Capital Lease Vs Operating Lease

The lessee can only use the assets and pay the lease rentals to the lessor as agreed. Over the years, the nomenclature of Capital Lease is now changing to Finance Lease. Because in most such cases, though, all the risk of the assets lies with the Lessee; however, funding is provided by the Lessor. And that funding is paid back to the Lessor ...

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Attention Required!

A rabbi trust puts a “fence” around the money inside the corporation and protects it from being raided for most uses other than the corporation’s bankruptcy/insolvency. However, plan participants may not receive a guarantee that they’ll be paid prior to creditors being paid in case of insolvency. Deferred compensation ...

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Amortizing Bond Premium Using The Effective Interest Rate Method

Although the accrual period ends on August 1, 1999, the qualified stated interest of $5,000 is not taken into income until February 1, 2000, the date it is received. Likewise, the bond premium of $645.29 is not taken into account until February 1, 2000. The adjusted acquisition price of the bond on August 1, 1999, is $109,354.71 (the adjusted ...

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Lease Accounting Guide

Learn how to prepare and implement the new leasing standard with our concise, easy-to-understand guide. By capitalizing an operating lease, a financial analyst is essentially treating the lease as debt. Both the lease and the asset acquired under the lease will appear on the balance sheet. The firm must adjust depreciation expenses to account ...

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Is Accounts Payable Debit Or Credit?

Each transaction that takes place within the business will consist of at least one debit to a specific account and at least one credit to another specific account. A debit to one account can be balanced by more than one credit to other accounts, and vice versa. Since you expect to receive payment in the immediate future, accounts receivable ...

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Examples Of Liabilities

Expenses and liabilities should not be confused with each other. One is listed on a company’s balance sheet, and the other is listed on the company’s income statement. Expenses are the costs of a company’s operation, while liabilities are the obligations and debts a company owes. Expenses can be paid immediately with cash, ...

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