200
Financial Terms Every Plumbing Contractor Should Know
Why Financial Knowledge Matters?
For plumbing contractors, understanding financial terminology is not optional — it is critical.
With complex operations involving:
- Job costing
- Inventory management
- Labor & subcontractors
- AMC contracts
Knowing the right financial terms helps you:
- Make informed decisions
- Avoid costly mistakes
- Improve profitability
- Communicate effectively with accountants & advisors
200
Financial Terms (Structured & Simplified)
A. Basic Accounting Terms
- Accounting
- Bookkeeping
- Double Entry System
- Ledger
- General Ledger
- Trial Balance
- Journal Entry
- Debit
- Credit
- Chart of Accounts
11. Financial
Year
12. Accounting
Period
13. Accrual
Accounting
14. Cash
Accounting
15. Revenue
16. Expense
17. Profit
18. Loss
19. Assets
20. Liabilities
21. Equity
22. Capital
23. Drawings
24. Depreciation
25. Amortization
26. Provision
27. Reserve
28. Prepaid
Expense
29. Accrued
Expense
30. Outstanding
Expense
31. Unearned
Revenue
32. Cost
Principle
33. Matching
Principle
34. Going
Concern Concept
35. Consistency
Principle
36. Materiality
Concept
37. Conservatism
Principle
38. Financial
Statements
39. Notes
to Accounts
40. Audit
B. Financial Statements & Reporting
41. Profit
& Loss Statement
42. Balance
Sheet
43. Cash
Flow Statement
44. Statement
of Changes in Equity
45. Gross
Profit
46. Net
Profit
47. Operating
Income
48. EBITDA
49. Revenue
Recognition
50. Cost
of Goods Sold (COGS)
51. Operating
Expenses
52. Non-operating
Income
53. Other
Expenses
54. Financial
Ratios
55. Comparative
Statements
56. Budget
57. Forecasting
58. Variance
Analysis
59. Segment
Reporting
60. Consolidated
Financial Statements
61. Interim
Reports
62. Annual
Report
63. Management
Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
64. Key
Performance Indicators (KPIs)
65. MIS
Reports
66. Break-even
Analysis
67. Contribution
Margin
68. Margin
Analysis
69. Financial
Benchmarking
70. Internal Reporting
C. Job Costing & Project Accounting
71. Job
Costing
72. Project
Accounting
73. Job
Code
74. Work
Order
75. Bill
of Materials (BOM)
76. Direct
Cost
77. Indirect
Cost
78. Overheads
79. Cost
Allocation
80. Cost
Center
81. Operating
Expenses
82. Non-operating
Income
83. Other
Expenses
84. Financial
Ratios
85. Comparative
Statements
86. Budget
87. Forecasting
88. Variance
Analysis
89. Segment
Reporting
90. Consolidated
Financial Statements
91. Milestone
Billing
92. Back
Charges
93. Rework
Cost
94. Idle
Time Cost
95. Burden
Rate
96. Absorption
Costing
97. Marginal
Costing
98. Standard
Costing
99. Activity-Based
Costing (ABC)
100. Cost
Control
D. Inventory & Materials Management
101. Inventory
102. Raw
Materials
103. Work-in-Progress
Inventory
104. Finished
Goods
105. Inventory
Valuation
106. FIFO
(First-In, First-Out)
107. LIFO
(Last-In, First-Out)
108. Weighted
Average Method
109. Stock
Keeping Unit (SKU)
110. Reorder
Level
111. Safety
Stock
112. Lead
Time
113. Inventory
Turnover
114. Stock
Aging
115. Dead
Stock
116. Slow-moving
Inventory
117. Fast-moving
Inventory
118. Shrinkage
119. Stock
Adjustment
120. Stock
Reconciliation
121. Goods
Received Note (GRN)
122. Material
Issue Note (MIN)
123. Purchase
Order (PO)
124. Vendor
Management
125. Procurement
126. Inventory
Carrying Cost
127. Economic
Order Quantity (EOQ)
128. Batch
Tracking
129. Serial
Number Tracking
130. Warehouse
Management
E.
Labor & Subcontractor Terms
131. Payroll
132. Wages
133. Salary
134. Overtime
135. Labor
Cost
136. Direct
Labor
137. Indirect
Labor
138. Labor
Utilization
139. Productivity
140. Timesheet
141. Attendance
Tracking
142. Subcontractor
143. Contract
Labour
144. Labour
Burden
145. Employee
Benefits
146. Statutory
Compliance
147. PF
(Provident Fund)
148. ESI
(Employee State Insurance)
149. Bonus
150. Incentives
F.
Cash Flow & Banking Terms
151. Cash
Flow
152. Cash
Inflow
153. Cash
Outflow
154. Working
Capital
155. Liquidity
156. Bank
Reconciliation
157. Overdraft
158. Line
of Credit
159. Loan
160. Interest
161. EMI
162. Collateral
163. Credit
Limit
164. Payment
Gateway
165. UPI
Payments
166. POS
Transactions
167. Cheque
Clearance
168. Bank
Charges
169. Fund
Transfer
170. Treasury Management
G.
Taxation & Compliance
171. GST
(Goods & Services Tax)
172. Input
Tax Credit (ITC)
173. Output
Tax
174. TDS
(Tax Deducted at Source)
175. Advance
Tax
176. Income
Tax
177. Corporate
Tax
178. Tax
Audit
179. Filing
Returns
180. Compliance
181. Tax
Liability
182. Tax
Planning
183. Tax
Deduction
184. Tax
Exemption
185. Withholding
Tax
186. Indirect
Tax
187. Direct
Tax
188. GST
Returns (GSTR-1, GSTR-3B)
189. E-Invoicing
190. E-Way
Bill
H.
Advanced Financial & Strategic Terms
191. Return
on Investment (ROI)
192. Internal
Rate of Return (IRR)
193. Net
Present Value (NPV)
194. Discounted
Cash Flow (DCF)
195. Capital
Budgeting
196. Risk
Management
197. Financial
Modeling
198. Business
Valuation
199. Scenario
Analysis
200. Sensitivity
Analysis
How to Use This Glossary Effectively?
Practical usage for plumbing contractors:
- Use during financial discussions with accountants
- Apply in job costing & profitability analysis
- Train your internal team & managers
- Improve decision-making & control systems
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Final Impact
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