Accounting and Finance Questions

Sarbanes Oxley Act. Otherwise known as Public companies Accounting reforms and investor protection Act. It was enacted in 2002 in USA after lot of scams come up on accounting framework whereby investors lose faith and confidence on accounting disclosures.

The terms Billable and Non-Billable expenses are normally associated with say a consultancy company where they bill consultants out to their clients. Therefore Billable expenses will be paid by the client whereas Non-billable will be paid by your employer. What's included in both is subject to the contract your company has with their client.

Paycheck - this is the method by which the Employee is paid (A Bank Check/Cheque or Direct Deposit to Bank)

Payslip - Also called as Pay Stub is the paper which will typically detail the gross income and all taxes and any other deductions such as retirement plan contributions, insurances, garnishments, or charitable contributions taken out of the gross amount to arrive at the final net amount of the pay, also including the year to date totals in some circumstances.

In a market where the value of assets is falling, known as a bear market, traders might consider taking short positions, that is, borrowing assets they don’t own, selling them, and buying them back to return them at a later date when their price has fallen. Meanwhile, those working in asset management or M&A might consider, or advise clients to consider, snapping up undervalued assets.

It is a letter of credit or a contractual agreement between financial institute (Bank) and the party to which the letter is handed. The ILOC letter cannot be cancelled under any circumstance and, guarantees the payment to the party. It requires the bank to pay against the drafts meeting all the terms of ILOC. It is valid upto the stated period of time. For example, if a small business wanted to contract with an overseas supplier for a specified item they would come to an agreement on the terms of the sale like quality standards and pricing, and ask their respective banks to open a letter of credit for the transaction. The buyer’s bank would forward the letter of credit to the seller’s bank, where the payment terms would be finalized and the shipment would be made.

Stock investment may pay the dividends.

The amount of dividend will be depended on how many stocks you own and how much is that's company net income in that year

For example :

If you own 15 % of the company, and the company announced that they will pay Rs. 1,00,000 as dividend this year, you will get dividend payment of Rs. 15,000.

Accounting is the systematic and comprehensive recording of financial transactions pertaining to a business. 

Accounting also refers to the process of summarizing, analyzing and reporting these transactions to oversight agencies, regulators and tax collection entities.