ACCT 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Deferral, Accrual, Matching Principle

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Time period assumption = accountants divide economic life of a business into arti cial time periods. Fiscal and calendar years: accounting time periods are usually about a month, quarter, or year. Month and quarter periods = interim periods: one year = a scal year. Begins rst day of a month and ends 12 months later on the last day of the month: this can be the calendar year, but some companies don"t use calendar year. Accrual vs cash-basis accounting: accrual basis account you record transactions in the period in which the event occurs. A. k. a. you record money when the service is done, regardless of whether you were actually paid, and same for expenses: cash-basis accounting you record revenue when cash is received, and expense when cash is paid. More simple but more misleading, because doesn"t report revenue for all services done so doesn"t match expense with revenues.

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