Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• ALLOWABLE COSTS - Covered costs of a medical insurance plan.
  
  
• ALLOWANCE - This is the number you put on your Form W-4 so your employer can calculate the amount of in...
  
  
• ALLOWANCE FOR BAD DEBTS - an account established to record a subtraction from ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, to a...
  
  
• ALLOWANCE FOR DEPRECIATION - See accumulated depreciation.
  
  
• ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS - A reserve for accounts receivable that may not be collectable. The al...
  
  
• ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL DEBTS - see ALLOWANCE FOR BAD DEBTS.
  
  
• ALLOWANCE FOR NOTES RECEIVABLE LOSSES - an account maintained at a level considered adequate to provide...
  
  
• ALLOWANCE FOR UNCOLLECTIBLE ACCOUNTS - see ALLOWANCE FOR BAD DEBTS.
  
  
• ALLOWANCE METHOD - the accepted way to account for bad debt. Bad debt expense may be based on the perce...
  
  
• ALLOWANCES - Reductions to gross sales that occur when customers are given partial credit for sold good...