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Capital Gain Tax

A tax that an entity pays on capital gains- that is, gains arising from selling an asset/ investment that has...

Capital Gains

The gains that an entity earns on the sale/ disposal of an asset (in economic terms, a capital asset) which...

Investment Security

A security (belonging to the category of financial assets) that is issued by other entities such as shares, bonds and...

Non-Derivative Financial Asset

A financial asset that does not derive its value from the performance (value change/ price change) of an underlying (asset...

Non-Derivative Instrument

An instrument (financial instrument) whose performance does not derive from value changes/ price movement of another instrument or an underlying...

Bifurcation

The process of isolating and separating a certain component of an instrument in order to account for both separately. An...

Contra Liability Account

A liability account which is expected to carry a debit balance. It decreases other liabilities on the balance sheet by...

Comparative Financial Statement

A financial statement that is prepared for the sole purpose of comparing financial results of a current period with those...

Marginal Cost

A increase in cost of one alternative over the cost of another. In other words, it constitutes the change in...

Incremental Cost

A increase in cost of one alternative over the cost of another. In other words, it constitutes the change in...