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In nonprofit accounting, an "operating reserve" is the unrestricted cash on hand available to sustain an organization, and nonprofit boards usually specify a target of maintaining several months of operating cash or a percentage of their annual income, called an operating reserve ratio. [1]
Plant (Land, building and equipment) fund – Some organizations hold their non-current assets and related liabilities in a separate fund from the current assets. Current fund – unrestricted – If the organization holds his non-current assets in a plant fund then this is used to account for current assets that can be used at the discretion ...
Executive compensation practices came under increased congressional scrutiny in the United States when abuses at corporations such as Enron became public. The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, P.L. 108–357, added Sec. 409A, which accelerates income to employees who participate in certain nonqualified deferred compensation plans (including stock option plans).
Learn what assets are, the different types you can own and how they impact your financial growth.
Untradable assets (or nontraded assets, nonmarketable assets, or perfectly nonliquid assets) are assets that are not traded on the market. [1] Human capital is the most important nontraded assets. [2] Other important nontraded asset classes are private businesses, claims to government transfer payments and claims on trust income. [3]
To be able to value an IP asset, the asset should meet the following conditions: [2] It must be separately identifiable (subject to specific identification and with a recognizable description) There should be tangible evidence of the existence of the asset (e.g. a contract, a license, a registration document, record in financial statements, etc.)
Intangible assets with indefinite useful lives are reassessed each year for impairment. If an impairment has occurred, then a loss must be recognized. An impairment loss is determined by subtracting the asset's fair value from the asset's book/carrying value. Trademarks and goodwill are examples of intangible assets with indefinite useful lives.
Notice the inverse relationship between level of wealth and share of nonfinancial assets: On average, about 70% of the assets of the least wealthy tend to be their homes and vehicles.